Charles Edward Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 16 Jul 1921 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 17 Mar 2006 - St. Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO 1
         Burial: 22 Mar 2006 - Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Andrew Co, MO
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Obituary, St. Joseph News-Press (MO)

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• Soc Sec Num, 162-14-0332
• Census, Federal, 1930 in Carnegie, Allegheny Co, PA

Leland S, age 33, born 1896, IA; Mildred, age 35, born 1894, wife; Charles E, age 8, born 1921, son; Jane L, age 6, born 1923, daughter.

• Military, AAD, 13 Feb 1943 in New Cumberland, , PA

Army Serial Number: 13101615
Name: Becraft, Charles E
Residence: State #32 (PA)
Residence: County 003 (Allegheny)
Place of Enlistment: 3288 (New Cumberland, PA)
Date of Enlistment Day: 13
Date of Enlistment Month: 02
Date of Enlistment Year: 43
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT# (Private)
Grade: Code 8
Branch: Alpha Designation: NO# (No branch assignment)
Branch: Code: 02
Term of Enlistment:5 (Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law)
Longevity: ###
Source of Army Personnel:0 (Civil Life)
Nativity: 53 (OH)
Year of Birth: 21
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 7 (3 years of college)
Civilian Occupation: 992 (Undefined code)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 3 (Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0126
Film Reel Number: 1.126

• Obituary, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar 2006

Charles E. Becraft Charles E. Becraft, 84, St. Joseph, MO, died Fri., March 17, 2006. Services: 1 p.m., Wednesday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: 6:30-8 p.m. Tues., Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, where friends may call after 5 p.m. Tues.
Published in the Kansas City Star on 3/19/2006.

• Obituary, St. Joseph News-Press, 19 Mar 2006

Charles E. Becraft

1921-2006

Charles E. Becraft, 84, St. Joseph, died Friday, March 17, 2006 at Heartland Regional Medical Center.

Born July 16, 1921 in Akron, Ohio, he was a resident of St. Joseph, since 1972. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Penn., and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1943. He then graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1950.

During World War II he served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945.

On Sept. 2, 1950, he married Edith Mae Heckert, who survives of the home. Mr. and Mrs. Becraft settled in Kansas City, Mo., where he worked in the insurance and banking fields. They then moved to St. Joseph, in 1972, when he worked as a trust officer at ...

• Obituary, St. Joseph News-Press, 22 Mar 2006

Charles E. Becraft, 84, St. Joseph, 1 p.m. today, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph.

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Parents

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         Father: Leland Elmo Becraft
         Mother: Mildred W Wettling

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Edith Mae Heckert
       Marriage: 2 Sep 1950
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Robert W Becraft

Sources

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1. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.

1 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.