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Donna M. Kray
Monday, December 28, 2015
NORTH KINGSVILLE — Donna M. Kray, age 93, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015.
She was born Nov. 10, 1922, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of the late William Karl and Hallie (Wolfcale) Burkhart.
Donna’s family moved when she was two from Ft. Wayne to Denmark Township. She lived in Denmark until she married the love of her life Joe Kray on March 2, 1944, in Sebring, Fla.
Joe and Donna settled in the Kingsville area where they...
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Donna M. Kray
Monday, December 28, 2015
NORTH KINGSVILLE — Donna M. Kray, age 93, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015.
She was born Nov. 10, 1922, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of the late William Karl and Hallie (Wolfcale) Burkhart.
Donna’s family moved when she was two from Ft. Wayne to Denmark Township. She lived in Denmark until she married the love of her life Joe Kray on March 2, 1944, in Sebring, Fla.
Joe and Donna settled in the Kingsville area where they began their family. They soon opened and successfully ran Kray Feed Co. on Route 193 in North Kingsville.
Donna worked as the clerk and bookkeeper for the business for over 34 years, before retiring in 1986, turning the family business over to their sons who still continue to operate the business today. After retirement, Donna and Joe enjoyed spending their winters in Florida.
Donna was a faithful member of Kingsville Presbyterian Church serving in many aspects of the church including being a past Deacon. She was a member of the American Legion Neal Post #743 auxiliary in North Kingsville, the Red Hat Society, the Order of the Eastern Star Orion Chapter #12, and a charter member of the Pierpont Chapter #546. Mrs. Kray also enjoyed traveling with the Roadrunners, playing the organ, reading, and playing bingo.
Most of all she enjoyed the time she spent with her children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Kray is survived by her children, David (Barbara Kister) Kray of Kingsville, Mary (Larry) Herl of Girard, Pa., Nancy Kray of Ashtabula, and Steven (Tina DelPrince) Kray of North Kingsville; brother, Hubert Burkhart of Jefferson; sister, Carol (Gene) Duva of Florida; grandchildren, Julie (Paul) Cook, David (Becky) Kray II, Matthew Herl, Pamela (Kyle) Herl-Glasl, Valerie (Shawn) Herl-Johnson, Joseph (Sabrina Menezes) Herl, Rory (Stephanie) Marshall, Tammy (John) Andrew, Tim (Julie) Cusano, and Steven (Nicole) Kray; as well as 21 great-grandchildren.
Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Kray; brother, Raeburn Burkhart; sister, Wanda Hodges; and her parents.
Funeral Services will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30th, at Kingsville Presbyterian Church, 3056 W. Main St. (Route 84), Kingsville, with the Rev. Mary Susan Pisano officiating.
Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memory Gardens in North Kingsville.
Calling Hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29th, at ZABACK-WILLIAMS-DUCRO FUNERAL HOME, 500 W. Prospect Road, Ashtabula, as well as from 12 p.m. until the time of Service at 1 p.m. at the Church on Wednesday.
Memorial contributions in her name may be made to Kingsville Presbyterian Church, 3056 W. Main St., Kingsville.
Obituary at www.ducro.com and starbeacon.com.
daughter of William Karl Burkhart (10 Sep 1899 Ashtabula Co. OH--17 Apr 1986 Ashtabula OH) and Hallie Pearl Wolfcale (12 Aug 1901 Markle IN--8 July 1994 Ashtabula). They are buried in Kelloggsville Cemetery in Monroe Twp OH.
granddaughter of Charles H Burkhart (1860 Sheffield OH--Dec 1954 Kingsville OH) and Minnie Mae Anderson (1869--June 1949 Ashtabula Co). They are also buried in Kelloggsville Cemetery.
great-granddaughter of Jacob Burkhart (b 1841 Germany)
granddaughter of Isaac James Wolfcale (23 Feb 1871 Uniondale IN--9 Apr 1937 Ft Wayne IN) and Mary Ellen Shady (18 July 1866 Lancaster IN--15 Aug 1945 Ft Wayne). They are buried in Prospect Cemetery in Uniondale.
great-granddaughter of James Wolfcale (7 May 1832 Trumbull Co OH--17 Dec 1886 Union IN) and Mary Ann Sowle (18 Feb 1840 Trumbull Co--6 Feb 1919 Wells Co IN). They are also buried in Prospect Cemetery.
great-great-granddaughter of Abraham Wolfcale (6 Jan 1806 Loudoun Co VA--23 Mar 1874 Wells Co IN) and Elizabeth Wilcox (2 Dec 1807 MD--17 Oct 1887 Wells Co, dau of John Wilcox and Sarah). They are also buried in Prospect Cemetery.
