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- [S11] 1930 US Census.
Household (head: William Lally)
- [S4] Obituary.
Mr. William J. Lally, 89, died on April 6, 2019 in West Orange, N.J. A Funeral Mass will be held in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Verona, N.J., on Thursday, April 11 at 10 a.m. Born in New York City, Mr. Lally moved frequently as a young boy. Having lost his mom at the age of five, he and his father, a Marine Corps vet and carpenter on film sets, lived in New York, then Maryland, finally settling back in the Bronx, where Mr. Lally attended Cardinal B. Hayes High School. He worked on Wall Street shortly before serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1951-1953 during the Korean War. Upon discharge, he continued to work on Wall Street while pursuing his engineering degree at New York University at night, graduating in 1960. In 1968, he and his wife, Virginia, settled in Verona, where they lived until 2001 with their two daughters, Gilian and Brenda. During that time, he enjoyed a long career as a mechanical engineer and product marketer for Westinghouse and North American Philips with which he holds U.S. patents on fluorescent lighting economics. During his long residency in Verona with his family, Mr. Lally was a member of the Verona Rescue Squad and instructor for the IES (Illuminating Engineering Society). Upon his wife’s passing in 2004, he volunteered for a hospice organization in Ocean County, and remained active in his retirement community until 2018 when he returned back to Verona. He was predeceased by his loving wife, Virginia Lally (née Gates). Mr. Lally is survived by his daughters, Gilian Lally and Brenda Herman (Richard); and his grandchildren, Liam and Kevin Cunningham, and Andrew, William and Benjamin Herman.
Condolences may be left at ProutFuneralHome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Verona Rescue Squad, 12 Church St., Verona, N.J. 07044 would be greatly appreciated.
— The Star-Ledger Apr. 9, 2019.
- [S2] Newspaper.
The marriage of Virginia Madeleine Grace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. H. Gates, of Westmount, to Mr. William James Lally, of New York, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lally, took place recently in Dominion-Douglas Church, Westmount, the Rev. Douglas Smith, D.D., officiating. Mr. McRory played the wedding music and standards of white gian chrysanthemums, and candles in cadelabra were used as decorations.
The bride, who was given away by her father, was in a gown of white crepe, appliqued with Guipuire lace. Her three-quarter length veil was held by a cap of similar lace and seed pearls and she carried a cascade bouquet of white roses and stephanotis.
Miss Cynthia Gages, niece of the bride, as maid of honor and Miss Valerie Gates, and Miss Nancy Gates, nieces of the bride, as junior bridesmaids, were in frocks of shantung, the bodices having white lace ruching around the neckline and three-quarter length sleeves. The maid of honor was in pale blue and the junior bridesmaids were in deep blue. They wore matching flat bows in their hair and carried Colonial bouquets of white roses and baby’s breath.
Mr. John A. Robinson, of New York, acted as best man for Mr. Lally and the ushers were Mr. Colin B. Rayworth, of New Brunswick, and Mr. Kenneth A. F. Gates, brother of the bride.
Mrs. Gates, the mother of the bride, was in a gown of autumn gold pebble repe. She wore a hat of bronze and gold velvet petals, matching accessories and had a cluster of cymbidium orchids pinned to her handbag.
Following the reception which was held at the Montreal Badminton and Squash Club, Mr. and Mrs. Gates left for the Southern States, the bride travelling in an ensemble of hunter green wool and wearing black patent leather accessories and a corsage bouquet of Cymbidium orchids.
— The Montreal Gazette, October 2, 1968.
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1930 - 2019 (88 years)
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. Gillian Virginia Gates LALLY, b. Abt 1970 (Age 54 years)
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