The Photo above her signature is from Goldfield High School Yearbook 1914
Goldfield, Nevada

Mildred Nevada Bray

Daughter of Nevada superintendent of public schools John E. Bray, Teacher, Secretary to the State Superintendent of Schools, State Superintendent of Schools,
Chairman of the Ormsby County Democratic Party. Mildred N Bray Elementary School in Carson City
named for her.

Miss Bray's Obituary from
November 3, 1975
Nevada Evening Gazette Reno, Nevada

THE DEATH of Mildred Bray has taken from us a distinguished Nevadan and a gracious human being.
Miss Bray lived a long life -- she died at 83 -- and during most of her adult years she contributed
her wisdom to the public and her warmth to all who came into contact with her. She began her career
as a public school teacher, later worked in the state controller's office and under two different
attorneys general as a secretary. In 193t, while she was an office deputy to State School Supt.
Chauncy Smith, Smith died and Gov. Richard Kirman Sr. appointed her to fill out Smith's term. But
if it was chance that brought her to the state superintendent position, it was not chance that kept
her there. Her work was highly respected by educators and the public; she originated the state aid
to education plan which is still a mainstay of local school finances; and she was elected to the
superintendent's post three times in a row -- the only person ever to be so honored. When she
retired from the position in 1950, she might have rested on these accomplishments. Instead, she
provided an example to other aging people that they need not sit idly by in their later years, that
they can be useful and active. She worked diligently in the Democratic Party, and was Ormsby County
party chairman in the early 1960s. When Grant Sawyer was elected governor, she was not too proud to
return to secretarial work, and became the governor's personal secretary. Miss Bray was fortunate
enough to be honored in her lifetime for her work. In 1969 she was named a distinguished Nevadan by
the University of Nevada and also saw the Mildred N. Bray Elementary School opened in Carson City.
In 1973 she was named one of 20 distinguished women by the Nevada State Society in Washington, D.C.
The state was also fortunate -- and deeply honored -- to have known this charming and capable lady.