3rd-great-granddaughter of John Wolfcale (30 Sep 1776 Loudoun Co--12 Mar 1851 Mahoning Co OH) and Bulinda Brickley (4 Jan 1788 PA--9 Dec 1819 Trumbull Co OH). They are buried in Cornersburg Cemetery in Cornersburg OH.
4th-great-granddaughter of John Wolfcale (13 June 1751 Germany--1 July 1838 Austintown OH) and Agnes Conard (1747 Montgomery Co PA--13 Dec 1828 Canfield OH). They are also buried in Cornersburg Cemetery.
5th-great-granddaughter of Henry Wolfcale (b Germany; d 1788 Loudoun Co VA) and Catharina
5th-great-granddaughter of Anthony Conard/Cunred (1705 Philadelphia Co PA--Mar 1747 Montgomery Co PA) and Sarah Hatfield (dau of John Hatfield)
6th-great-granddaughter of Cunraed Cunraeds (17 July 1678 Germany--1747 Montgomery Co PA) and Ann Klincken (b 4 June 1683)
7th-great-granddaughter of Thones Kunders (1653--1729 Germantown PA) and Magdalen Tyson (1650 Germany--d Germantown PA)
7th-great-granddaughter of Aret Klincken (1629 Germany--Mar 1708 Germantown) and Niske Jensen
4th-great-granddaughter of Peter Brickley (1748 PA--19 Sep 1804 Loysville PA) and Barbara. He is buried in the Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard in Loysville, and was the son of Mathias Bruckle/Brickley and Elizabeth Fix, both of Germany.
great-great-granddaughter of Isaac Sowle (3 Oct 1810 Broadalbin NY--22 Oct 1887 Wells Co IN) and Victory Cotton (20 Jun3 1818 Trumbull Co OH--9 Mar 1895 Wells). They are also buried in Prospect Cemetery.
3rd-great-granddaughter of Isaac Soule (1775 Tiverton RI--1 Feb 1853 Mahoning Co OH) and Hipseybeth Allen (1772 Tiverton--14 Mar 1849 Mahoning). They are buried in Soaptown Cemetery in Lordstown OH.
4th-great-granddaughter of Joseph Soule (1 Sep 1733 Tiverton--Sep 1822 Broadalbin) and Charity Tripp (4 Jan 1747 Tiverton--June 1835 Broadalbinm dau of Frances Tripp and Wait Chase)
5th-great-granddaughter of William Soule and (1708 --1778 Tiverton) and Jemima Baker (1715 Swansea MA--1737 Tiverton)
6th-great-granddaughter of Sylvanus Soule (b 1684 Dartmouth MA) and Sarah Slade (b 1 July 1687 Swansea)
7th-great-granddaughter of Nathaniel Soule and Rose Thorne
8th-great-granddaughter of Mayflower passenger George Soule (b England; d Duxbury MA) and Mary Beckett (1602 England--16 Dec 1676 Duxbury)
7th-great-granddaughter of William Slade (1663--30 Mar 1729 Swansea) and Sarah Holmes (1665--10 Sep 1761 Swansea)
8th-great-granddaughter of Jonathan Holmes (1637 Stockport England--2 Oct 1712 Newport RI) and Sarah Borden (May 1644 Portsmouth RI--1713 Portsmouth)
9th-great-granddaughter of Obadiah Holmes (4 Mar 1607 Manchester England--4 Oct 1682 Middleton RI) and Katherine Hyde (1610 Reddish England--15 Oct 1682 Middletown RI)
9th-great-granddaughter of Richard Borden (chr 22 Feb 1595 Headcorn England--25 May 1671 Portsmouth RI) and Joan Fowle (15 Feb 1604 Marden England--15 July 1688 Portsmouth). They are also the direct ancestors of Gail Borden of Borden Dairy products, axe murderer Lizzie Borden, and Canadian Governor Robert Borden.
