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Pictured left to right are: Buelah Englund, Ionne Ladd and Dora Heap in 1973.

Buelah Hazel Englund  (b. 1908 - d. 1991) was a Sharlot Hall housekeeper for 27 years. She retired in 1975 and died in 1991 in Tucson, Arizona. Her husband Edwin preceded her in death in 1983.

V. Ionne Ladd (b. 1909 - d. 2001) was born April 29, 1909 in Delta, Utah. She was the daughter of Archibald and Anna Jane (Streeter) Murphy. Her husband, Robert, and daughter, Patricia Halter, preceded her in death. She lived in Prescott for 49 years. She was hired in 1969 as Sharlot Hall Museum's Assistant Director. She was a member of the Eastern Star and enjoyed being a western historian. She died May 15, 2001 in Prescott.

Dora Virginia (Rosenblatt) Heap (b. 1906 – d. 1984) was born October 16, 1906 in Prescott, Arizona. She was the daughter of Dora Cordelia (Leach) and Paul G. Rosenblatt. She attended Lincoln and Washington Elementary Schools and graduated from Prescott High School in 1924. She graduated from Tempe Normal School and returned to Prescott in 1926 to teach at Miller Valley Elementary School.

She and Joe Heap (b. 1906 – d. 1964) were married on April 4, 1929 in Greenwich, Connecticut. They had one daughter, Dora Jo (Pudzy), born September 26, 1929 in Bronxville, New York. At the time of her mother's death, Pudzy (Mrs. Wallace Welch) was living in Phoenix.

Returning to Prescott, Dora was active in a number of organizations and sang at the Elks Opera House for many years. From 1965 until her retirement in 1972, Dora was director of the Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott. During her tenure, the Governor’s Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the museum property was expanded. She is commemorated, along with several family members, in the Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden in Prescott.

Sources: Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden biography; Daily Courier obituary for Dora Heap July 1, 1984, Arizona Daily Star obituary for Beulah Hazel Englund, October 29, 1991. Daily Courier obituary for V. Ionne Ladd, May 21, 2001; Sharlot Hall Archives notebook "Museum Publicity 1970-1976."