Dea Ray Wright (1959)
WRIGHT, MOORE, WENTZ, KUNTZ, KNORR
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 4/15/2007 at 11:44:35
Winterset Madisonian - July 8, 1959
Winterset, IowaRAY WRIGHT OF WINTERSET DIES
Life-Long Resident Had Been In Failing Health For Some Time
Ray Wright, a life-long resident of Winterset, died Saturday, July 4, after an extended period of failing health. He was 74 years of age.
Mr. Wright was born in Winterset on May 16, 1885, a son of Giles and Margaret Moore Wright. He was married in 1906 to Catherine Wentz. They were parents of four children, two dying in infancy. The wife and mother died in 1939.
On Dec. 19, 1940, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Kuntz, who survives him.
In addition to the wife, he leaves a son, Paul Wright of Winterset; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Knorr of Monterey, Calif.; four grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and a brother, Fred F. Wright of Winterset.
Funeral services were held Monday from the Richards Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Robert A. Owens, pastor of the Winterset Christian church. Burial was made in the Primitive Baptist cemetery near Winterset.
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