Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWinnie Wanda Wells 
Birth21 Nov 1899, Hanford, Lewis Co, WA
Census20 Jan 1920, Bucoda, Thurston Co, WA
Memoroll#1942, pg 3
Census11 Apr 1930, Granite, Lewis Co, WA
Memoroll#2507, pg 5
Census4 Apr 1940, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
Memoroll#4365, pg 3
Death3 May 1972, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
Burial8 May 1972, Greenwood Memorial Park Cem, Centralia, Lewis Co, WA
Memowas Sticklin Cem
FatherWilliam Arthur Wells (1850-1933)
MotherMartha Ann Shelton (1860-1945)
Misc. Notes
Listed in 1920 census with her husband George Misner (26, MO) and sons Claude (1yr 6mo) and Melville (2 mos).
Divorced and married a second time to Carl Oscar Bergren (b. 2 Aug 1900 Sweden - 25 Oct 1949 Olympia, WA) a baker in 1923. The two of them are listed in Granite, WA in 1930, she as a clerk.
They had moved to Olympia, WA by 1940, where Carl (40, SWE) worked as a cook in his own restaurant, with Winnie (41, WA) and son Carl (7, WA) were at home. His brother Elmer had married her daughter Betty in 1939 and were also living with them.
They were later living in Pendleton, OR in 1955.
[Obituary] The Daily Chronicle, Centralia WA - Friday 5 May 1972
Winnie Bergren Misner
Mrs. Winnie Bergren Misner, 72, Olympia, a former resident of the Centralia area, died Wednesday at her Olympia home. She was a lifetime resident of Washington State and had been a nurse’s aide in the Olympia area prior to her retirement 10 years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Bergren, Tumwater, a son, Claude Misner, Olympia; 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 pm Monday in the Olympia Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park, Centralia. Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Funeral Home, Olympia.
Divorced and married a second time to Carl Oscar Bergren (b. 2 Aug 1900 Sweden - 25 Oct 1949 Olympia, WA) a baker in 1923. The two of them are listed in Granite, WA in 1930, she as a clerk.
They had moved to Olympia, WA by 1940, where Carl (40, SWE) worked as a cook in his own restaurant, with Winnie (41, WA) and son Carl (7, WA) were at home. His brother Elmer had married her daughter Betty in 1939 and were also living with them.
They were later living in Pendleton, OR in 1955.
[Obituary] The Daily Chronicle, Centralia WA - Friday 5 May 1972
Winnie Bergren Misner
Mrs. Winnie Bergren Misner, 72, Olympia, a former resident of the Centralia area, died Wednesday at her Olympia home. She was a lifetime resident of Washington State and had been a nurse’s aide in the Olympia area prior to her retirement 10 years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Bergren, Tumwater, a son, Claude Misner, Olympia; 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 pm Monday in the Olympia Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park, Centralia. Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Funeral Home, Olympia.
Spouses
Birth5 Feb 1893, Amoret, Bates Co, MO
Death1 Sep 1960, Wapato, Yakima Co, WA
Burial3 Sep 1960, Greenwood Memorial Park Cem, Centralia, Lewis Co, WA
Occupationdairy farmer
Misc. Notes
Parents: James Timothy Misner (Feb 1864 IL -1944) & Lula Shaw (Feb 1874 KS - 1955).
Listed as a farm laborer with his parents, two brothers and two sisters in 1910.
In Jun 1917 he was working as a teamster for Mutual Lumber Co in Tenino, WA when he registered for the WWI Draft, just before his marriage.
In 1920 George was working as a teamster at the saw mill, with his wife Winnie and sons Claude and Melville.
He is listed in 1930 as a widowed dairy farmer (37, MO), first married at age 24. With him is his son Claude (11) and daughter Betty (10).
Married a second time to Audrey Evelyn Rudd (b. 13 Sep 1910 Minneapolis MN) with whom he had 3 sons and a daughter after 1930.
He is listed as a dairy farmer (47, MO) in 1940, with his wife Audrey C. (30, MN) and children Ronald E. (12, MT), Carolee C. (5, WA) and Donald C. (4, WA).
