Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 19, 1996
FRAE ELLERY HAY
A memorial services for Frae Ellery Hay was Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1996 at 11 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion.
Mrs. Hay, 81, died early Friday morning, Oct. 4, 1996 at her home in Rock Springs.
Mrs. Hay was the only child of C.R. Ellery and Frances Ripley Ellery. She was born Aug. 22, 1915 in Plentywood, Mont., where her father was district attorney. The family moved to Cheyenne when Mrs. Hay was 5 years old. She attended schools and graduated from high school in Cheyenne. She received her undergraduate education at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. She then entered the University of Wyoming Law School, later transferring to the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, earning an LLB degree in 1938.
Admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in that same year, Mrs. Hay was among the first women to practice law in the state. Although she gave up the practice of law upon her marriage, her knowledge of law and justice guided her in her many pursuits in her community and state.
She was a crusader for the right of women to retain their reproductive rights, to expand their employment opportunities and to have their credit worthiness recognized in their own names.
She married Rock Springs rancher Leonard Hay on May 10, 1941, and moved to Rock Springs where she lived for the rest of her life.
In the years that followed, Mrs. Hay was active in the family ranching business and in raising the couple’s two daughters. She helped build the Sweetwater County Library System from a tiny building with few books, to the multi-branch community resource it has become today. She served on the Sweetwater County Library Board from 1960-1967 and on the Rock Springs Library Board from 1969-1989. She was also a member of the Wyoming Council for Libraries.
During those same years, she was also an active board member of the Rock Springs Fine Arts Center, the Sweetwater County Right-to-Read and Special Friends.
Mrs. Hay served on the local Family Planning board for many years, and on the statewide board of Planned Parenthood of Wyoming.
On Oct. 12, the Sweetwater County Business and professional Women honored Mrs. Hay posthumously with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was accepted by her husband, honored her devotion to her community through her volunteer work in many different areas.
Mrs. Hay is survived by her husband and by two daughters, Susan Bell of Canon City, Colo., and Mary Hay of Rock Springs. Other survivors are grandsons, Jason and Eban Bell of Canon City and Archie and Tom Chant of Baggs. Also surviving are her brother-in-aw and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Jr. of Rock Springs and nephews, John Hay III, Keith Hay and Joe Hay, all of Rock Springs. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
FRAE ELLERY HAY
A memorial services for Frae Ellery Hay was Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1996 at 11 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion.
Mrs. Hay, 81, died early Friday morning, Oct. 4, 1996 at her home in Rock Springs.
Mrs. Hay was the only child of C.R. Ellery and Frances Ripley Ellery. She was born Aug. 22, 1915 in Plentywood, Mont., where her father was district attorney. The family moved to Cheyenne when Mrs. Hay was 5 years old. She attended schools and graduated from high school in Cheyenne. She received her undergraduate education at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. She then entered the University of Wyoming Law School, later transferring to the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, earning an LLB degree in 1938.
Admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in that same year, Mrs. Hay was among the first women to practice law in the state. Although she gave up the practice of law upon her marriage, her knowledge of law and justice guided her in her many pursuits in her community and state.
She was a crusader for the right of women to retain their reproductive rights, to expand their employment opportunities and to have their credit worthiness recognized in their own names.
She married Rock Springs rancher Leonard Hay on May 10, 1941, and moved to Rock Springs where she lived for the rest of her life.
In the years that followed, Mrs. Hay was active in the family ranching business and in raising the couple’s two daughters. She helped build the Sweetwater County Library System from a tiny building with few books, to the multi-branch community resource it has become today. She served on the Sweetwater County Library Board from 1960-1967 and on the Rock Springs Library Board from 1969-1989. She was also a member of the Wyoming Council for Libraries.
During those same years, she was also an active board member of the Rock Springs Fine Arts Center, the Sweetwater County Right-to-Read and Special Friends.
Mrs. Hay served on the local Family Planning board for many years, and on the statewide board of Planned Parenthood of Wyoming.
On Oct. 12, the Sweetwater County Business and professional Women honored Mrs. Hay posthumously with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was accepted by her husband, honored her devotion to her community through her volunteer work in many different areas.
Mrs. Hay is survived by her husband and by two daughters, Susan Bell of Canon City, Colo., and Mary Hay of Rock Springs. Other survivors are grandsons, Jason and Eban Bell of Canon City and Archie and Tom Chant of Baggs. Also surviving are her brother-in-aw and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Jr. of Rock Springs and nephews, John Hay III, Keith Hay and Joe Hay, all of Rock Springs. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Oct 19, 1996
FRAE ELLERY HAY
A memorial services for Frae Ellery Hay was Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1996 at 11 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion.
