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Roy Milton Bowers was born on 16 July 1914.^1,2 He and Cloy Marguerette Meech were married on 21 November 1938. He died on 15 November 1989, at age 75, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.^1,3,2 He was buried in Montrose Cemetery, Verndale, Wadena, Minnesota.²

Esther Marie Bowers was born on 9 August 1938 in Wadena County, Minnesota.^1,2 She and Earl Cecil Vanausdal were married in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana.³ She and Earl Cecil Vanausdal were divorced Yes.³ She and Hilmur Edward Hanson were married on 14 April 1961 in Hibbing, St Louis, Minnesota.³ She died on 27 March 1962, at age 23, in Hibbing, St Louis, Minnesota.² She was buried in Montrose Cemetery (Lot 42), Verndale, Wadena, Minnesota.²

Esther Marie Bowers was born in Wadena County, Minnesota the daughter of Roy and Cloy (Meech) Bowers.

She married Earl Cecil Van Ausdal in Butte, Montana and came with her husband, young son Le Roy and brother-in-law
Tommy Van Ausdal to live with her uncle Vernon Meech for a short period in 1956 at Tanner's Lake, Minnesota.

Esther miscarried a set of twin girls but later gave birth to another son Henry while living in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Esther and Earl divorced and she married Hilmur Hanson in Hibbing, Minnesota on April 14, 1961.

Esther died as the result of having surgery on her colon on March 27, 1962.

The young boys were then adopted by her mother and father
Roy and Cloy Bowers.

Roy Boyer Charmley was born on 20 June 1913 in Staples, Todd, Minnesota.^2,1,3 He and Vedna Myra Meech were married on 23 November 1935. He died on 31 January 1986, at age 72, in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.^2,3 He was buried in Angelus Memorial Park, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska.³

Roy Boyer Charmley was a Mechanic in Alaska Airlines.^4,5
For more on the ancestry of Roy B. Charmley contact,
Patrick Charmley
(charmley@darwin.com)

Roy Boyer Charmley

Services for Roy Boyer Charmley, 72, will be held at 2 p.m., Feb 4 at Witzleben Funeral Homes and Crematory, Bragaw Chapel with the Rev. Norman Jones of Bethel Chapel officiating. A visitatiion will be held Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr Charmley died Jan 31 at the Anchorage Pioneer Home.

Born in Staples, Minn, on Jun 20, 1913, he had lived in Alaska for 40 years and had worked as a mechanic for Alaska Airlines at Merrill field in the 1940s and 1950s. He Also worked for Older Persons Action Group in the 1970s as a driver and ceramics teacher. Mr Charmley homesteaded with his family at Point McKenzie during the 1960s, was an avid hunter, fisherman and loved the outdoors.

He is survived by his wife Myra Charmley of Anchorage; one son Frank Charmley of Anchorage; three daughters, Mardell Ober and Luella Charmley both of Anchorage and Beverly Shinsel of Sandy, Utah; two sisters, Gladys Grondahl of Staples and Clara Howard of Sebeka, Minn.; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

The family sugggest memorial contributions be directed to the Alaska Zoo.

Burial will be at Angelus Memorial Park.

Mardell Alice Charmley was born on 25 October 1936 in Wadena County, Minnesota.¹ She died on 18 November 2002, at age 66, in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.²

Carl Melvin Pederson was born on 16 October 1908 in Oylen, Wadena. Minnesota.¹ He and Joy Marcia Meech were married on 18 May 1940 in Oylen, Minnesota.² He died on 28 January 1965, at age 56, in Staples, Todd, Minnesota.^2,1 He was buried in West Lyons Cemetery, Wadena County, Minnesota.¹

The Wadena Pioneer Journal, February 4, 1965
Carl Pederson
Oylen - Carl Melvin Pederson was born October 16, 1908 in Byron Township to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pederson. He attended school and grew up in the Oylen community.
He was untied in marriage to Joy Meech May 16, 1940 at Oylen. They made their home near here until about five years ago when they moved to Staples. To this union were born two children, Curtiss Jerome and Joanne Carol.
Carl passed away January 28 in his home at the age of 56 years, after a lingering illness.
There remain to moourn his passing, his wife Joy, their son Curtiss Jerome of St Paul, and daughter Joanne, Mrs. Albert Knapper, Moorhead,; his mother, Mrs Ann Pederson of Oylen; two brothers and two sisters: Jessie Nanik of Bullard Township, Elmer Pederson of Oylen, George of Oylen and Beulah Freeman of Wadena.
Rev. Howard Batdorf officiated.

Doris Bernice Elifrits was born on 1 April 1924 in Superior, Dickinson, Iowa.^1,2,3 She and Clinton Frank Meech were married on 27 June 1942. She died on 7 July 1984, at age 60, in Staples, Todd, Minnesota.^1,3 She was buried in Wadena Cemetery, Wadena, Wadena, Minnesota.³

Doris Bernice Meech was born on April 1,1924 in Superior, Iowa, the daughter of Bret and Gladys Rischel Elifrits. Doris married Clinton Meech on June 27. 1942. They were the parents of twelve children, two of which died in infancy.

Doris worked at the Cozy Cafe in Staples for a number of years. She and Clinton owned a hobby farm just north of town. She enjoyed her time away from work by camping in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter. She was a very
fun loving person who loved to play practical jokes.

Doris suffered with cancer in the later part of her life. She was given a clean bill of health about 7 years before the cancer reoccurred. She died on July 7, 1984 with the thought of seeing her beloved babies again.

Terry Wade Meech was born on 6 November 1946 in Wadena County, Minnesota.¹ He died on 6 January 1947, at age 0, in Wadena County, Minnesota.²

Jody Wayne Meech was born on 15 December 1960 in Staples, Todd, Minnesota.^1,2 He died on 17 December 1960, at age 0, in Staples, Todd, Minnesota.^3,2 He was buried in Wadena Cemetery, Wadena, Wadena, Minnesota.²