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July 28, 2017
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park was born on the road as the 5th child to William and Katheryn Park in
Grangeville, Idaho on July 28, 1917; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park spent her childhood traveling Idaho and Oregon with her parents who
sold horses; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park attended school in Nampa, Idaho graduating in 1935; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park assisted her aunt through illness her senior year and attended high
school in McCall during that time; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park returned to McCall in 1936 to work for the Post Office while taking
care of her aging father; and
WHEREAS: in 1939 Marjorie Helen Park married Charles D. Bowen moving to Warren where he worked
in various mines and was married to him for 63 years; and
WHEREAS: the marriage of Marjorie and Charles Bowen produced 2 children, 7 grandchildren, 11 great
grandchildren, and 2 great, great grandchildren; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park has lived in McCall for over 70 years; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park has served the community as a Job's Daughter as well as an Eastern
Star member and volunteered for the 4-H Club and Girl Scouts programs; and
WHEREAS: Marjorie Helen Park loves fishing, dancing, hiking, picking huckleberries, and working in
her flower garden, and travelled during the winter to Mexico and other countries for 40 years; and
TO CELEBRATE the 100th birthday of Marjorie Helen Park
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jackie." Aymon, Mayor of the City of McCall, with the consent of the McCall
City Council, do hereby proclaim July 28, 2017 to be Marjorie Helen Park Day
In the City of McCall, Valley County, State of Idaho.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand at McCall
City Hall in the City of McCall, Valley County, on this twenty
seventh day of July, the year two -thousand and seventeen.
kie J. AynOri, May( '