Dale Pickett Gay
Iva Dale Pickett Gay (June 25, 1891 - 1988) was a Wyoming businesswoman in the oil business.[1]
Early life and family
[edit]Iva Dale Pickett was born in Rockford, Iowa, on June 25, 1891, the daughter of John Robert Pickett/Pigott, Sheriff of Lyman County, South Dakota, and Sarah Climena Smith.[2] She had two sisters and a brother.[3]
Career
[edit]Gay was the President of Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs and was active in American Red Cross work and Child Health Conferences.[2]
She was the treasurer of the Coal and Grass Creek Oil Company. The company controlled 1120 acres in the Wyoming Oil Fields.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Gay moved to Wyoming in 1911 and lived in Casper. [2]
In 1915, in Denver, Colorado, she married Guy J. Gay, an insurance salesman. They had 4 daughters: Geraldine, Genevieve, Betty Ann, and Helen Eileen. [2] [3]
She died in 1988.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wednesday, May 30, 1917". The Scranton Republican. 1917. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 213. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Montour-Hinman-Wagner-Thornton Famillies". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Sunday, May 27, 1917". Tombstone Weekly Epitaph. 1917. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Five Wyoming Oil Fields and the Transformation of an Economy". Retrieved 20 August 2017.