Socialite. daughter of industrialist heir, George Jay Gould I. In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was the son of Henry A. Bishop, Sr, who was the director of the Western Union Telegraph Co. Together Gloria and Henry had a daughter, Gioia Bishop. In 1928 Gloria divorced her first husband and she married Wallace McFarlane Barker in 1930. Gloria drowned in her swimming pool in August 1943 near Phoenix, Arizona. Gloria's Body was sent to New York, her funeral services held at St Thomas Church her body was cremated at Freshpond Crematory. Gloria's ashes were taken back to Phoenix and interred in a niche in the columbarium room of the Encanto Mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park, now called Greenwood Memory Lawn.
Socialite. daughter of industrialist heir, George Jay Gould I. In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was the son of Henry A. Bishop, Sr, who was the director of the Western Union Telegraph Co. Together Gloria and Henry had a daughter, Gioia Bishop. In 1928 Gloria divorced her first husband and she married Wallace McFarlane Barker in 1930. Gloria drowned in her swimming pool in August 1943 near Phoenix, Arizona. Gloria's Body was sent to New York, her funeral services held at St Thomas Church her body was cremated at Freshpond Crematory. Gloria's ashes were taken back to Phoenix and interred in a niche in the columbarium room of the Encanto Mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park, now called Greenwood Memory Lawn.
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