Gazlay Family History
Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 2 December 2012; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 |
| Person ID | 4557 |
| Name | Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 10 September 19231 |
| Married | December 1961 to Harriet Jane Truland2 |
| Died | 5 February 19641 |
| Buried | in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia1 |
Biography
Frank is remembered as “one of the finest men ever to have walked on this Earth.” He was killed in a car accident. He had started adoption proceedings for all three of his wife Harriet’s children before he died. The children were eventually adopted and thereafter carried the Medley surname.2
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harriet Jane Truland (daughter of Nira Melbourne Truland and Harriet C. Leonard) |
| Born | 10 September 1922 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | February 1942 in Elkton, Maryland to Arthur Junior Anderson |
| Married | 1946 to George Gottschling |
| Married | to Edward Carl Matthews (born Edward Carl May) |
| Married | December 1961 to Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley |
| Married | ca. 1969 to Earl Tilton Johnson |
| Died | 7 September 1997 in Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida |
| Children | of Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley and Harriet Jane Truland: |
| +1. | Anne Kathleen Medley (born Gottschling) |
| Born | 8 May 1947 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Adopted | (child of George Gottschling and Harriet Jane Truland, adopted by Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley) |
| Married | to David Emil Nester |
| +2. | George William ‘Bill’ Medley (born Gottschling) |
| Born | 3 May 1948 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Adopted | (child of George Gottschling and Harriet Jane Truland, adopted by Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley) |
| Married | 16 August 1969 to Doris Jo ‘Jodee’ Gazlay |
| Died | 30 October 2018 in Maryland |
| +3. | Bonnie Anne Medley (born May) |
| Born | 6 May 1957 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Adopted | (child of Edward Carl Matthews (born Edward Carl May) and Harriet Jane Truland, adopted by Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley) |
| Married | 16 June 1979 to Steven K. Atkinson |
Sources
- Cemetery Record, Arlington National Cemetery (military website); Medley, Francis M., born: 10 September 1923; died: 5 February 1964; US Navy; Section 7, Grave 9905-B-LH.
- Email from Bonnie Medley Atkinson to Lee Gazlay, various dates in November and December 2012.