Margaret Rebecca 'Maggie' Towner

Other Events:

• Died: from a stroke
• Census: 1900, Salzer, Lewis County, Washington; 1900 Federal Census

Notes:

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died from a stroke
Source: Susans List

Came to Centralia, Washington in April 1901. Married Gilbert
Meckelfresh in 1902. They had one child , Eldon. They Divorced. Maggie
married Fred Smith and adopted first child Eldon to Arthur and Mini
Towner and went to South Dakota. She had two children by Fred Smith.
1. Ruth Margaret Smith Cannell, was a school teacher in Centralia,
Washington.
2. Vernon Smith was a school principal in Vancouver, Washington.

Maggie and Fred parted and she came back to Centralia with the
children. Later married Walton Foster, farmer and lived at Boisfort.
Washington. She had three more children.
1. Dellis married Judd Smith and had 11 Children.
2. Darrell Foster married and had 6 children.
3. Norma Foster married Petersen and had 2 children.

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1920 Washington Soundex Soundex Code for Foster is F236
Vol 27, ED 112, Sheet 1, Line 44, Lewis County Washington
Color - White

Foster, Walton E. Age 36 Born in Missouri
Foster, Margarete Wife 33 South Dakota
---------- Dellis W. Daughter 6 Washington
---------- Derral F. Son 3 and 11/12 Washington
Smith, Ruth Stepdaughter 13 South Dakota
Smith, Vernon Stepson 10 South Dakota

Died:
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Source: Susans List

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census Record
about Maggie Towner
Name: ´tabªMaggie Towner
Home in 1900: ´tabªSalzer, Lewis, Washington
Age: ´tabª16
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1884
BirthPlace: ´tabªSouth Dakota
Relationship to head-of-house: ´tabªDaughter
Father's name: ´tabªWilliam E
Mother's name: ´tabªFrancis
Race: ´tabªWhite
Occupation: ´tabªView Image
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page

Died:
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1 1 1954
Source: Susans List

Family/Spouse: Walton Elmer Foster. Walton was born on 14 Jan 1882 in Middleton, Missouri; died in 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: F. Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married G. Meckelfresh [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Dellis W Foster

Notes:

Birth:
abt 1914

27 March 1913

Dellis married Judd Eugene Smith on 27 May 1932 in Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington. Judd (son of Augustus (Gus) Smith and Lila Eliza James) was born on 22 Apr 1905 in Bartlett, Wallowa County, Oregon; died on 11 Mar 1991 in Omak, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: . Peterson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY OF JOAN I. (SMITH) MCVEY

Joan I. ( Smith) McVey, a resident of Chehalis since 1967, died
Saturday, October 9, at her home. She was 43.
Born May 8, 1950 at Synarep, Washington, she was reared in
Ryderwood-Vader areas from the age of 2 until 1967.
On September 9, 1967, she married John Mcvey, and they lived in
Chehalis Area.
She worked for National Frozen Foods, Chehalis, in Packaging.
She loved flowers, gardening and people, and was a member of the
Bethel Church in Chehalis.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Michelle
Marie Knapp of Napavine; two sons, Mark Allen and Bradley Eugene, both of
Chehalis: three stepdaughters, Marty Rudzinski of Havelock, North
Carolina, Monique Annanof Chehalis, and Robin Baumgardner of Spokane: her
mother Dellis Smith of Omak; four sisters, Lyla Robinson of Hoquiam,
Nellie Lavendar of Chehalis, Marian Cox of Douglas, Alaska , and Helen
Leard of Omak; and four brothers, Gene Smith and Glen Smith , both of
Moses Lake, Ted Smith of Royal City and Winfrey Smith of Omak. She was
preceded in death by her father, Judd Smith.
Remembrances may be donations to the American Cancer Society .
A funeral for McVey will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Betherl
Church in Chehalis with the Rev. Donald Detrick officiating. Interment
will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Chehalis.
Arrangements are under the direction fo Brown Mortuary Service in
Chehalis.

Family/Spouse: L. McVey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: L. Knapp. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]