Dale Pickett Gay

Iva Dale Pickett Gay (June 25, 1891 - 1988) was a Wyoming businesswoman in the oil business.^[1]

Early life and family

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

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

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

1. "Wednesday, May 30, 1917". The Scranton Republican. 1917. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
2. 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.
3. "Montour-Hinman-Wagner-Thornton Famillies". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
4. "Sunday, May 27, 1917". Tombstone Weekly Epitaph. 1917. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
5. "Five Wyoming Oil Fields and the Transformation of an Economy". Retrieved 20 August 2017.