3rd-great-granddaughter of Joshua Thomas Cotton (3 Jan 1785 Plymouth MA--2 Dec 1861 Ossian IN ) and Elizabeth Williamson (17 July 1791 Bedford Co PA--10 Sep 1876 Wells Co IN). They are also buried in Prospect Cemetery.
4th-great-granddaughter of John Cotton (22 Jan 1746 Plymouth--28 Jan 1831 Austintown OH) and Lucy Little (22 Sep 1757 Marshfield MA--9 Oct 1837 Austintown)
5th-great-granddaughter of Theophilus Cotton (31 Mar 1716 Plymouth--18 Feb 1782 Plymouth) and Martha Sanders (1716 Sandwich MA--10 Apr 1796 Plymouth)
6th-great-granddaughter of Josiah Cotton (8 Jan 1680 Plymouth--19 Aug 1756 Plymouth) and Hannah Sturtevant (8 Jan 1687 Plymouth--27 May 1756 Plymouth)
7th-great-granddaughter of John Cotton (15 Mar 1640 Boston MA--18 Sep 1699 Charleston SC) and Joanna Rossiter (July 1642 Guilford CT--12 Oct 1702 Sandwich MA)
8th-great-granddaughter of John Cotton (4 Dec 1595 Derby England--23 Dec 1652 Boston) and Sarah Hawkredd (1601 England--27 May 1676 Dorchester MA)
9th-great-granddaughter of Rowland Cotton (1557 London England--21 Apr 1604 Derby) and Mary Hurlbert/Hurlburt. They are also the direct ancestors of actor Humphrey Bogart, Clarence Birdseye of frozen food fame, and famed Puritan preachers Cotton and Increase Mather.
8th-great-granddaughter of Bryan Rossiter (1612 Somerset England--30 Sep 1672 Guilford CT) and Elizabeth Alsop (1615 England--29 Aug 1669 Guilford)
7th-great-granddaughter of John Sturtevant (6 Sep 1658 Plymouth--4 Feb 1752 MA) and Hannah Winslow (30 Nov 1644 Marshfield--1 Mar 1709 Plymouth)
8th-great-granddaughter of Josiah Winslow (11 Feb 1606 Droitwich England--1 Dec 1674 Marshfield) and Margaret Bourne (8 May 1606 Kempsey England--28 Sep 1683 Marshfield)
6th-great-granddaughter of Henry Sanders (b 18 July 1676 Sandwich MA) and Anna Bates (12 Apr 1676 Hingham MA--27 May 1756)
7th-great-granddaughter of Samuel Bates and Lydia Lapham
5th-great-granddaughter of Nathaniel Little (20 Aug 1722 Marshfield--24 Nov 1801 Belpre OH) and Keziah Atwood (18 Apr 1721 Plymouth--1812 Belpre, dau of John Atwood and Sarah Leavitt)
6th-great-granddaughter of Isaac Little (21 Feb 1677 Marshfield--2 Feb 1758 Pembroke MA) and Mary Otis (28 Feb 1685 Barnstable MA--1725 MA, dau of John Otis and Mercy Bacon)
7th-great-granddaughter of Isaac Little (1646 Plymouth--24 Nov 1699 Marshfield) and Bethiah Thomas (1650 MA--23 Sep 1718 Marshfield)
8th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Little (1608 England--12 Mar 1671 Marshfield) and Anna Warren (1612 England--1675). They are also the direct ancestors of presidential candidate Governor Samuel Tilden.
9th-great-granddaughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren (b England; d 1628 Plymouth) and Elizabeth Walker (1583 England--2 Oct 1673 Plymouth). They are buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth MA, and are also the direct ancestors of Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ulysses S Grant, astronaut Alan Shephard, Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson, and Anna Davis who was the wife of noted Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
10th-great-granddaughter of Christopher Warren (1558 Carlstock England--7 Dec 1597) and Alice Webb (b 1560 Devon England). They are also the direct ancestors of Presidents James A Garfield, George Bush and George Walker Bush, and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
10th-great-granddaughter of Augustine Walker (22 Feb 1564 Southam England--16 Aug 1614 Great Amwell England). He is buried in St John the Baptist Churchyard in Great Amwell.
