Lela Myrtle Dilbeck

Lela Myrtle was born on February 13th, 1901 in Oklahoma.¹   Lela Myrtle's father was William Will Dilbeck and her mother was Lauranni Self.  Her paternal grandparents are Elias Franklin Dilbeck and Sarah Jane Auston. She had six brothers and seven sisters, named Walter Franklin, Jesse Lee, William Henry, Arthur David, Floyd Alan, Eugene Monroe, Katie Clide, Mary Alice, Bertie Jean, Sarah Nettie, Ester Estelle, Ada Bell and Pearly Ruth.  She is the sixth youngest of the fourteen children.