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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Mary Helen Megert ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Megert, Mary Helen
LAST NAME: Megert FIRST NAME: Mary MIDDLE NAME: Helen NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Schell AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 8 Aug 1918 DIED: 2 Sep 1980 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Enterprise, Wallowa Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1920 OR CENSUS – Mary Schell (1y5m, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Charles S.(35y, b North Carolina, occupation farmer) and Sallie M. (35y, b North Carolina) and 5 siblings, Vance (11y, b North Carolina), Bertie (9y, b North Carolina), Clarence (7y, b Oregon), Essie (5y, b Washington) and Hazel (3y9m, b Oregon); also with family were two lodgers, William Compton (36y, b Kentucky, divorced, occupation farm laborer) and his daughter Nellie (7y, b Oregon)

1930 OR CENSUS - Mary Schell, age 11, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Charles, age 46, occupation farmer, b. North Carolina, and Sally, age 42, b. North Carolina, along with Vance, age 22, b. North Carolina, Essie, age 15, b. Washington, and Hazel, age 14, b. Oregon.

MARRIAGE – Fred F. Megert (24y, of Salem, Oregon; b Oregon, son of Alfred A. Megert & Emily Felger) and Mary H. Schell (18y, of Salem, Oregon; b Oregon, daughter of Charlie S. Schell & Sallie Garland) md 9 Jan 1937, Vancouver, Clark co, Washington

1940 OR CENSUS – Mary Megert (21y, b Oregon) enumerated with husband Fred (27y, b Oregon, occupation auto painter) and son Jerry (1y, b Oregon) family was living in same place in 1935  

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Polk County 1980) #80-15985

OBITUARY: 

Services and interment for Mary Helen Megert, 62, of 3280 Oak Knoll Road NW, who died Tuesday, will be private. The casket will be open from 5 to 8 tonight and 1 to 5 pm tomorrow and Sunday at Barrick mortuary. She was born in Enterprise and had lived in Salem more than 50 years. Survivors include her husband, Fred; daughter, Bonnie Belle Megert, Salem; and son, Jerry Van, Pebble Beach, Calif. The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society.

Statesman Journal, Friday, September 5, 1980, page 20

Mary Helen Megert. Late resident of 3280 Oaknoll Rd NE, Salem, Ore. Tues, Sept 2 at the residence. Survived by widowed, Fred F. Megert, Salem; daughter, Bonnie Belle Megert, Salem; son, Jerry Van Megert, Pebble Beach, Cal. Private services and interment. The casket will be open to friends Sat and Sun from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm in the Barrick Chapel, 205 Church SE. For those who wish contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Marion Polk Unit.

Statesman Journal, Saturday, September 6, 1980, page 16

INSCRIPTION: 

Megert
Mary H.
1918 - 1980
[shares marker with Frederick]
Married
July 9
1937

SOURCES: 

Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

1920 OR CENSUS (Wallowa co, Mud Creek, ED 205, sheet 1A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Salt Creek, ED 15, sheet 4A)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 24-61A, sheet 2A)

SJ, 5 Sept 1980, page 20

SJ, 6 Sept 1980, page 16 

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