(October 1937 - Dec 1937) (his death)
27 August 36 elopes with William “Billy” Magee Jr., whom reports named as the probable bridegroom of Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Phelps.
29 August 36
Mrs. William A. Magee Sr., of Oakland, mother of William A. Magee Jr., wealthy San Francisco clubman, today denied reports that her son had eloped with Sheila Terry. "I am sure my son has not been married," said Mrs. Magee when informed eastern dispatches stated Magee had eloped. Magee was divorced in 1933 by Mrs. Edith Grant Magee, who later married Peter McDean, Hillsborough socialite. Magee’s name was romantically linked with that of Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Phelps, granddaughter of the late James Fair.
24 October 37
marries William Magee of San Francisco
26 October 3 Ted Apstein, lawyer, disclosed in Supreme Court yesterday that his client, Sheila Terry, had married William McGee of San Francisco Sunday night. The announcement was made at a hearing on her application for an injunction to prevent the use of her name in an act. "Where's Miss Terry?” asked the judge. Apstein replied that she was on her honeymoon.
1937 divorces Magee
9 December 37 Mrs. Barbara Moulton Hutton Phillips Gerstle Magee, whose third marriage was to Dr. Mark Lewis Gerstle Jr., of Hillsborough, today had been released from her fourth marriage by Nevada courts. Mrs. Magee was granted a divorce at Carson City on grounds of mental cruelty. Her latest husband, William A. Magee Jr., member of a socially prominent family of the bay region, is manager of extensive interests in ranching and livestock at Yerington, Nevada. The couple was married last March 14 at Carson City, just a few weeks after the bride had obtained a divorce from Doctor Gerstle, who is a noted psychiatrist. She was Doctor Gerstle's third wife. His fourth, Mrs. Katherine Chase Conrad Gerstle, is reported living in Reno in preparation for obtaining a divorce. Marriages of Mrs. Magee, in order, were to Douglas English Hutton, Grattan Phillips, Gerstle and Magee. Magee has been married three times. Other marriages were to Mrs. Joseph D. Grant, who later married socially prominent Peter McBean, and to actress Sheila Terry, from whom he was divorced shortly before marrying the then Mrs. Gerstle.
19 June 40 Winchell reports: “...the former Sheila Terry and H. Edward Manville, Jr., are rumored uniting when their divorces become final in September...”
August 11, 1941 Magee dies from a heart attack at his Oakland home The real estate executive and sportsman was vice president at the San Francisco firm Thomas Magee and Sons. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Josephine Bernard Ritter Magee, daughter Edith, son John, and his parents.