DRESS

Description: SIZE 16. HAND MADE. FRAYED HEM. INTRICATE FLORAL DESIGNS FRONT AND BACK, DONE IN BLACK SHELL SEED BEADS. RAW SILK, BLACK RAYON.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THIS DRESS DONATED BY GEORGE GYGI. AN OBITUARY FOUND IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD PROVIDED MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DONOR'S LIFE: GEORGE WILLIAM GYGI WAS BORN IN PARIS, IDAHO ON 23 MARCH 1896 AND CAME TO CANADA WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1902, WHERE THEY SETTLED IN STIRLING, ALBERTA. IN 1906 THEY MOVED TO SPRING COULEE AND IN 1917 THEY SETTLED IN MAGRATH WHERE HE FARMED. IN 1935, HE MARRIED THE FORMER MARY HOOD AND IN 1941 THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE CITY IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. ON 1 MARCH 1973, GYGI PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE AT THE AGE OF 76. SOUTHMINISTER BURIAL RECORDS HOUSED IN THE GALT ARCHIVES LIST THE NAME OF MARY GYGI WITH THE BURIAL YEAR 1965. INFORMATION LOCATED ONLINE AT CEMETRIES WEBMAP STATE THAT SHE WAS BORN ON 18 JULY 1890 AND PASSED AWAY ON 06 JULY 1965. NO INFORMATION REGARDING NEXT-OF-KIN WAS LOCATED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FULL LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES.