Wife of Charles MARK Gilson.
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE
The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 49, page 346
Agnes Day Gilson, '45, will never see the most recent letter from the American Red Cross probably concerning the safety of her interned family in Manila, which awaits her at the Alpha Phi sorority house. She was a victim of a tragic fire which occurred in an apartment house early in the morning of April 5, just about two weeks after she was married to Charles Mark Gilson, '43d, Health Service dentist. She died about ten hours after she had been taken to the hospital. Dr. Gilson was seriously injured, receiving third degree burns on his hands, but will recover, though he may not be able to practice again. The young couple were trapped in their basement apartment just twenty-four hours after a gala housewarming, and the most apparent means of escape was a back staircase. They dashed through thirteen feet of solid flames in getting out. The bride had not been able to communicate with her family since December 9, 1941 - she received impersonal Red Cross notes monthly, but her family did not even know of her marriage. After Pearl Harbor, her life changed, and she knew she must go to work, so she immediately began working for her board and room at Stockwell Hall and other places. Her Alpha Phi sorority sisters who held a memorial service for her last week, will tell you that Agnes was "the bravest girl they ever met" and she never once complained about her bad luck. Dr. Gilson's home is in Lake Odessa, Michigan. The dead girl's grandfather was the late Dean C. Worcester, '89, Sch. D. (Hon.) '14.
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE
The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 49, page 346
Agnes Day Gilson, '45, will never see the most recent letter from the American Red Cross probably concerning the safety of her interned family in Manila, which awaits her at the Alpha Phi sorority house. She was a victim of a tragic fire which occurred in an apartment house early in the morning of April 5, just about two weeks after she was married to Charles Mark Gilson, '43d, Health Service dentist. She died about ten hours after she had been taken to the hospital. Dr. Gilson was seriously injured, receiving third degree burns on his hands, but will recover, though he may not be able to practice again. The young couple were trapped in their basement apartment just twenty-four hours after a gala housewarming, and the most apparent means of escape was a back staircase. They dashed through thirteen feet of solid flames in getting out. The bride had not been able to communicate with her family since December 9, 1941 - she received impersonal Red Cross notes monthly, but her family did not even know of her marriage. After Pearl Harbor, her life changed, and she knew she must go to work, so she immediately began working for her board and room at Stockwell Hall and other places. Her Alpha Phi sorority sisters who held a memorial service for her last week, will tell you that Agnes was "the bravest girl they ever met" and she never once complained about her bad luck. Dr. Gilson's home is in Lake Odessa, Michigan. The dead girl's grandfather was the late Dean C. Worcester, '89, Sch. D. (Hon.) '14.
Wife of Charles MARK Gilson.
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE
The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 49, page 346
Agnes Day Gilson, '45, will never see the most recent letter from the American Red Cross probably concerning the safety of her interned family in Manila, which awaits her at the Alpha Phi sorority house. She was a victim of a tragic fire which occurred in an apartment house early in the morning of April 5, just about two weeks after she was married to Charles Mark Gilson, '43d, Health Service dentist. She died about ten hours after she had been taken to the hospital. Dr. Gilson was seriously injured, receiving third degree burns on his hands, but will recover, though he may not be able to practice again. The young couple were trapped in their basement apartment just twenty-four hours after a gala housewarming, and the most apparent means of escape was a back staircase. They dashed through thirteen feet of solid flames in getting out. The bride had not been able to communicate with her family since December 9, 1941 - she received impersonal Red Cross notes monthly, but her family did not even know of her marriage. After Pearl Harbor, her life changed, and she knew she must go to work, so she immediately began working for her board and room at Stockwell Hall and other places. Her Alpha Phi sorority sisters who held a memorial service for her last week, will tell you that Agnes was "the bravest girl they ever met" and she never once complained about her bad luck. Dr. Gilson's home is in Lake Odessa, Michigan. The dead girl's grandfather was the late Dean C. Worcester, '89, Sch. D. (Hon.) '14.
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE
The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 49, page 346
Agnes Day Gilson, '45, will never see the most recent letter from the American Red Cross probably concerning the safety of her interned family in Manila, which awaits her at the Alpha Phi sorority house. She was a victim of a tragic fire which occurred in an apartment house early in the morning of April 5, just about two weeks after she was married to Charles Mark Gilson, '43d, Health Service dentist. She died about ten hours after she had been taken to the hospital. Dr. Gilson was seriously injured, receiving third degree burns on his hands, but will recover, though he may not be able to practice again. The young couple were trapped in their basement apartment just twenty-four hours after a gala housewarming, and the most apparent means of escape was a back staircase. They dashed through thirteen feet of solid flames in getting out. The bride had not been able to communicate with her family since December 9, 1941 - she received impersonal Red Cross notes monthly, but her family did not even know of her marriage. After Pearl Harbor, her life changed, and she knew she must go to work, so she immediately began working for her board and room at Stockwell Hall and other places. Her Alpha Phi sorority sisters who held a memorial service for her last week, will tell you that Agnes was "the bravest girl they ever met" and she never once complained about her bad luck. Dr. Gilson's home is in Lake Odessa, Michigan. The dead girl's grandfather was the late Dean C. Worcester, '89, Sch. D. (Hon.) '14.
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