Leonard J. Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 31 May 1918 - Leesburg, IN 1
Christening:
Death: 3 May 1994 - Edwardsburg, Cass Co, MI 2
Burial: in Five Points Cemetery, Mason Township, Cass Co, MI
Cause of Death: Acute Myocardial Infarction
AFN :
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 309-10-5614
• Census, Federal, 1920 in Kosciusko Co, IN
F A Becraft, age 47y; wife May, age 36y; son Commodore, age 14y; dau Ellen, age 13y; dau Evadana, age 12y; dau Bessie, age 7y; son Lenord, age 1y5m.• Census, 1930 Census, 1930 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co, IN
Leonard J. Becraft age 11 listed as son with father Frank A. Becraft age 58, listed as head of house and siblings Ellen R. age 24; Bessie A age 18; Luie G age 9; Devon F. age 4 and Marie Z age 4.• Military, 15 Oct 1941 in Ft Benjamin, Harrison, , IN
Army Serial Number: 35169636• Obituary, Sturgis Daily Journal in St Joseph Co, MI
Name: Becraft, Leonard J
Residence: State #51 (IN)
Residence: County 141 (St Joseph)
Place of Enlistment: 5124 (Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana)
Date of Enlistment Day: 15
Date of Enlistment Month: 10
Date of Enlistment Year: 41
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT#
Grade: Code 8 (Private)
Branch: Alpha Designation: BI# (Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA)
Branch: Code: 00
Term of Enlistment:0 (Undefined Code)
Longevity: ###
Source of Army Personnel: 0 (Civil life)
Nativity: 51 (IN)
Year of Birth: 19
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 1 (1 year of high school)
Civilian Occupation: 636 (semiskilled occupations in manufacture of furniture, n.e.c.)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0904
Film Reel Number: 3.326
Edwardsburg: Leonard J. Becraft, 75, 71255 Five Points Road, died May 3, 1994, at his home, following an illness.
He was born May 31, 1918, in Leesburg, Ind.
He was a member of the Mason Township Baptist Church and a lifelong member of the Michigan Angus Associatino. He was aveteran, serving during World Warr II.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Joel A. Becraft, cassopolis, and James L. Becraft, Edwardsburg; two daughters, Jacqueline E. Williams, Cassopolis, and Janice Reed, Three Rivers; 12 grandchildren; and one sister, Marie Young, Urbana, Ind.
Relatives and friends may call from 2-5 pm and 7-9pm Thursday at the Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home, Edwardsburg, and from 9-10 am Friday at the Mason Township Baptist Church, Edwardsburg, where services are at 10 am Friday. The Rev Ron ??damage to card can not read, will officiate. Burial will be in Five Points Cemetery.
Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the "Sturgis Daily Journal", which serves the St. Joseph Co, Michigan area.
Parents
Father: Franklin Alexander Becraft
Mother: May Shank
Spouses and Children
1. *Leota Ilean Ostrom
Marriage: 17 Oct 1942 - St. Joseph Co, IN 3
Status:
Children:
1. Joel A. Becraft
2. James L. Becraft
3. Jacqueline E. Becraft
4. Janice Becraft
Notes
Death Notes:
71255 Five Points Road, Edwardsburg, MI, at home.General:
LDS Mom's Obit 13 Jul 1928, South Bend TribuneMarriage Notes (Leota Ilean Ostrom)
Marriage Record for Leonard J Becraft
Spouse: Leota Ilean OSTROM
Date: 17 Oct 1942
B/G: Groom
Source: Book:131 Page:419
Record #: license date 1942/10/17
County and State: St Joseph Co. IN
Sources
1. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
2. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index. .... Ancestry.com, Michigan Death Index (Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96 [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998-. Original electronic data from: Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan Death Index, Lansing, MI, 1971-.), Mason, Cass Co, MI.
3. http://www.rootsweb.com/~deschart/z0000038.html.