People

: Reilly Spence; A former employee of 970West Studio at Mesa County Libraries

: Rena Mae (Smith) Nisbet; She was born to Rollin F. Smith and Anna (Tyner) Smith in Faye, Oklahoma. There, her father was a farmer. Her mother was a homemaker. US Census records show that family had arrived in Delta, Colorado by at least 1910, when Rena was 6. In Delta, her father was a liveryman. The family lived in Grand Valley and Molina before settling in Palisade in 1917, when Rena was 14. There, they owned and operated a fruit farm. Rena graduated from Palisade High School. She married George A. Nisbet on November 5, 1923. He was the superintendent of the water board. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, president of the Palisade Women’s Club, a member of the Palisade Methodist Church, a charter member of the Palisade Garden Club, and a past president of the P.E.O. International, CD Chapter.

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