Catherine "Cay" Merryman, 83, died Nov. 2, 2008, in New Hope, Minn.
Cay Merryman was born April 15, 1925, to John E. and Edna Brading Genson of Lenox. At age 2, she moved with her parents to Truro where she lived for the next 16 years, graduating from Truro High School in 1942. Her marriage to Jack Wayne Merryman took place June 12, 1943, in Rockport, Mo. While her husband served in the United States Army overseas, Cay resided in Columbia, S.C., San Diego, Calif., and Bellingham, Wash. When Jack returned home, they made their home in Oskaloosa and Fairfield while he obtained a college degree. During the next 32 years, they resided in Clear Lake, Fort Dodge, Watertown, S.D., Moorhead, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Lombard, Ill., and Fargo, N.D. In 1986, they moved to St. George, Utah. Cay moved back to Minnesota in early 2008. Cay was very active in the genealogy field — spending many years on the staff of various LDS Family History Centers (FHC). She served as the director of the FHC in Fargo for seven years. In 2007, Cay became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant daughter, Susan Ann.
She is survived by two daughters, Jan Seal Smith of Coon Rapids, Minn., and Kristin Carle of Germany; one son, Mark Merryman of Minneapolis, Minn.; and six grandchildren.
Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
Name: Catherine Cay Merryman
Maiden Name: Genson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Death Age: 83
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1925
Birth Place: Lenox, Iowa, USA
Inferred Residence Date: Abt 2008
Residence Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Occupation: Genealogist
Education: 12 Years
Industry or Location: Geneaolgy Research
Death Date: 2 Nov 2008
Hospital: North Ridge Care Center
Death Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Death Registration Date: 2008
Burial Date: 11 Nov 2008
Cemetery: Booneville Cemetery
Burial Place: Booneville, Iowa, USA
Mother's Maiden Name: Brading
Informant: Jan Smith
Informant Relation: Daughter
Father: John E Genson
Mother: Edna Brading
Certificate Number: 2008-Mn-032305
Cay Merryman was born April 15, 1925, to John E. and Edna Brading Genson of Lenox. At age 2, she moved with her parents to Truro where she lived for the next 16 years, graduating from Truro High School in 1942. Her marriage to Jack Wayne Merryman took place June 12, 1943, in Rockport, Mo. While her husband served in the United States Army overseas, Cay resided in Columbia, S.C., San Diego, Calif., and Bellingham, Wash. When Jack returned home, they made their home in Oskaloosa and Fairfield while he obtained a college degree. During the next 32 years, they resided in Clear Lake, Fort Dodge, Watertown, S.D., Moorhead, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Lombard, Ill., and Fargo, N.D. In 1986, they moved to St. George, Utah. Cay moved back to Minnesota in early 2008. Cay was very active in the genealogy field — spending many years on the staff of various LDS Family History Centers (FHC). She served as the director of the FHC in Fargo for seven years. In 2007, Cay became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant daughter, Susan Ann.
She is survived by two daughters, Jan Seal Smith of Coon Rapids, Minn., and Kristin Carle of Germany; one son, Mark Merryman of Minneapolis, Minn.; and six grandchildren.
Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
Name: Catherine Cay Merryman
Maiden Name: Genson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Death Age: 83
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1925
Birth Place: Lenox, Iowa, USA
Inferred Residence Date: Abt 2008
Residence Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Occupation: Genealogist
Education: 12 Years
Industry or Location: Geneaolgy Research
Death Date: 2 Nov 2008
Hospital: North Ridge Care Center
Death Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Death Registration Date: 2008
Burial Date: 11 Nov 2008
Cemetery: Booneville Cemetery
Burial Place: Booneville, Iowa, USA
Mother's Maiden Name: Brading
Informant: Jan Smith
Informant Relation: Daughter
Father: John E Genson
Mother: Edna Brading
Certificate Number: 2008-Mn-032305
Catherine "Cay" Merryman, 83, died Nov. 2, 2008, in New Hope, Minn.
Cay Merryman was born April 15, 1925, to John E. and Edna Brading Genson of Lenox. At age 2, she moved with her parents to Truro where she lived for the next 16 years, graduating from Truro High School in 1942. Her marriage to Jack Wayne Merryman took place June 12, 1943, in Rockport, Mo. While her husband served in the United States Army overseas, Cay resided in Columbia, S.C., San Diego, Calif., and Bellingham, Wash. When Jack returned home, they made their home in Oskaloosa and Fairfield while he obtained a college degree. During the next 32 years, they resided in Clear Lake, Fort Dodge, Watertown, S.D., Moorhead, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Lombard, Ill., and Fargo, N.D. In 1986, they moved to St. George, Utah. Cay moved back to Minnesota in early 2008. Cay was very active in the genealogy field — spending many years on the staff of various LDS Family History Centers (FHC). She served as the director of the FHC in Fargo for seven years. In 2007, Cay became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant daughter, Susan Ann.
She is survived by two daughters, Jan Seal Smith of Coon Rapids, Minn., and Kristin Carle of Germany; one son, Mark Merryman of Minneapolis, Minn.; and six grandchildren.
Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
Name: Catherine Cay Merryman
Maiden Name: Genson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Death Age: 83
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1925
Birth Place: Lenox, Iowa, USA
Inferred Residence Date: Abt 2008
Residence Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Occupation: Genealogist
Education: 12 Years
Industry or Location: Geneaolgy Research
Death Date: 2 Nov 2008
Hospital: North Ridge Care Center
Death Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Death Registration Date: 2008
Burial Date: 11 Nov 2008
Cemetery: Booneville Cemetery
Burial Place: Booneville, Iowa, USA
Mother's Maiden Name: Brading
Informant: Jan Smith
Informant Relation: Daughter
Father: John E Genson
Mother: Edna Brading
Certificate Number: 2008-Mn-032305
Cay Merryman was born April 15, 1925, to John E. and Edna Brading Genson of Lenox. At age 2, she moved with her parents to Truro where she lived for the next 16 years, graduating from Truro High School in 1942. Her marriage to Jack Wayne Merryman took place June 12, 1943, in Rockport, Mo. While her husband served in the United States Army overseas, Cay resided in Columbia, S.C., San Diego, Calif., and Bellingham, Wash. When Jack returned home, they made their home in Oskaloosa and Fairfield while he obtained a college degree. During the next 32 years, they resided in Clear Lake, Fort Dodge, Watertown, S.D., Moorhead, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Lombard, Ill., and Fargo, N.D. In 1986, they moved to St. George, Utah. Cay moved back to Minnesota in early 2008. Cay was very active in the genealogy field — spending many years on the staff of various LDS Family History Centers (FHC). She served as the director of the FHC in Fargo for seven years. In 2007, Cay became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was preceded in death by her husband and an infant daughter, Susan Ann.
She is survived by two daughters, Jan Seal Smith of Coon Rapids, Minn., and Kristin Carle of Germany; one son, Mark Merryman of Minneapolis, Minn.; and six grandchildren.
Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
Name: Catherine Cay Merryman
Maiden Name: Genson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Death Age: 83
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1925
Birth Place: Lenox, Iowa, USA
Inferred Residence Date: Abt 2008
Residence Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Occupation: Genealogist
Education: 12 Years
Industry or Location: Geneaolgy Research
Death Date: 2 Nov 2008
Hospital: North Ridge Care Center
Death Place: New Hope, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Death Registration Date: 2008
Burial Date: 11 Nov 2008
Cemetery: Booneville Cemetery
Burial Place: Booneville, Iowa, USA
Mother's Maiden Name: Brading
Informant: Jan Smith
Informant Relation: Daughter
Father: John E Genson
Mother: Edna Brading
Certificate Number: 2008-Mn-032305
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