Résumé

Employee, Virgil Anderson, 1501 North Booneville Street, Springfield, MO, 10/1943.

Principal, Wayne D. Maples, Painter, Seattle, WA, c. 1953-1960. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 1046.)

Principal, Wayne D. Maples, Building Contractor, Seattle, WA, 1968.

High School

Maples may have attended Meridian High School in Meridian, ID, c. 1940.

Relocation

Wayne D. Maples was born in Plano, MO, on 10/06/1925, the son of Alva Maples and Mary ?. The 1940 US Census located him living on his family's rented farm in Union, MO. He lived here a middle child with his five siblings, three sisters and a brother. The census indicated that his father had finished one year of high school, his mother completed the eighth grade.

At age 18, he lived at 633 North Kansas Street, Springfield, MO.

He and his wife Montana lived at 4121 48th Avenue SW from at least 1953 until 1955. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1953, p. 866 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1955, p. 888.)

Between 1958 and 1960, at least, Maples lived at 5612 West Spokane Street in Seattle, WA. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 953 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 1046.)

Maples resided at 1101 Harbor Avenue SW, Apartment #4A., in 1994 and at 5600 California Avenue SW in 1995. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation City: Seattle; State: Washington; Year(s): 1994 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 09/30/2021.)

Parents

His father was Alva Stevangel Maples (born c. 1900 in MO-d/ 12/1967 in Seattle, WA), who lived and worked on Missouri farms for much of his life. Wayne's parents had moved to Seattle by 1953, and Alva worked as a janitor for the Boeing Aircraft Company, and lived at 9032 14th Avenue SW in West Seattle. (See (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1953, p. 866.)

Wayne's mother was Mary E. Teague (born 02/17/1904 in MO-d. 10/1992 in Seattle, WA). In addition to Wayne, Mary and Alva raised five other children: Maxine Maples Gregory (1922-2011), John Max Maples (born 02/18/1924 in MO), Elva Lee Maples Wettstead (1927-2004), Buford E. Maples (1929-2009) and Wanda Mae Maples Perrupato (born c. 1931 in MO).

Spouse

He wed Montana Willadene Johnson Sauer (born c. 1923 in Philipsburg. MT) wed on 06/24/1944 at the Parsonage of Gatewood Baptist Church in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com. Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol129_370, accessed 09/30/2021.) This was her second marriage. Her first occurred with Theodore E. Sauer on 12/25/1942 in Philipsburg, MT. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Montana State Historical Society; Helena, Montana; Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950, accessed 09/30/2021.) They divorced on 05/02/1944 in Philipsburg, MT. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana State Divorce Records, 1943-1986; Certificate Number Range: Gra 1 - Gra 76, accessed 09/30/2021.)

She filed for divorce on 08/30/1994 in King County, WA.

Children

Montana had a stillbirth of twins at 7 months on 03/26/1946. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records, accessed 09/30/2021.)

Biographical Notes

Maples's World War II draft registration card of 10/06/1943, described him as Caucasian with a light complexion, standing 5-feet, 11-inches tall, and weighing 152 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 213, accessed 09/30/2021.)