Alex attended school at the District 7 schoolhouse in Estes Brook. He worked on the road, driving a team as a young man. He farmed in Milo township for many years, raising horses, cows, pigs and chickens. In 1951, he and his wife moved to Brooklyn Center. He worked as a mechanic and Leona worked as a bookkeeper. In 1952 they bought a house in Champlin. Alex never missed a deer hunting season from the time he was a teenager. Alex and Leona enjoyed trips to Hawaii, Mexico and took a Caribbean cruise. After the death of his uncle, Harry Leroy Bemis in 1943, Alex became a mentor to his son Lynn Clark Bemis, who was 14 at the time.
Published in the St. Cloud Times Newspaper (Saint Cloud, Minnesota) June 12, 1984 on page 13
Bemis
PRINCETON - Alex Bemis, 80. Champlin, formerly as a mentor of the Princeton area, died Saturday at Mercy Medical Center , Coon Rapids.
Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hanson Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Wiseman will officiate. Burial will be in Milo Cemetery.
Mr. Bemis was born Sept. 22, 1903, in Estes Brook, Mille Lacs county, to the late Alva and Elizabeth (Vernon) Bemis. he married Leona Anderson July 9, 1929 in Minneapolis and the couple farmed in Estes Brook several years before moving to Champlin in 1952. He was employed as a mechanic by Heinen Mason Co., Osseo, until retiring in 1973.
Survivors include his wife, Leona , Champlin, and brother George, Foreston.
Pallbearers will be Clifford, Bud, Jim, Bill and Kenny Bemis and Alan Strombeck.
Published in the St. Cloud Times Newspaper (Saint Cloud, Minnesota) June 12, 1984 on page 13
Bemis
PRINCETON - Alex Bemis, 80. Champlin, formerly as a mentor of the Princeton area, died Saturday at Mercy Medical Center , Coon Rapids.
Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hanson Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Wiseman will officiate. Burial will be in Milo Cemetery.
Mr. Bemis was born Sept. 22, 1903, in Estes Brook, Mille Lacs county, to the late Alva and Elizabeth (Vernon) Bemis. he married Leona Anderson July 9, 1929 in Minneapolis and the couple farmed in Estes Brook several years before moving to Champlin in 1952. He was employed as a mechanic by Heinen Mason Co., Osseo, until retiring in 1973.
Survivors include his wife, Leona , Champlin, and brother George, Foreston.
Pallbearers will be Clifford, Bud, Jim, Bill and Kenny Bemis and Alan Strombeck.
Alex attended school at the District 7 schoolhouse in Estes Brook. He worked on the road, driving a team as a young man. He farmed in Milo township for many years, raising horses, cows, pigs and chickens. In 1951, he and his wife moved to Brooklyn Center. He worked as a mechanic and Leona worked as a bookkeeper. In 1952 they bought a house in Champlin. Alex never missed a deer hunting season from the time he was a teenager. Alex and Leona enjoyed trips to Hawaii, Mexico and took a Caribbean cruise. After the death of his uncle, Harry Leroy Bemis in 1943, Alex became a mentor to his son Lynn Clark Bemis, who was 14 at the time.
Published in the St. Cloud Times Newspaper (Saint Cloud, Minnesota) June 12, 1984 on page 13
Bemis
PRINCETON - Alex Bemis, 80. Champlin, formerly as a mentor of the Princeton area, died Saturday at Mercy Medical Center , Coon Rapids.
Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hanson Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Wiseman will officiate. Burial will be in Milo Cemetery.
Mr. Bemis was born Sept. 22, 1903, in Estes Brook, Mille Lacs county, to the late Alva and Elizabeth (Vernon) Bemis. he married Leona Anderson July 9, 1929 in Minneapolis and the couple farmed in Estes Brook several years before moving to Champlin in 1952. He was employed as a mechanic by Heinen Mason Co., Osseo, until retiring in 1973.
Survivors include his wife, Leona , Champlin, and brother George, Foreston.
Pallbearers will be Clifford, Bud, Jim, Bill and Kenny Bemis and Alan Strombeck.
Published in the St. Cloud Times Newspaper (Saint Cloud, Minnesota) June 12, 1984 on page 13
Bemis
PRINCETON - Alex Bemis, 80. Champlin, formerly as a mentor of the Princeton area, died Saturday at Mercy Medical Center , Coon Rapids.
Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hanson Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Wiseman will officiate. Burial will be in Milo Cemetery.
Mr. Bemis was born Sept. 22, 1903, in Estes Brook, Mille Lacs county, to the late Alva and Elizabeth (Vernon) Bemis. he married Leona Anderson July 9, 1929 in Minneapolis and the couple farmed in Estes Brook several years before moving to Champlin in 1952. He was employed as a mechanic by Heinen Mason Co., Osseo, until retiring in 1973.
Survivors include his wife, Leona , Champlin, and brother George, Foreston.
Pallbearers will be Clifford, Bud, Jim, Bill and Kenny Bemis and Alan Strombeck.
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