Mrs. Hay, 81, died early Friday morning, Oct. 4, 1996 at her home in Rock Springs.
Mrs. Hay was the only child of C.R. Ellery and Frances Ripley Ellery. She was born Aug. 22, 1915 in Plentywood, Mont., where her father was district attorney. The family moved to Cheyenne when Mrs. Hay was 5 years old. She attended schools and graduated from high school in Cheyenne. She received her undergraduate education at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. She then entered the University of Wyoming Law School, later transferring to the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, earning an LLB degree in 1938.
Admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in that same year, Mrs. Hay was among the first women to practice law in the state. Although she gave up the practice of law upon her marriage, her knowledge of law and justice guided her in her many pursuits in her community and state.
She was a crusader for the right of women to retain their reproductive rights, to expand their employment opportunities and to have their credit worthiness recognized in their own names.
She married Rock Springs rancher Leonard Hay on May 10, 1941, and moved to Rock Springs where she lived for the rest of her life.
In the years that followed, Mrs. Hay was active in the family ranching business and in raising the couple’s two daughters. She helped build the Sweetwater County Library System from a tiny building with few books, to the multi-branch community resource it has become today. She served on the Sweetwater County Library Board from 1960-1967 and on the Rock Springs Library Board from 1969-1989. She was also a member of the Wyoming Council for Libraries.
During those same years, she was also an active board member of the Rock Springs Fine Arts Center, the Sweetwater County Right-to-Read and Special Friends.
Mrs. Hay served on the local Family Planning board for many years, and on the statewide board of Planned Parenthood of Wyoming.
On Oct. 12, the Sweetwater County Business and professional Women honored Mrs. Hay posthumously with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was accepted by her husband, honored her devotion to her community through her volunteer work in many different areas.
Mrs. Hay is survived by her husband and by two daughters, Susan Bell of Canon City, Colo., and Mary Hay of Rock Springs. Other survivors are grandsons, Jason and Eban Bell of Canon City and Archie and Tom Chant of Baggs. Also surviving are her brother-in-aw and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Jr. of Rock Springs and nephews, John Hay III, Keith Hay and Joe Hay, all of Rock Springs. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
FRAE ELLERY HAY
A memorial services for Frae Ellery Hay was Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1996 at 11 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion.
Mrs. Hay, 81, died early Friday morning, Oct. 4, 1996 at her home in Rock Springs.
Mrs. Hay was the only child of C.R. Ellery and Frances Ripley Ellery. She was born Aug. 22, 1915 in Plentywood, Mont., where her father was district attorney. The family moved to Cheyenne when Mrs. Hay was 5 years old. She attended schools and graduated from high school in Cheyenne. She received her undergraduate education at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. She then entered the University of Wyoming Law School, later transferring to the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, earning an LLB degree in 1938.
Admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in that same year, Mrs. Hay was among the first women to practice law in the state. Although she gave up the practice of law upon her marriage, her knowledge of law and justice guided her in her many pursuits in her community and state.
She was a crusader for the right of women to retain their reproductive rights, to expand their employment opportunities and to have their credit worthiness recognized in their own names.
She married Rock Springs rancher Leonard Hay on May 10, 1941, and moved to Rock Springs where she lived for the rest of her life.
In the years that followed, Mrs. Hay was active in the family ranching business and in raising the couple’s two daughters. She helped build the Sweetwater County Library System from a tiny building with few books, to the multi-branch community resource it has become today. She served on the Sweetwater County Library Board from 1960-1967 and on the Rock Springs Library Board from 1969-1989. She was also a member of the Wyoming Council for Libraries.
During those same years, she was also an active board member of the Rock Springs Fine Arts Center, the Sweetwater County Right-to-Read and Special Friends.
Mrs. Hay served on the local Family Planning board for many years, and on the statewide board of Planned Parenthood of Wyoming.
On Oct. 12, the Sweetwater County Business and professional Women honored Mrs. Hay posthumously with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which was accepted by her husband, honored her devotion to her community through her volunteer work in many different areas.
Mrs. Hay is survived by her husband and by two daughters, Susan Bell of Canon City, Colo., and Mary Hay of Rock Springs. Other survivors are grandsons, Jason and Eban Bell of Canon City and Archie and Tom Chant of Baggs. Also surviving are her brother-in-aw and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Jr. of Rock Springs and nephews, John Hay III, Keith Hay and Joe Hay, all of Rock Springs. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
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