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Note: 60th Anniversary notice indicated date of birth as Nov 21, 1863
Obituary: Charles Bemis, 95, Dies (April 16, 1958)
Charles Frank Bemis, 95, a retired plumber who had been living with a daughter, Mrs. Valeria Wagner (Wagoner) Vos, 1015 Taylor St., died Tuesday morning at a Missoula hospital. He had resided in Missoula since 1950.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Squire-Simmons-Carr Rose Chapel with Ruby Montgomery reading a Christian Science service. Burial will be in Missoula cemetery, next to the grave of his wife, Addie C., who died Sept. 15, 1952.
Mr. Bemis was born at Chain Lake, Minn., Nov. 24, 1862, and lived in Clear Lake, Iowa, before moving to Missoula. He was a member of Clear Lake Lodge 187, IOOF, and Verity Lodge 250, AF&AM, also of Clear Lake.
He is survived by a son, Frank D., Seattle; another daughter, Jennie Downs, Chisago City, Minn., and a brother, Henry J., Minneapolis.
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Obituary: C. F. Bemis Dies in West
CLEAR LAKE - Charles F. Bemis, 94, former Clear Lake resident, died Tuesday at Missoula, Mont. He operated the Bemis Metal Works here for 24 years prior to 1948.
He had made his home with his daughter, Valeria Wagner (Wagoner) Voss (Vos), at Missoula since the death of his wife in 1952.
Mr. Bemis was born Nov. 21, 1863, at East Chain Lake, Minn. He was married to Miss Aggie (Addie) Tone of Spirit Lake July 22, 1883. They lived in Estherville, Minneapolis and Sioux Falls and several other places before coming to Clear Lake in 1924.
He followed the tinsmith trade for 15 years and was a sheet metal worker for 68 years. He was assisted n the business office by Mrs. Bemis. They sold their business in 1948 to Gunner and Carl Anderson and in 1950 moved to Missoula.
Mr. Bemis is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Voss (Vos) and Mrs. George Downs, Dassell, Minn. and a son, Frank, San Francisco.
While in Clear Lake he was a member of the Royal Arch Masons, Eastern Star, Royal Neighbors, Modern Woodman, IOOF Lodge and Congregational Church. The Masonic Order at Missoula will officiate at the services.
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