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Clara Fayretta Davies was born in June 1898 in Trail, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^1,3 She and Gale Herman Johnson were married about 1918.⁴ She died on 11 January 1935, at age 36, in Seattle, King, Washington.¹

Gale Herman Johnson was born on 25 May 1896 in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota.^1,3 He and Clara Fayretta Davies were married about 1918.⁴ He died on 2 February 1972, at age 75, in Union, Washington.^1,3

Helen Fay Johnson was born on 28 June 1919 in Seattle, King, Washington.^1,2 She and Roy William Wagoner were married on 1 May 1937 in Yuma County, Arizona.¹ She died on 14 November 2009, at age 90, in Lake Havasu, Arizona.³

Helen Fay Wagoner- Receptionist, Joshua Tree Pioneer, 90

Helen Fay Wagoner died Nov. 14, 2009, at Lake Havasu, Ariz., after a hip fracture. She was 90 years old.
She was born in Seattle, Wash., June 28, 1919, to Gale Herman Johnson and Clara Fayretta Davies.
Mrs. Wagoner was a resident of Johua Tree for over 40 years; she settled there with the Homestead Act and built her home.
Retired, she was a receptionist for Union Oil Co.
She was also a fabric specialist at Sprouse-Reitz/Coronet and a teacher with the Alhambra school system, where she worked with parents and childlren with ADHD syndrome.
Mrs. Wagoner was an Eastern Star Past Matron as well as a pianist and organist.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy W. Wagoner, Sr., and her son Roy W. Wagoner, Jr.
She is survived by daughter Shirley Mickey of Joshua Tree; son Gale W. Wagoner of Lake Huvasu City, Ariz.; granddaughters Lisa Jones of Sun City, Randi Lehman of Quantico, Va., and Linda Nielson of Mentone; grandson John Mickey of Parker, Ariz.; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Wagoner's family requests memorial donations by made to Hospice of Yucca Valley.

Roy William Wagoner was born on 10 March 1913 in Rochester, Olmstead, Minnesota.^1,2 He and Helen Fay Johnson were married on 1 May 1937 in Yuma County, Arizona.¹ He died on 3 December 2001, at age 88, in Arizona.²