DORIS BARBARA “DODIE” POST GANN At a Glance:Born: September 10, 1922, Topeka, KansasDied: December 24, 2012, Friday Harbor, WashingtonMaiden Name: Doris L. PostRace/nationality/ethnic background: CaucasianMarried: Ernest K. Gann, 1966Primary city and county of residence and work: Reno, Washoe County, Nevada; Squaw Valley, California; Sun Valley, Idaho; Pebble Beach, California; Friday Harbor, San Juan County, WashingtonMajor […]
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Alice Merriam Baltzelle Addenbrooke
At a Glance: Born: Oct. 10, 1881 in KentuckyDied: Seal Beach, Calif., April 30, 1972Maiden Name: BaltzelleRace/Nationality: CaucasianMarried: Bernard Richard Addenbrooke, Dec. 30, 1902Children: 3 daughters, Louise, Martha Lee, and Alice; and 1 son, BernardPrimary City/County of Residence/Work: Reno, Washoe County, Nevada; Washington D.C.; Seal Beach, Calif.Major Fields of Work: Civic activist, historian Biography: Nevada […]
Marjorie Ann Moore Brown
At A Glance: Birth: January 6, 1885, Alameda, CaliforniaDeath: February 4, 1987, San Francisco, CaliforniaMaiden Name: Marjorie Ann MooreRace/nationality/ethnic background: CaucasianMarried: Hugh Henry Brown, February 17, 1904Children:Hugh Harrison Brown, Marshall Brown, Marjorie BrownPrimary city and county of residence and work:Tonopah, Nye County, Nev., and San Francisco, Calif. Major Fields of work:Nevada Equal Franchise Society founding […]
Maud Gill Hall Gassaway Waite
At a Glance:Born: October 1876, CaliforniaDied: November. 7, 1930, San Francisco, Calif.; buried in Reno, Nev.Maiden Name: GillRace/nationality: Caucasian/AmericanMarried: 1. Dr. Herbert E. Hall, 1905; 2. Dick L. Gassaway, 1909; 3. Fred E. Waite, 1928.Primary city and county of residence and work: Reno, Washoe CountyMajor field of work: women’s suffrage, Women’s Christian Temperance Union and […]
Inez Maria Casale (Booth) Stempeck
At a Glance:Born: Feb. 11, 1927, Sparks, Nevada; interred at Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Nev.Died: Sept. 26, 2020, Sparks, NevadaMaiden Name: CasaleRace/Nationality/ethnic background: ItalianMarried: Casmir Stanley Stempeck 1948-1967; Otto Booth 1975-1986Children: Charles Stempeck, Madaline Stempeck Zanoni, John Stempeck, Helen Stempeck Jayme, Anthony “Tony” Stempeck and Marie Stempeck RogersPrimary City and County of Work: Reno-Sparks, NevadaMajor […]