4th-great-granddaughter of Joseph Williamson (28 Mar 1756 Carlisle PA--5 Aug 1823 Yellow Springs OH) and Margaret Elizabeth Piatt (b 1771 PA)
5th-great-granddaughter of Samuel Williamson and Mary Irwin
great-granddaughter of Isaac Shady (9 Jan 1836 Fairfield Co OH--23 Oct 1902 Lancaster IN) and Nancy Sowards (27 June 1848 Seneca Co OH--12 Nov 1890 Wells Co IN). They are buried in Murray Cemetery in Murray IN.
great-great-granddaughter of William Shady (11 Apr 1804 Berks Co PA--19 Sep 1879 Magley IN) and Susannah A Grim (13 Dec 1802 Northumberland Co PA--2 Mar 1876 Magley). They are buried in Shady Cemetery in Magley.
3rd-great-granddaughter of Jacob Grim (28 Feb 1754--20 Apr 1837) and Deborah (1764--15 Sep 1815)
great-great-granddaughter of John Sowards (3 Apr 1815 OH--5 Feb 1880 Bluffton IN) and Sarah Cole (11 Sep 1815--24 Feb 1911 Bluffton). They are also buried in Murray Cemetery.
3rd-great-granddaughter of Robert Sowards (23 Apr 1781 VA--25 July 1871 Bluffton) and Leticia McKinney (2 Dec 1787 VA--2 Oct 1866 Bluffton). They are also buried in Murray Cemetery.
4th-great-granddaughter of Thomas Sowards (1746 Bucks Co PA--24 Jan 1815 Franklin OH) and Esther Carlisle (1760--28 Jan 1821 Franklin). They are buried in Butler Cemetery in Moreland OH.
THEIR SON:
David L. Kray
Sunday, January 3, 2016
KINGSVILLE — David L. Kray, age 70, of Kingsville, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at his home.
He was born June 19, 1945, in Avon Park, Fla., the son of the late Joe and Donna (Burkhart) Kray. He married the love of his life Barbara Kister in Kingsville, on April 20, 1962.
Dave worked for the family business Kray Feed Co. since 1953, taking over the business with his brother after their parent’s retirement in 1986. Dave was part of the Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department for almost 50 years as a Fireman/EMT serving the last 30 of those years as the department Fire Chief. He was a member of the Ashtabula County Fire Chief’s Association for many years. Dave greatly enjoyed the friendships he made over the years and participating in the many activities at the fire department. It truly was his second family.
He enjoyed woodworking and coaching his children in little league when they were young. Dave also liked to build go-carts and mini bikes, and made trails to go riding on them in their back woods. He loved watching his grandchildren play soccer, little league baseball and softball. Dave will also be missed by his dog "Abby" who he loved to take for rides and get her ice cream. He always enjoyed pulling pranks on his family and friends, those of you know who you are. Dave was grateful to help others when in need, he was always there for his friends and family.
Dave is survived by his wife of 53 years, Barbara; children, Julie (Paul) Cook of Kingsville and David II (Becky) Kray of Kingsville; grandchildren, Todd (Wendy) Cook, Erin (Ryan) Bush, Jacob Kray, Lizzie Kray and Luke Kray; great-grandchildren, William Stevens, Alyssa Stevens, and Bryceton Adermatt; sisters, Mary (Larry) Herl of Girard, Pa. and Nancy Kray of Ashtabula; brother, Steven (Tina) Kray of North Kingsville; his beloved dog, Abby; as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.
Dave was preceded in death by his father, Joe on March 9, 2006; and his mother, Donna on Dec. 27, 2015.
A Firefighter's Service will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 6th, at ZABACK-WILLIAMS-DUCRO FUNERAL HOME, 500 W. Prospect Road, Ashtabula, with the Rev. Neroy Carter, Pastor Emeritus of the New Hope Ministry International, officiating.
Calling Hours will be held from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan.5th, and on Wednesday from 12 Noon until the time of Service at 1 p.m., at the Funeral Home.
Memorial contribution in Dave’s name may be made to his family.
Zaback-Williams-Ducro Funeral Home, 500 W. Prospect Road, Ashtabula is honored to serve the family. Obituary at www.ducro.com and starbeacon.com. |
