H.G. McGEE, 87, retired realtor who was instrumental in developing a system of parks and scenic drives here, died at his home at Albuquerque, N.M., Monday evening.

Death followed a stroke according to a telegram received here by his niece, Helen McGee, 170 Glen Avenue, from Mr. McGee's daughter, Grace Russell of Albuquerque.

Mrs. Russell advised that services and cremation would take place at Albuquerque with interment later in Council Bluffs.

Mr. and Mrs. McGee left here about December 1 to make their home at Albuquerque.

A native of West Virginia, Mr. McGee came to Council Bluffs in 1874, traveling by steamboat from Pittsburgh, PA, via the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.

He entered the real estate business first as a clerk in the I.A. Miller office and afterward became a partner in the firm of Cooper and McGee on Main Street on ground where First Avenue is now located.

He continued in the real estate business from 1887 until his retirement in April of 1940 as head of the H.G. McGee Real estate Company, Inc., 105 Pearl Street, which he organized in 1929.

McGee served for many years as a member of the Council Bluffs park board, first taking office in 1910.

He was known as the "father of Rainbow Drive" and was known to be the donor of $1,000 toward the purchase of land around Rainbow Point, scenic spot commemorating the visit of Lewis and Clark in 1804.

It was his ambition to see Council Bluffs develop a system of parks and scenic drives to make the city one of the country's beauty spots.

McGee was a member of the First Presbyterian Church with which he had been affiliated since September 30, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. McGee observed their golden wedding anniversary on January 12, 1943.

Surviving besides his widow, Margaret McGee; are his daughter, Mrs. Russell, and a son, John McGee, residing in New York state. There are three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.