Ray, Homer Jame

RAY, ENO

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/13/2011 at 19:41:46

Ray, Homer James –
Homer J. Ray, 67 passed away at his farm home north of the Lone Star Station in Union county on Saturday at 8 p. m. Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the home with Rev. Lewis Conrad of Kent officiating. Burial was in the Cromwell cemetery.
Obituary
Homer James Ray was born in New Cumberland, Ohio, May 29, 1862, the eldest son of Leonard and Orpha Ray. When he was 17 years old his father died. Soon after his father's death the little family consisting of the widowed mother a younger brother and sister; came to Iowa. The trip was made in a covered wagon and
it took them seven weeks to make the journey with the young lad assuming the responsibilities for the family. Soon after their arrival they purchased a small farm ten miles north of Prescott in Adair county.

In his early years he became a member of the Methodist church in Carl, Iowa. On February 18, 1885 he was married to Martha Jane Eno at her home near Carl. When they had been married a year the
young people decided to pioneer again so they went west to Nelson,
Nebraska, taking their small daughter and again going by covered wagon. A farm was purchased near Nelson and it was their home for 16 years, then they returned to Iowa and lived north of Prescott for seven years.

In 1909 he bought a farm northwest of Kent, where he spent the remainder of his life, being at his death 87 years, 7 months and 12 days of age. Mr. Ray was one of the oldest citizens of the community, a man whose pleasures in life were in the things of every day living; he loved hunting and fishing and outdoor activities
and he especially enjoyed the company of young people.

Preceding him in death were his wife, a daughter and a grandson. Survivors include one son Will, who lives on a farm nearby; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Thomas of Kent and Mrs. Chas. Butler of Lenox; six grandchildren and one brother, Albert of Villisca and two sisters Mrs. Mary Aldridge of Villisca and Mrs. Madge George of Corning; one half sister. Mrs. Fern Hayes of Villisca and a half brother, Clyde Bixler, of Eberly.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 22, 1949