Charles Melvin McClees

  Research Notes:

Charles Melvin, b 27 Sep 1924, Herman, Grant Co, MN; dies 17 May 2018, San Diego
m. 8 May 1944, Washington DC
Audrey Fern Way, b 19 Mar 1922, Gosper Co, Nebraska; died 12 Jun 2006, San Diego. 5 Children
[Margaret Jo m. Glenn Webb, 1946-2011, with 2 children unknown; Dwight (m. Maria); Michael; Charles; Richard
(m. Marilyn) ]


** the above detail from A Spuher FT on ancestry
Dignity Memorial, El Camino Cemetery
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/san-diego-ca/charles-mcclees-7855596
- has many photos of him and his family [I saved 3 in Katarina Andersdotter .... folder in z-folder], but no "regular obit" [nothing on San Diego newspaper and obituaries]
his actual burial with grave marker, at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego
- id 189936598; SF1 US NAVY, WORLD WAR II; Navy Diver
and linked to wife, Audrey; 1922-2006; findagrave id 189203618

linking at El Camino Cemetery for wife Audrey, there is a posted OBIT:
She was laid to rest on Monday, June 19, at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego.
Survivors include her husband, Charles "Mac" McClees of San Diego;
four sons, Dwight (Maria) McClees of Lakeside, Calif., Michael McClees and Charles McClees, both of San Diego, and
Richard (Marilyn) McClees of Washington, D.C.;
a daughter, Margaret (Glenn) Webb of La Mesa, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.
Other survivors include two sisters, Mildred Spuhler [Ancestry FT ?] and Dorothy Foster, both of Lexington;
a brother, Eldon Way of Bishop Falls, Newfoundland; and a sister-in-law, Gloria Way of Lexington.

From there, she went to Washington, D.C., where she worked for the Department of Agriculture.
While in Washington, D.C., she met her husband, Charles "Mac" McClees, who was serving in the U.S. Navy at the time.
Audrey and Mac were married May 8, 1944, in Washington, D.C., and enjoyed 62 years together.

Note: A Spuher FT notes: Funeral service El Camino Memorial Chapel, San Diego, California on June 7, 2018. Burial at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego.

Charles married Audrey Fern Way on 8 May 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. (Audrey Fern Way was born on 19 Mar 1922 in Gosper Co, Nebraska, United States, died on 12 Jun 2006 in San Diego, California, United States and was buried in Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, California, United States.)