Branin, Mary E. (Mary Effie), 1915-1994
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- 1915-1994
Mary Effie Branin, nee Graham, was born in Edgar, Montana, in 1915. When she was five, her family relocated to Washington. In 1936, she and Fred Branin were married; they later had two children. The couple lived in California until coming to Portland, Oregon, in 1941. Mary Branin worked as a welder for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation during World War II. She left the shipyards in 1944. She later worked for the White Stag Company. She died in 1994.