Martha, Ray and Maxine McMinds

Maxine and her husband Patrick Joseph Daley (1924-2011) were first married in a civil ceremony in May of 1947, probably in Reno, Nevada. They were married in the Catholic church on 19 Dec 1958, Anchorage, Alaska. They divorced in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA. They remarried on 4 Jul 1987 and divorced again around 2000.

Raymond was a lively boy and had a normal childhood until his brother Ralph drowned in front of him. They were at a riverfront park near the Columbia River. Riptides from the influx of rain the day before made the water treacherous. His other brother Louis was with them, too. They tried to reach Ralph but the current was too strong. An unknown man also leapt in to help, to no avail. Ralph died at 13 years old, Louis was 16 and Ray was only 9. There's no doubt that this event affected Ray through his formative years and into adulthood. He repeatedly had scrapes with the law through the 1950s in his 20s.

Martha Marie Mcminds was born on July 27, 1932 at Boise, Ada County, ID, USA in Boise, Ada County, Idaho United States to Rose Ella Mattix McMinds and Hollis Mcminds, and had siblings Raymond Parker McMinds, Maxine Mae McMinds, Louis Sampson McMinds, Mildred Matilda (McMinds) Daley, Ralph Gideon McMinds, Myrtle Rose (McMinds) Brown, and Margaret Caroline McMinds. Martha Mcminds married Billy Lavon Wilson, and they were married until Martha's death on May 23, 1998.