NameAudrey Evelyn Rudd
Birth13 Sep 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN
Death5 Jun 1988, Vancouver, Clark Co, WA
Burial7 Jun 1988, Park Hill Cem, Vancouver, WA
Misc. Notes
daughter of Martin Rudd and Helena Hall.
She was previously married and divorced, as she signed the marriage license as Audrey Evelin Finnder.
She is referenced in the 6 Oct 1951 Centralia Chronical as the paternal grandmother of Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Misner's baby boy John (born 30 Sept), living in Portland with son Billy while her husband was living in Wapato. Apparently her mother-in-law, Helen Rudd was living in Los Angeles at the time.
Remarried to Oliver E Damon on 22 Jun 1952 in Clark Co, WA. The marriage license said they were residents of Multnomah Co, OR.
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.
Marriage7 Jul 1933, Washington