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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Melvin Gene Beard ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Melvin Gene Beard
LAST NAME: Beard FIRST NAME: Melvin MIDDLE NAME: Gene NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: WWII - Marine
BORN: 11 May 1927 DIED: 6 Feb 1998 BURIED: 11 Feb 1998
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Foreman - state Hwy Dept.
BIRTH PLACE:  Washougal, Clark Co., Washington
DEATH PLACE: Keizer, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
AFB #01133 - Melvin Gene Beard, b. Washougal, Washington 11 May 1927 d. Salem 7 Feb 1998, interment 11 Feb 1998 in Lot #656, next of kin Robert C. Beard.
1930 CO CENSUS - Melvin, age 2, b. Washington, is enumerated with father Herbert Beard, age 31, married at age 24, occupation farm laborer, b. Wales, and mother Elvera, age 30, married at age 24, b. Oregon.

PHJOTOGRAPH NOTE - The picture of Mel Beard, is courtesy of Ginni Morey.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
Melvin Gene Beard May 11, 1927 - Feb. 7, 1998 
KEIZER--Melvin Beard, 70, died Saturday. Cause of death was unavailable. Born in Washougal, Wash., he served in the Marine Corps from 1945 to 1949. He worked for 35 years for the state Highway Department and for 30 years as a stripping crew foreman. He was a member of the Shamrock C.B.'ers and bowled on many leagues. He enjoyed computers and electronics. Survivors include his wife, Ora Lee (Frey), whom he married on Dec. 28, 1956; and brother, Robert of Keizer. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Howell- Edwards-Doerksen Chapel of the Gardens, Salem. Private interment will be at Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Contributions: Humane Society of the Willamette Valley. 
Source - Newspaper clipping attached to authorization for burial (Statesman)
INSCRIPTION: 
Melvin G. Beard 
US Marine Corps 
World War II 
1927 - 1998 
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SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
AFB #01133 
Saucy Survey & Photographs 
1930 CO CENSUS (Logan Co., Mt. Hope, ED 46, sheet 2A)
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 656 SPACE: 3 NE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.220' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.914'
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