Maxine Evelyn (Clay) Karjala

Sep 26, 1913 - Oct 5, 1995

Maxine Evelyn Clay Karjala, 82, Rice Lake Road, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995, in St. Luke's Hospital.

She was born in South Bend, Ind. She graduated from South Bend Central High School in 1931 and South Bend Business College in 1932. She worked for Ball Band Co. in Mishawaka, Ind. from 1932 to 1937, Public Service in Chicago from 1937 to 1945 and most recently for Diamond Drilling in Duluth from 1979 to 1983.

She married Wayne Karjala in 1946, in Minneapolis. She moved to Marcell in 1945 and became co-owner and operator of Pine Crest Camp with her parents, Gertrude E. and Leo F. Clay and husband Wayne. They operated the camp until 1969, when she moved to Tampa, Fla. She lived in Duluth since 1979. She was a member of the West Duluth American Legion Auxiliary and a life member: of the Grand Rapids Eagles.

Her husband, Wayne, died in 1963.

She is survived by a daughter, Nancy Nordin of Duluth; and two grandchildren.

Services will be at a later date in Marcell. Arrangements are by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors-Bell brothers Chapel in Duluth

The Duluth News-Tribune Duluth, MN, 07 Oct 1995

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com

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