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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Arthur Verne Myers ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Arthur Verne Myers
LAST NAME: Myers FIRST NAME: Arthur MIDDLE NAME: Verne NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 2 Feb 1905 DIED: 14 Jul 1994 BURIED: 19 Jul 1994
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Teacher, Principal, Assistant Superintendent
BIRTH PLACE:  Red Wing, Goodhue Co, Minnesota
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of Parents Verne Moore & Harriet DeCoster md 28 Nov 1903, St Paul, Ramsey co, Minnesota

1910 MN CENSUS Arthur Myers (5y, b Minnesota) enumerated with parents Verne M. (27y, b Minnesota, married 7y, restaurant cook) and Harriet E. (23y, b Wisconsin, mother of 3 children) and 2 sisters, Marilon (3y, b Minnesota) and an unnamed girl (0m, b Wisconsin); family listed as roomers in a hotel

1920 OR CENSUS Arthur Myers (14y, b Minnesota) enumerated with father Mason (36y, b Minnesota, auto company operator) and step-mother Vega Lona (35y, b Oregon)

MARRIAGE Arthur V. Myers (24y, of Portland, teacher, b Minnesota, son of Vern Myers & Harriet DeCoster) and Ramona Moore (23y, of Independence, teacher, b Oregon, dau of Albert C. Moore & Rose Clodfelter) md 11 May 1929, Vancouver, Clark co, Washington

1930 OR CENSUS Arthur V. Myers (25y, b Minnesota, married at age 24y, teacher) enumerated with wife Ramona O. (23y, b Oregon, married at age 22y, teacher)

1940 OR CENSUS Arthur V. Myers (35y, b Minnesota, teacher) enumerated with wife Ramona O. (33y, b Oregon) and 2 sons, Ray A. (9y, b Oregon) and Kent C. (7y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

WWII Draft Registration Card Arthur Verne Myers, 35, of 2170 S Church St, Salem; b 2 Feb 1905, Red Wing, Minnesota; person who knows address wife Ramona Olive Myers, 2170 S Church St, Salem

1950 OR CENSUS Arthur V. Myers (44y, b Minnesota, grade school principal) enumerated with wife Ramona O. (43y, b Oregon) and 4 children, all born in Oregon, Ray A. (19y, grocery store cashier), Kent C. (17y), Rosemary K. (8y) and Elizabeth L. (2y)

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1994) - Arthur Verne Myers, b. 2 Feb 1905, d. 14 Jul 1994 at the age of 89, name of spouse Ramona.

OBITUARY: 

Arthur Verne Myers, 89, a longtime Salem school administrator for who Myers Elementary School is named, died Thursday. 
A native of Red Wing, Minn., he came to Salem as a small child. He attended Grant Elementary School and graduated for Independence High School He started teaching at Perrydale at age 19. In 1928, he earned a teaching degree from Oregon Normal School, now Western Oregon State College. In My 1929, he married Ramona Moore. He became a social studies teacher at Parrish Junior High School in 1938, the same year he received a master's degree in education from Willamette University. During the next 32 years he served as an elementary school principal, the director of outlying schools and an assistant superintendent. Myers Elementary School opened in 1973, three years after he retired. He and his wife, Ramona, brought discarded textbooks to children in Mexico. He volunteered as a teacher at the Oregon State Penitentiary. 
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Salem and the Salem Downtown Rotary Club. He was a sponsor for bringing Laotian families in Salem. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Rosemary Carlsen of Lake Oswego and Elizabeth Callahan of Salem; sons, Ray A. of Salem and Kent C. of Lake Oswego; sister, Lenore Winslow of Lake Oswego; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Services will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the church in Salem. Arrangements are by Barrick mortuary. Contributions may be made to the Salem Schools Foundation, P.O. Box 993, Salem, Ore. 97308. 
Statesman Journal 16 Jul 1994 4B:3

INSCRIPTION: 

Myers
Arthur Verne
Feb 2, 1905
July 14, 1994
Educators
Friends of the Mien from Laos
[shares marker with Ramona]

SOURCES: 

LD 

Minnesota Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

1910 MN CENSUS (Hennepin Co, Minneapolis, ED 88, sheet 4A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 95, sheet 4B)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Hubbard, ED 92, sheet 1B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-78B, sheet 6A)

WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1950 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-47, sheet 23)

SJ 16 Jul 1994 4B:3

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LOT: 880 SPACE: 2 SW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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