Mary Ellis Vhay

Mary Ellis Borglum Vhay
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Mary Ellis "Mel" Borglum Vhay, the daughter of Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, died Wednesday at her home in Reno, Nev. She was 86.

"She was our last living link to Gutzon Borglum," said Mike Pflaum, chief ranger at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Vhay returned to the mountain often and maintained ties with the National Park staff, said Pflaum. In August she was a guest at ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the carving's dedication.

She was born March 25, 1916, in Atlanta, where her father had begun work on a monument to Confederate heroes on nearby Stone Mountain.

After a falling-out with Stone Mountain committee, he undertook the Mount Rushmore project. She and her brother, Lincoln Borglum, spent their early years traveling in Texas, Connecticut and South Dakota.

Gutzon Borglum died in 1941.
Associated Press Archive - Saturday, September 14, 2002

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Birth: Mar. 25, 1916
Atlanta
Fulton County
Georgia, USA
Death: Sep. 1, 2002
Reno
Washoe County
Nevada, USA

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Family links:
Parents:
Gutzon Borglum (1867 - 1941)
Mary Montgomery Williams Borglum (1874 - 1955)

Sibling:
James Lincoln De La Mothe Borglum (1912 - 1986)*
Mary Ellis Borglum Vhay (1916 - 2002)


Burial:
Unknown


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Record added: Jul 12, 2013
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