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CRAFF, George Linus 1866 - 1936

CRAFF, GOODSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, May 5, 1936
Page FOUR, Column 3

DEATHS

G. L. CRAFF

G. L. CRAFF, 65, son of the late George CRAFF of Lockridge, died Saturday morning in Des Moines, following a thirty minute illness with heart trouble.

Mr. CRAFF was born and raised on a farm near Lockridge, lived in Fairfield and Birmingham, later moving to Des Moines where he was a jeweler and watch maker. Mr. CRAFF was an exceptionally able mechanic, a genius along many lines. While he resided in Birmingham, Mr. CRAFF was the proprietor of a restaurant. Mrs. CRAFF was formerly Alta GOODSON of Birmingham.

Mr. CRAFF was preceded in death by his father about a year and a half ago, and is survived by his wife and daughter, a number of brothers and sisters and other relatives.

Funeral services were held at 200 o'clock (sic) this afternoon at the Hoskins Funeral Home and burial was in Evergreen cemetery.

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.026½. Wife Alta died in 1948, also in Des Moines, IA, and is buried with him.


 

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