Gazlay Family History
Bessie Loretta Irwin
Parents
| Father | Warner Irwin ( - ) |
| Mother | Myrtle Curtner ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 11 March 2024; Last Edited: 9 July 2025 |
| Person ID | 15167 |
| Name | Bessie Loretta Irwin |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 28 August 1906 in Boyd, Fannin County, Texas1, 2 |
| Married | 30 May 1925 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Aden Roscoe Mossman1 |
| Married | 28 September 1938 in Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota to George Ward Gazlay3 |
| Divorced | 19 June 1947 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming from George Ward Gazlay4, 5 |
| Married | 27 December 1947 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Harold Allen ‘Red’ Glendenning6 |
| Died | 17 May 1992 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming1 |
| Buried | in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Aden Roscoe Mossman |
| Born | 21 December 1902 in Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska |
| Married | 30 May 1925 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Bessie Loretta Irwin |
| Died | 3 August 1938 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming |
| Spouse 2 | George Ward Gazlay (son of Herbert Delno Gazlay and Bernice Edna Stanard) |
| Born | 15 July 1897 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming |
| Married | 6 September 1918 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming to Mary Evelyn Newell |
| Married | 28 September 1938 in Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota to Bessie Loretta Mossman (née Irwin) |
| Married | 7 October 1950 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming to Edith Myrtle Sutfin (née Cross) |
| Died | 3 November 1973 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming |
| Children | of Bessie Loretta Irwin and George Ward Gazlay: |
| +1. | Robert Warren ‘Glen’ Glendenning (born Gazlay) |
| Born | 22 June 1945 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming |
| Married | 16 September 1967 to Melody Ann Behrens |
| Married | 18 August 1975 in Harris County, Texas to Gladys J. Deforest |
| Married | 24 October 1998 in Galveston County, Texas to Betty V. Watts |
| Died | 20 February 2000 in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas |
| Spouse 3 | Harold Allen ‘Red’ Glendenning |
| Born | 3 June 1913 in Diagonal, Ringgold County, Wyoming |
| Married | 27 December 1947 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Bessie Loretta Gazlay (née Irwin) |
| Died | 8 February 1974 in Wyoming |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; Bessie Loretta Irwin Glendenning, born: 28 August 1906 in Boyd, Fannin County, Texas; died: 17 May 1992 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming (from record, which includes the text from her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, three husbands, and one child).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Wyoming, Converse County, Douglas, E.D., 5-23B, Sheet No. 81A, George Gazlay, 41, Wyoming, bartender; wife Bessie L. Gazlay, 36, Texas; daughter Betty Lou Galay, 13, Wyoming; son Alvin Duane Gazlay, 8, Nebraska. [Betty Lou and Alvin Duane are children of Bessie from her first marriage, and probably did not take the Gazlay surname.]
- South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2018 (available at ancestry.com), George Ward Gazlay, age 41; Bessie Lorettia Mossman, age 38; married on 28 September 1938 in Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota.
- Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966, Wyoming, Index to Divorces, Divorce Record Indexed, 1941-1952 (available at familysearch.org), George W. Gazley and Bessie, divorced on 19 June 1947 in Douglas, Converse, Co., Wyoming.
- Wyoming, U.S., State Divorce Records, 1941-1972 (available at ancestry.com), George W. Gazley, age [blank]; Bessie, age [blank]; date of marriage: 28 Sept. 1938; place of marriage: Hot Springs, S.D.; place of divorce: Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; date of decree or judgment: 19 June 1947; number of children affected: Total: one; By this marriage: one.
- Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966, Wyoming, Index to Marriages, Wyoming Civil Registrations, 1941-1952, Marriage Record Indexes, 1952-1966, 1941-1952 (available at familysearch.org), Harold Allen Glendenning and Bessie L. Gazlay, married on 27 December 1947 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming.