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Camyre, Delina Frances
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Camyre, Frances
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Delina Frances Talon, 1919-1992, was born in Maine, USA and educated in Vancouver, British Columbia. She married Mr. Camyre and lived in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. After her husband's death she entered the drilling business in Edmonton, Alberta and in 1956, in partnership with W.E. Caskey and Dean Caskey, she established Wardean Drilling and Caskey Oilfield Hauling. These companies wee sold to Westbourne Industries in 1968. Afterwords she founded Key Oilfield Supply and Rentals in Calgary, Alberta. She retired in 1987. On her death she left a bequest of $1 million to provide educational bursaries.