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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Velma Legge
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Velma Legge
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| LAST NAME: Legge
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FIRST NAME: Velma
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| MAIDEN NAME: Baker
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| BORN: 27 Sep 1897
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DIED: 5 Aug 1985
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BURIED: Aug 1985
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OCCUPATION: Math Teacher/ H. S. Counselor
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| BIRTH PLACE: Washington
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| DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
AFB #1027 - Velma B. Legge b. 27 Sep 1897, d. Portland, Oregon 5 Aug 1985, interment in Lot #800, next of kin, Kenneth Clair Legge (husband) of Milwaukie, Oregon, and Diane Stearns (niece) of Portland, Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - Velma Baker, age 2, b. Sep 1897 in Washington, is enumerated with father Edward, age 36, occupation M. E. Minister, b. Apr 1864 in Canada, and his wife of 8 years, Vytrella, age 26, mother of 3 children 2 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Mar 1874 in Oregon, along with Blanch, age 2, b. Oct 1897 in Washington. Also enumerated is Margaret Henderson, identified as mother-in-law [of Edward], age 58, widow, mother of 9 children, b. Dec 1841 in Missouri.
1930 OR CENSUS - Velma Legge, age 32, married at age 22, b. Washington, is enumerated with her husband Kenneth Legge, age 31, married at age 21, occupation architect, b. Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
Lelma [Velma] B. Legge.
Lifetime Oregon resident Lelma [Velma] Baker Legge died Aug. 5 in a Portland hospital. She was 87. At the family's request, no funeral will be held. The body will be cremated.
Mrs. Legge was born Sept. 27, 1897, in Wasco. She graduated from Willamette University in Salem in 1920. A resident of the Portland area for more than 50 years, Mrs. Legge taught math and was a counselor at Washington High School in Portland before retiring in 1962. Mrs. Legge was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Portland. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; and a niece, Diane Proctor Stearns of Portland.
- newspaper clipping attached to authorization for burial, not cited
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INSCRIPTION:
Legge
Velma
1897 - 1895
(shares marker with Kenneth)
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LR
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AFB #1027
Saucy
1900 OR CENSUS (Gilliam Co., Arlington, ED 18, sheet 3B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 134, sheet 1A)
Newspaper clipping attached to authorization for burial.
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| LOT: 800
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SPACE: 4 NW
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