Kenneth Chalmers Gray
(1905-1984)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mildred Elizabeth McPherson

2. Velma Gaynell Graffius

Kenneth Chalmers Gray 1 2

  • Born: 7 Jul 1905, Scio, Harrison, OH 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Mildred Elizabeth McPherson
  • Marriage (2): Velma Gaynell Graffius in 1941 in , Brooke, WV
  • Died: 8 Jun 1984, Dunedin, Pinellas, FL at age 78 1
  • Buried: Palm Harbor, Pinellas, FL 1

   FamilySearch ID: L13T-N8R.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 23 Jun 1975 in Renfrew, Butler, PA. 3

2. Obituary: Sun Herald: Obituary of Renee Elizabeth Beecher on 24 Jun 1975 in Biloxi, Harrison, MS. 3 Renee Elizabeth Beecher, 11, died Monday at 8:30 p.m. at the USA Medical Center, Keesler AFB after being involved in a traffic accident. Friends may call at Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home, Biloxi, from 8 to 10 pm Wednesday. Services will be conducted from the funeral home Thursday at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at SouthernMemorial Park. She was born July 13, 1963, in Mount Clemens, Mich., and was the daughter of Roderick Beecher and Mrs. Sandra Rush, Biloxi, 40 Vandenberg Heights. She lived in Biloxi for five years and was a Baptist. Other survivors include a brother, Bryan; two sisters, Teresa and Shawn, all of Biloxi; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Beecher of East Springfield, Pa.; maternal grandfather, Kenneth Gray of Renfrew, Penn.

3. Obituary: Tampa Bay Times: obituary of Kenneth C. Gray on 9 Jun 1984 in Tampa, Hillsborough, FL. 4 GRAY, KENNETH C., 78, of 1500 County Road One, Dunedin, died Friday (June 8, 1984). Born in Ohio, he came here 11 years ago from Meridian, Pa. and was a steel worker and foreman for Armco Steel, Butler, Pa. He was a member of United Commercial Travelers. Survivors include his wife V. Gaynell; two sons, Ronald and Warren, both of Pennsylvania; a daughter Nancy Felten, Clearwater; 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Curlew Hills Crematory, Palm Harbor.


Kenneth married Mildred Elizabeth McPherson. (Mildred Elizabeth McPherson was born on 25 May 1906 in Rural Valley, Armstrong, PA,5 6 died on 13 Apr 1940 in Butler, Butler, PA 5 6 and was buried in Butler, Butler, PA 6.)


Kenneth next married Velma Gaynell Graffius in 1941 in , Brooke, WV. (Velma Gaynell Graffius was born on 23 Feb 1908 in Gaskill, Jefferson, PA,7 8 died on 26 Jan 1990 in , Pinellas, FL 7 and was buried in Palm Harbor, Pinellas, FL 7.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134924350.

2 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Kenneth Chalmers Gray, b. 7 Jul 1905 in Scio, OH.

3 The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS), 24 Jun 1975, page 2. Obituary of Renee Elizabeth Beecher.

4 Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL), 9 Jun 1984, page 18. Obituary of Kenneth C. Gray.

5 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Pennsylvania Death Certificate (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA 16101 (724) 656-3100 http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=229939), Certificate 37970 Mildred Elizabeth Gray b. 25 May 1906 in Rural Valley PA d. 13 Apr 1940 Butler PA, father James W. McPherson, mother Maggie Schontz, spouse Kenneth C. Gray.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110901239.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134924298.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913, Certificate 23714, Velma Gaynell Graffius, b. 23 Feb 1908, Gaskill Twp., Jefferson Co. PA, father Walter, mother Ella.



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