TWELFTH GENERATION

3478. Lucy Phoebe BOWLBY ^{(3) (3660)(6) (3661)(3655) (7)(8)} was born on 30 May 1901 in Clallam County, Washington.⁽⁷⁸⁶⁴⁾ She died on 25 Nov 1980 in Sequim, Washington. ^(13914) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:54:13 -0700
From: "Al Hudgens" <al777@jps.net>
To: "Cynthia Katzman Bowlby" <katzman@alumn.com>


Lucy "Lucille" Phoebe (Bowlby) Gehres b: 30 May 1901 d: 25 Nov
1980

Lucy is the good-looking one on the right, and from her appearance, I
would guess she was probably 17 or 18 yrs. old at the time. She never
liked either of her names and always went by "Lucille", and it wasn't
until just a few years ago that I realized that Lucille wasn't her
real name. Her husband, Paul Gehres (attorney), left her and their 4
kids in the depression so he could run off with his secretary. She
never remarried.

+ + +............Al

(Lucy Phoebe always prefered to be known as "Lucille")

Lucille's mom, Lulu, just happened to be on an indian reservation on
the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington when Lucille was born. And
almost immediately after her birth, she and her mother traveled by
covered wagon around the Hood Canal and up to Seattle to catch a train
back East where they would join Lulu's husband. Lucille had an
excellent education and completed "finishing school" which was
"higher" education in those days! And she was a most beautiful woman,
judging by a photo taken when she was eighteen.

Deserted during the depression years by her husband, Lucille managed
to successfully raise her 4 children. During WWII while her oldest
son, Paul, was on a destroyer in the Pacific, she worked hard at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. After the war, she
held a sewing job at "Rough Ryder" in Napa, California.

The times and circumstances molded Lucille into a strong, dominant
matriarchal (sp?) figure, and one not always easy to live with....but
fiercely loyal to her family, she was always appreciated for her
position and accomplishments. And she was greatly appreciated for her
help in raising my brother and myself while living with my mom for
many years in my youth. Best of all she was a Christian, a fact I
only came to appreciate after her death when I found Christ rather
late in life.
.....................memories of her grandson, Roy Allen Hudgens
Jr.
recorded September 11, 1996

She was married to Paul Edmond (Gehres) MYLES on 23 Dec 1921.^(13915) Paul Edmond (Gehres) MYLES^{(3) (3660)(6) (3661) (3655)(7) (8)} was born on 29 Dec 1897.⁽⁷⁸⁶⁴⁾ He died in 1978 in Ohio. He was a Private. He resided Private. He Personality/Int Private. He Ethnicity/Relig Private. He Comment 2 Private. He Comment 1 Private. I guess everyone's got at least one black sheep in the family......and
here's one now!

Paul was an eminently successful lawyer in California, but not a
successful husband. He divorced his wife (my grandmother) to marry
his secretary (name unknown). This new wife didn't live long. Later,
for some reason, he embezzled $5,000 of a client's money during the
depression and took off for parts unknown. He changed his surname to
"MYLES". As luck would have it, "Myles" was drafted into WWII and
served in Europe. He returned with an English War Bride who would
subsequently give him 3 more sons. I believe it was during the
1950's that the authorities located him in Ohio, remarried with this
new family and working as a service manager in a car dealership in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Attempts to extradite him were not successful.
Family records of his brother, Fay Gehres in Indiana, report that Paul
made settlement and all charges were dropped.

I never knew him nor was he talked about much as I grew up.
Understandable since he deserted his wife and 4 kids during the
depression.

..............memories (second hand) of a grandson, Roy Allen
Hudgens Jr. recorded September 11, 1996
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A daughter's memories from Roberta Faye Gehres Varney related Oct 5,
1997:

Paul joined the U.S. Army in Indiana upon our entry into World War I
and served in France. While carrying messages on a motorcycle at
night with his lights off in "no man's land" between the lines, he had
a wreck. On another occasion during an enemy gas attack, his gas mask
developed a leak and he suffered permanent lung damage as a result.

Also during his stay in France, he helped minister to a village
heavily stricken by the worldwide flu epidemic occuring at that time.
For his efforts, he was decorated by the French government.

recorded by Roy Allen Hudgens, Jr. October 5,
1997
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Lucy Phoebe BOWLBY and Paul Edmond (Gehres) MYLES had the following children:

+5811 i. Winifred Jean GEHRES (Private).
+5812 ii. Paul Edmond GEHRES ,Jr.^{(3) (3660)(6) (3661) (3655)(7) (8)} was born on 20 Apr 1924 in Sharpsville, Indiana. ^{(7864)(13916)} He died on 16 Apr 1987 in South Lake, Tahoe, California. ^(13917) Paul was one of 4 children raised by his mother during the depression
years.
Served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific during WWII, and had the rare
distinction of having his ship stop to pick him up after falling
overboard. Many Captains would not have put their ship at risk in
this manner.

He worked hard at Henry's Bar in Stockton, California to put himself
through law school, but after completing everything........his decided
not to take the bar exam, but to stay in the line of work he'd grown
accustomed to at Henry's! He eventually bought his own tavern in San
Francisco in the 1960's and named it, "The Oar House". It was a
quaint, friendly little place, but alas, not a successful venture in
the long run.

In my impoverished childhood, Paul provided a carbonated oasis for me.
In those days a kid could sit in a bar, and it was a real treat to be
able to visit him at his workplace where I would sit and drink glasses
of free coke and 7-up as fast as he could dispense it! Paul had been
married 3 times, but was single at his passing and left no children.

(memories of a grateful nephew, Roy Allen Hudgens Jr. Sept. 11,
1996)
+5813 iii. Roberta Faye GEHRES (Private).
+5814 iv. Byron Kendig GEHRES (Private).