They were apparently separated by 1951 when she is listed as being in Portland with son Billy, and he in Wapato, when their grandson John Misner was born to son Ronald.
He died of Carcinomutosis of the stomach.
[Obituary] The Daily Chronical (Centralia, WA) - 2 Sep 1960, pg 2
Ex-Resident Succumbs
George W. Misner, 67, a former longtime resident of Tenino and Bucoda, died Thursday at the home at Route 1 Wapato, where he had resided for the past 16 years.
The deceased was born Feb 5, 1893 in Bales county, Missouri. He was a former member of the Centralia Seventh Day Adventist church and was a member of the Veterans of World War I Lodge Kelsa barracks and of the American Legion at Toppenish. Survivors include the widow Mrs. Winnie Misner; four sons Claude and Ronald both of Tenino; Don, of Brewster Wash and Billy of Portland. Other survivors include two daughters Mrs Betty Bergren of Olympia Wash and Carolee Tucker of Richfield California. Two brothers Frank of New York and Dr. Peter Misner of Florida. Two sisters, Mrs Pearl Rabjohn of Tacoma Wash, and Mrs Pearl Geible of Tacoma Wash. Also 21 grandchildren.
When he died, they took him to Centralia Washington to the Sticklin Funeral home for services officiated by Elder Pallerson of the Tacoma Seventh Day Adventist church. Pallbearers were from the Veterans of World War I Lodge, and he was buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery.
Listed as a farm laborer with his parents, two brothers and two sisters in 1910.
In Jun 1917 he was working as a teamster for Mutual Lumber Co in Tenino, WA when he registered for the WWI Draft, just before his marriage.
In 1920 George was working as a teamster at the saw mill, with his wife Winnie and sons Claude and Melville.
He is listed in 1930 as a widowed dairy farmer (37, MO), first married at age 24. With him is his son Claude (11) and daughter Betty (10).
Married a second time to Audrey Evelyn Rudd (b. 13 Sep 1910 Minneapolis MN) with whom he had 3 sons and a daughter after 1930.
He is listed as a dairy farmer (47, MO) in 1940, with his wife Audrey C. (30, MN) and children Ronald E. (12, MT), Carolee C. (5, WA) and Donald C. (4, WA).
They were apparently separated by 1951 when she is listed as being in Portland with son Billy, and he in Wapato, when their grandson John Misner was born to son Ronald.
He died of Carcinomutosis of the stomach.
[Obituary] The Daily Chronical (Centralia, WA) - 2 Sep 1960, pg 2
Ex-Resident Succumbs
George W. Misner, 67, a former longtime resident of Tenino and Bucoda, died Thursday at the home at Route 1 Wapato, where he had resided for the past 16 years.
The deceased was born Feb 5, 1893 in Bales county, Missouri. He was a former member of the Centralia Seventh Day Adventist church and was a member of the Veterans of World War I Lodge Kelsa barracks and of the American Legion at Toppenish. Survivors include the widow Mrs. Winnie Misner; four sons Claude and Ronald both of Tenino; Don, of Brewster Wash and Billy of Portland. Other survivors include two daughters Mrs Betty Bergren of Olympia Wash and Carolee Tucker of Richfield California. Two brothers Frank of New York and Dr. Peter Misner of Florida. Two sisters, Mrs Pearl Rabjohn of Tacoma Wash, and Mrs Pearl Geible of Tacoma Wash. Also 21 grandchildren.
When he died, they took him to Centralia Washington to the Sticklin Funeral home for services officiated by Elder Pallerson of the Tacoma Seventh Day Adventist church. Pallbearers were from the Veterans of World War I Lodge, and he was buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery.
Marriage7 Aug 1917, La Grande, Union Co, OR
Divorce
ChildrenClaude Burton (1918-1996)
Betty Melvina (1919-2014)
Birth2 Aug 1900, Sweden
Death25 Oct 1949, Olympia, Thurston Co, WA
BurialGreenwood Memorial Park Cem, Centralia, Lewis Co, WA
OccupationCook
Misc. Notes
Carl immigrated with his family and arrived in New York aboard the Celtic on 24 Apr 1903, and was naturalized in 1910.
Marriage1923