Dorris Pugsley(1909-1982)
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Attended U. of O. (University of Oregon) 'home of the Ducks', at Eugene, Oregon, a member of Delta Gamma.
Married to Arthur J. 'Boots' Nelson Jr., at Chapel of the St. James Church, Los Angeles, California, November 30, 1934, 8:00 P.M. The bridegroom's sister Virginia Nelson Parkin, and her husband Harry Parkin, served as Maid of Honor, and Best Man.
1935-1947 Executive secretary for several producers (and Unit Secretary) at the Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, with their animation, and later wildlife film department. In an interview with Ms. Pugsley she reminisced about 'those days' with candor and wistfulness, speaking about her beau Boots Nelson, his sister and (gal-pal) Virginia Hazel Nelson Parkin, and life at Disney Studios. This included lunches with her peers at the Disney commissary, which often included Walt Disney himself, who would eat all the shoestring potatoes off her plate before she could finish them.
Just a few of the many films Dorris was involved with, "The Standard Parade of 1939" a (Standard Gasoline Promo), the Disney classic "Dumbo" (1941), "The Grain That Built a Hemisphere" (1943), "The Three Caballeros" (1944), "The Cold-Blooded Penguin" (1945), "Make Mine Music" (1946), and "Victory Through Air Power" (1947).
After 12-years, Dorris left Disney Studios to care for her elderly parents, however, she initiated a second career in 1965 as an executive secretary to the Dean of Students at Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon. Ms. Pugsley retired from OSU in 1975.
Dorris Pugsley passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis Oregon, on January 06, 1982, after a diagnosis of terminal cancer in 1981.
Ms. Pugsley is buried at Mt. Union Cemetery, Philomath, Oregon.
Dorris Margaret Pugsley Nelson was a woman who married into a glamorous world of Hollywood/Los Angeles glitter, became a successful early career-girl in the film industry, and gave it all up to be a loving care-giving daughter in the end (minus a loving companion to care and share her own golden years). A life well-lived, certainly, it would seem with few regrets!
Married to Arthur J. 'Boots' Nelson Jr., at Chapel of the St. James Church, Los Angeles, California, November 30, 1934, 8:00 P.M. The bridegroom's sister Virginia Nelson Parkin, and her husband Harry Parkin, served as Maid of Honor, and Best Man.
1935-1947 Executive secretary for several producers (and Unit Secretary) at the Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, with their animation, and later wildlife film department. In an interview with Ms. Pugsley she reminisced about 'those days' with candor and wistfulness, speaking about her beau Boots Nelson, his sister and (gal-pal) Virginia Hazel Nelson Parkin, and life at Disney Studios. This included lunches with her peers at the Disney commissary, which often included Walt Disney himself, who would eat all the shoestring potatoes off her plate before she could finish them.
Just a few of the many films Dorris was involved with, "The Standard Parade of 1939" a (Standard Gasoline Promo), the Disney classic "Dumbo" (1941), "The Grain That Built a Hemisphere" (1943), "The Three Caballeros" (1944), "The Cold-Blooded Penguin" (1945), "Make Mine Music" (1946), and "Victory Through Air Power" (1947).
After 12-years, Dorris left Disney Studios to care for her elderly parents, however, she initiated a second career in 1965 as an executive secretary to the Dean of Students at Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon. Ms. Pugsley retired from OSU in 1975.
Dorris Pugsley passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis Oregon, on January 06, 1982, after a diagnosis of terminal cancer in 1981.
Ms. Pugsley is buried at Mt. Union Cemetery, Philomath, Oregon.
Dorris Margaret Pugsley Nelson was a woman who married into a glamorous world of Hollywood/Los Angeles glitter, became a successful early career-girl in the film industry, and gave it all up to be a loving care-giving daughter in the end (minus a loving companion to care and share her own golden years). A life well-lived, certainly, it would seem with few regrets!