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Roy Gresli 1906 - 1999

Roy John Gresli of Bothell, Snohomish County, WA was born on March 20, 1906 in Marysville, and died at age 93 years old on June 1, 1999 in Bothell, King County. Roy Gresli was buried at Marysville Cemetery 8801 State Ave, in Marysville, Snohomish County.

Roy John Gresli
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Bothell, Snohomish County, WA 98021
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March 20, 1906
Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington, United States
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  • Introduction

    Roy John Gresli was born to John Pedersen Greslie (1868 - 1940) and Ragnhild Berntsdtr Hilmo (1874 - 1963). His father and mother were born in Norway. He had nine siblings: Anna Marie, Bernard, Benjamin, Ray, Alfred, Albert, William, Lester M., and Margaret Lucille "Pink" Gresli. Roy Gresli married Mary Margaret Hower (1912 - 2007) and they had two daughters. For more personal details and a description of John when he was 34 years old, see Roy Gresli: Personal Life.
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    March 20, 1906
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    Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Roy was Caucasian, of Norwegian heritage on both his paternal lines and maternal lines for several generations.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Marysville, Washington, Roy was living in Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands in Washington State by the time he was 34 years old. A lifelong resident of the state of Washington, Roy died at the age of 93 in Bothell, Snohomish County, Washington. He is buried in Marysville Cemetery, 8801 State Ave, in Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington.

  • Early Life & Education

    Roy attended Marysville High School in Marysville, Washington. In 1923, his sophomore year, he played the part of "Brick" a "plain boy" in the play "A High Society, A Comedy".

  • Professional Career

    When he was 34 years old, Roy was working at Rocke Harbor Lime and Cement Company in Rocke Harbor, Washington. By the age of 44, Roy was living in Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands of Washington State and working as a carpenter in "small construction."

  • Personal Life & Family

    Roy John Gresli was born to John Pedersen Greslie (1868 - 1940) and Ragnhild Berntsdtr Hilm (1874 - 1963). Both of his parents were born in Norway. He had nine siblings: Anna Marie, Bernard, Benjamin, Ray, Alfred, Albert, William, Lester, and Margaret. A full term baby, he was the third child born to his parents. When Roy was born, his father was 38 years old and a shingle mill worker. His mother was 32 years old and a "housewife". Roy Gresli married Mary Margaret Hower (1912 - 2007) on December 12, 1931 and they had two daughters, one of whom was Marilyn Alice Gresli (1933 - 2020). Their other daughter, Linda, was seven years younger than Marilyn. According to his 1940 World War II draft card, Roy was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. He had blue eyes, blonde hair, and a "light" complexion.
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In 1906, in the year that Roy Gresli was born, English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
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In 1915, at the age of just 9 years old, Roy was alive when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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Gresli, Daisy (Mar 19, 1908 - May 10, 2002) Gresli, Edna (May 20, 1910 - Jun 13, 1992) Gresli, Peter (Jan 30, 1903 - Mar 8, 1959) Gresli, Ilene (Apr 28, 1945 - May 13, 2004) Gresli, Hazel (Oct 16, 1906 - Oct 7, 2002)
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