William Avael BRAY

BRAY, WESENBERG, MORTENSEN, SKERHUTT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/21/2007 at 01:25:33

25 January, 1951
Spooner Advocate, Spooner, WI

William Avael Bray was born in Wright county, Iowa on Oct 26, 1899. He came to the Earl community in 1912, and has resided there since. On April 13, 1927 he was united in marriage to Frances Wesenberg, and to this union two children were born. For the past 18 months William Bray has been in failing health. He passed away at Duluth, Minn., on Friday, January 19, at the age of 51 years, two months and 23 days.

He is survived by his wife and one son, Ronald, and one daughter, Ardene, his mother, Mrs. Horace Bray, five brothers, Marshall, Myron, Raymond, Joseph and Lloyd, two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Mortensen and Mrs. Geneva Skerhutt.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 23, at 2p.m. from the Earl Congregational Church, Rev. J. P. Pennington officiating, with burial in Earl Cemetery. He was a member of the Spooner Lodge FAAM, no. 260.