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Frances Clark was born in February 1951 in Fort Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming. She died on 30 October 1951, at age 0.

Raland Melvin Meech was born on 8 December 1942 in Wadena County, Minnesota.^1,2 He died on 26 March 1965, at age 22, in St. Louis County, Minnesota.^3,2 He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota.²²

Raland had returned from military service in the navy and was engaged to be married. While returning from a movie which he attended with his fiance a drunken driver crossed the median of the highway and hit them head-on. Both Raland and his fiance were killed instantly.

Judy Arlene Meech was born on 22 October 1947 in Wadena County, Minnesota.¹ She died on 10 June 1967, at age 19, in St. Louis County, Minnesota.² She was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota.³

Judy A. Meech, 19, was killed Saturday afternoon near her home on Rainey Road southwest of Hibbing when she was thrown from a motorbike she was riding. Miss Meech was dead of a skull fracture when the Talarico ambulance arrived. The accident occurred about 4:20 p.m.

Sheriff's deputies said that Miss Meech was making a left turn into a neighbor's driveway when the brakes apparently locked and she was thrown from the vehicle. She was riding alone.

A resident of Hibbing the past 11 years, Miss Meech was born in Wadena County.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Meech; one brother, Frank at home; her maternal grandfather Magnus Gjertson, Backus; and her paternal grandmother, Mrs Grace Fogelstrom, Wadena.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Dougherty Funeral Home with the Rev John Palmwuist officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the Dougherty Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Tuesday until the hour of services on Wednesday.