Husband Wayne Leroy Becraft [2902]
Born: 10 Mar 1922 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States 1
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Died: 7 Nov 1980 - Huntington, Indiana, United States 1
Buried: - Greenlawn Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Co, IN 2
FamilySearch ID: M7K9-RDJ
Find A Grave ID: 76121335
Father: Walter Hudson Becraft [2536] (1882-1956)
Mother: Cecelia Elizabeth Spanley [2662] (1891-1989)
Marriage:
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 316-16-9215.
• He appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States. Wayne L. Becraft age 7 appears with father Walter H. Becraft age 47 head of household; mother Celia Becraft, age 38 and siblings Stella M age 17; Jack F age 16; Ruth E Becraft age 14; Pershing W age 11; Paul B age 9; Gerald S age 6; Robert J age 4; Thomas E age 3 and Donald G (no age listed).
• Military: AAD, 8 Oct 1942, Toledo, Lucas Co, OH. Army Serial Number: 35343356
Name: Becraft, Wayne L
Residence: State #51 (Indiana)
Residence: County 003 (Allen)
Place of Enlistment: 5384 (Toledo Ohio)
Date of Enlistment Day: 08
Date of Enlistment Month: 10
Date of Enlistment Year: 42
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT# (Private)
Grade: Code 8
Branch: Alpha Designation: BI# (Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA)
Branch: Code: 00
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: 51 (Indiana)
Year of Birth: 22
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 1 (1 year of high school)
Civilian Occupation: 809 (Unskilled occupations in slaughtering and in preparation of meat products)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0927
Film Reel Number: 3.349
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• His obituary was published. Wayne L. Becraft
Private services will be Monday for Wayne L. Becraft, 58, of R. R. 1, Andrews. He died at 5:09 p.m. Friday in Huntington.
Mr. Becraft, a native of Fort Wayne, was a supervisor at Dana Corp. for 25 years. He was also a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Martha; one son, Daniel L. of Huntington; two daughters, Bonnie Offerle and Becky White, both of Fort Wayne; one sister and nine brothers.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Wife Martha Jean Barnett [5031] 3
Born: 27 Aug 1926 - Columbia City, Columbia Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States 3
Christened:
Died: 14 Mar 1997 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States 3 4
Buried: 17 Mar 1997 - Greenlawn Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Co, IN 2
FamilySearch ID: LHHT-PNX
Find A Grave ID: 68800097
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• Her obituary was published in The News-Sentinel on 15 Mar 1997 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States. CITY, AREA & OTHER DEATHS MARTHA J. BECRAFT
72, of Fort Wayne died Friday at Lutheran Hospital. The Fort Wayne native was the widow of Wayne L., who died in 1980. Surviving are daughters, Becky C. White and Bonnie J. Offeral, both of Fort Wayne; a son, Daniel L. of Lovelock, Nev.; sisters, Bonnie Werner of Covina, Calif., and Carolyn Barnes of Fremont; brothers, William Barnett of Fort Wayne, and Max Barnett of Shula Vista, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Klaehn, Fahl...
Published on March 15, 1997, Page 8A, News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN).
Children
1 F Becky C Becraft [5033] (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Spouse: White [8634] (living)
2 M Daniel Lynn Becraft [5032]
Born: 4 Jul 1946 - Indiana, United States 1
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Died: 12 Aug 2010 - Griffith, , IN 1
Buried: 19 Aug 2010 - Greenlawn Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Co, IN 2
Find A Grave ID: 171147723
3 F Bonnie Jo Becraft [7548]
Born: 27 May 1949 - Garret, IN
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Died: 3 Dec 2005 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
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Spouse: Joseph Edmund Offerle [7549] (living)