GENERAL ORDERS NO. 8
SERIES 2002-2003
ROBERT E. GRIM, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
5367 STATE ROUTE 72 SOUTH
SABINA, OH 45169-9425
937-584-4622
1. It is with great
sadness that I report the death of the last Union Army Civil War widow; Mrs.
Gertrude Grubb Janeway. She died Friday, January 17, 2003 at the age of 93. Her
nephew/caregiver stated, “She passed quietly and peacefully in her sleep with a
smile on her face.”
2. Since 1931 she
made her home in a small log cabin at Blaine, Tennessee. She was born July 3,
1909 and married Civil War veteran John Janeway on June 9, 1927; after a two
year courtship. He was an 81 year old veteran of Company E, 14th
Illinois Cavalry. He died ten years later in 1937.
3. A memorial
service for Mrs. Janeway was held on
Sunday, January 19, 2003. Following a graveside service she was buried near her
husband, parents and brothers in the New Corinth Baptist Church cemetery on
Smith Hollow Road in Grainger County, Tennessee on Monday January 20, 2003
(Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
4. Gertrude Grubb
Janeway was an Honorary Member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil
War. In tribute to her, I hereby charge
all Department Commanders to drape Department Charters in her honor and to
require that all camps do likewise for a period of 30 days effective this day. The
National Webmaster will also drape the national web site in her honor.
5. Pursuant to
Regulation Chapter V, Article III, Section 9, all Brothers and Members of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War may wear the black mourning ribbon
attached to their badge in memory of Mrs. Janeway.
Ordered this Twentieth day of January, 2003.
By Order of:
Commander-in-Chief
Robert E. Grim
Attest:
Edward Krieser, PCinC
National Secretary