Mary May (Dellnow) Pixley

Have been a genealogist for over 50 years. Check out my website: pixleyblair.tribalpages.com These lines are also entered on ancestry.com and my full gedcom can be found on geni.com Our family can be traced back to and beyond Charlemagne through the Randolphs of colonial Virginia.
I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, raised in southern Califorina in Huntington Park. Also lived in Grass Valley, Ca. 'Movied to Fredericksburg, Va. then to Grayslake, IL. to be closer to family. 'Attended the University of Southern California 'was a member of Chi Omega sorority, as is my daughter. I was a dental hygienist and later got my Master's in Art Education and taught art at the high school (including at my alma mater Huntington Park High School) and at college level. We were active in Scottish groups-my daughter was a champion highland dancer and my son a member of an award-winning pipe band Our family was very active in Masonic organizations. My daughter & I are Past Honored Queens of Job's Daughters. I am Past Matron of Eastern Star. My son was a member of the Order of DeMolay of which my father was Southern California Jurisdiction Officer. My dad Melvin Pixley was also Past Potentate of Al Malaikah and Chairman of the Board of the Shrine Hospistal for Children in Los Angeles. He was a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason. See his site.