Husband Raymond John Becraft [5670]
Born: 16 Mar 1890 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Christened:
Died: 6 Sep 1938 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 1
Buried: 8 Sep 1938 - Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 2
FamilySearch ID: KWZT-9KK
Find A Grave ID: 103366916
Father: William Becraft [5673] (1845-1922) 3
Mother: Mary Ellen "Nellie" Quibell [5674] (1850-1915) 3
Marriage: 24 Dec 1919 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Events
• Biography: Raymond J. Becraft (1890-1938) was born in Ogden, Utah. He graduated from the Utah State Agricultural college in 1917 and became the first professor of range management at Utah State. He served in this position until 1935 when he became a professor of forestry at the University of Idaho. One year later he was named the regional head of the Division of Plant Ecology for the Forest Service in Portland, Oregon. In 1938, after suffering head trauma, Becraft became insane and killed his wife, son and himself.
http://library.usu.edu/Specol/photoarchive/p0021.html.
• He was honored for Scholarship. Ray Becraft Scholarship
Description: Established in memory of Raymond J. Becraft, who was a student and later a professor in the Department of Range Science at USU. He contributed significantly to our understanding of nutritional value of range forage. This scholarship has been established to preserve for history Ray's contribution to natural resource management.
Amount:
$450 total/ $225 per semester for one academic year.
Criteria:
Awarded to a freshman on the basis of scholarship, need, leadership, and
interest in natural resources.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:KUCbwmV4-MAJ:www.cnr.usu.edu/student/pdf/Guide%252004-05.pdf+%22Raymond+J+Becraft%22&hl=en.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. Ward 4
William Becraft, head, b July 1847, age 52, married 24 years, born England, emigrated 1870, check clerk RR; wife Nellie A, Mar 1850, age 50y, (4 children, 4 living), emigrated 1869; dau Susie, b Dec 1876, age 23y, born NY; dau Nellie Ritchie, b July 1878, age 21y, married 1 year, born NY; son Frank W, b Mar 1888, age 12y, born UT, at school; son Raymond, Mar 1890, age 10y, born UT, at school.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Cache, Utah, United States. Name: • He was educated in 1926. Graduate Student Fellows in the Department of Botany, University of Chicago, 1897-1935 • He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Raymond J Becraft, age 49, born 1889, UT; Ireta, age 33, born 1896, wife; Raymond H, age 9, born 1920, son; Meriam, age 8, born 1921, daughter; Hellen, age 1, born 1928, daughter.
• He resided at 1933 Northeast Forty-eighth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon in 1938.
• Event: Ogden Standard-Examiner, 7 Sep 1938. BECRAFT TRIO • His funeral was held on 8 Sep 1938. LAST RIGHTS TODAY FOR SHOT VICTIMS Events
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Cache, Utah, United States. Name: • She appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Raymond J Becraft, age 49, born 1889, UT; Ireta, age 33, born 1896, wife; Raymond H, age 9, born 1920, son; Meriam, age 8, born 1921, daughter; Hellen, age 1, born 1928, daughter.
• Her funeral was held on 8 Sep 1938. LAST RIGHTS TODAY FOR SHOT VICTIMS Marriage Events
• Marriage: 24 Dec 1919, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Groom's Name: Cypress section, Lot 217
Cypress section, Lot 217
Residence:
Estimated Birth Year:
Age:
Birthplace:
Relationship to Head of Household:
Gender:
Race:
Marital Status:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number:
Digital Folder Number:
Image Number:
Sheet Number:
SELF
SON
SON
SON
DAU
Becraft, Raymond John 1926-27
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/icuhtml/aepguide.html.
RITES, BURIAL
SET IN OREGON
Accident Blamed As
Mate Kills Wife,
Son, Self
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Becraft and their 17-year old son, Raymond Jr., dead as a result of what authorities believed to be an insane outburst by Mr. Becraft Tuesday, will be buried at Portland, Ore., following services Friday, said friends today.
Becraft, a U..S. forest service employe, former professor of range management at Utah State Agricultural college, and the University of Idaho, killed his wife and son and then committed suicide Tuesday morning at Portland where he and his family had lived the past year, the Associated Press reported.
Suffered Accident
Becraft reportedly suffered head and spine injuries last week in a fall while making a forest inspection near Yakima, Wash., and it was believed these may have caused the burst of insanity. Becraft, 45, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Becraft. He had no close relatives m Ogden.
Reed W. Bailey, director of the intermountain forest and range experiment station, an associate of Becraft when both were on the staff of Utah State Agriculurtal college, left here by auto Tuesday night for Portland to assist in funeral arrangements.
The Associated. Press quoted Portland authorities as saying the family appeared happy and no reason could be given for Becraft sudden outburst other than an apparent derangement. Police said Becraft and his son were in an upstairs bedroom when the shooting began. After-firing two shots at his son, Becraft apparently turned on his wife. A neighbor Mrs. O.V. Breese, heard Mrs. Becraft scream: "I'm shot."
Mrs. Breese ran to the front of the Becraft home and saw Becraft. rush out, her husband in pursuit. ;The neighbor said Becraft fired a shot at his wife and she fell with a chest wound.
Police said Becraft, apparently ran back upstairs, where his son was lying, and committed suicide with a bullet in the head. Two daughters, Marian, 16, and Helen 10, had left for school, and a. third Nancy, 4, fled to Mrs. Breeses home as the shooting started.
Becraft served with the forest service for two years after his graduation from Utah State Agricultural college in, 1917, and then returned as instructor at the college, a position he held until 1935 except for two years of graduate study at the University of Chicago Becraft, a native ot Ogden, was graduated from Weber academy and the U.S.A.C. where he was student body president in 1916-17 He had served an L.D.S. church mission in Germany.
He left the U.S.A.C. in 1935, to become professor of range management
at the University of Idaho A year ago he was named regonal head of the division of plant ecology for the forest service at Portland.
Besides his three daughters, Mr. Becraft is survived by a brother, Frank W. Becraft of Denver, and a sister, Mrs. Nell B. Ritchie of Santa Monica, Cal.
Mrs Becraft was a daughter of Denison E. and Eunice Stewart Harris, born Feb. 23, 1897 in Mexico Surviving are her mother and several brothers and sisters, including Dr. F. S. Harris, president of Brigham Young university;
Dr. M. H. Harris, secretary of the Utah Taxpayers association.
.
_____________
Triple Funeral Services Set for Man, Wife and Son
____________
Triple funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Becraft, 1933 Northeast Forty-eighth avenue, and son, Raymond Jr., 17, will be conducted at 2 P. M. today from the Latter Day Saints' church, Southeast Thirtieth avenue and Harrison street.
Interment will be at Lincoln Memorial park.
The trio died Tuesday, victims of a shooting affray at the residence. Cause of the shooting remains unknown, according to coroner's deputies, who have conducted an investigation.
Father Slays Two
Mr. Becraft, 45, employe of the United States forestry service here and ex-professor at the University of Idaho, shot and fatally wounded his son and wife with a .22-caliber single shot rifle, and then took his own life.
Survivors include three daughters, Marian, 16; Helen, 10, and Nancy, 4, and Mrs. Becraft's mother, Mrs. Harris of Utah. The mother arrived here last night.
D. E. Harris, brother of Mrs. Becraft, of Portland, is caring for the surviving daughters
___________
The Oregonian newspaper, Thursday, Sept. 8, 1938, page 6, column 1.
Wife Ireta Harris [5671]
Born: 23 Feb 1897 - Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico 4
Christened:
Died: 6 Sep 1938 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 5
Buried: 8 Sep 1938 - Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 6
FamilySearch ID: KVG6-25D
Find A Grave ID: 103366973
Father: Dennison Emer Harris Sr. [13152] (1854-1912) 7
Mother: Eunice Polly Stewart [13153] (1860-1942)
Residence:
Estimated Birth Year:
Age:
Birthplace:
Relationship to Head of Household:
Gender:
Race:
Marital Status:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number:
Digital Folder Number:
Image Number:
Sheet Number:
SELF
SON
SON
SON
DAU
_____________
Triple Funeral Services Set for Man, Wife and Son
____________
Triple funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Becraft, 1933 Northeast Forty-eighth avenue, and son, Raymond Jr., 17, will be conducted at 2 P. M. today from the Latter Day Saints' church, Southeast Thirtieth avenue and Harrison street.
Interment will be at Lincoln Memorial park.
The trio died Tuesday, victims of a shooting affray at the residence. Cause of the shooting remains unknown, according to coroner's deputies, who have conducted an investigation.
Father Slays Two
Mr. Becraft, 45, employe of the United States forestry service here and ex-professor at the University of Idaho, shot and fatally wounded his son and wife with a .22-caliber single shot rifle, and then took his own life.
Survivors include three daughters, Marian, 16; Helen, 10, and Nancy, 4, and Mrs. Becraft's mother, Mrs. Harris of Utah. The mother arrived here last night.
D. E. Harris, brother of Mrs. Becraft, of Portland, is caring for the surviving daughters
___________
The Oregonian newspaper, Thursday, Sept. 8, 1938, page 6, column 1.
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name:
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
System Origin:
Source Film Number:
Reference Number:
Children
1 M Raymond Harris Becraft [5672]
Born: 23 Nov 1920 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States 3 8
Christened:
Died: 6 Sep 1938 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 9
Buried: 8 Sep 1938 - Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 2 7 8
FamilySearch ID: K271-WF3
Find A Grave ID: 103367078
Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Marian Becraft [7660]
Born: 1922
Christened:
Died: 2002
Buried:
FamilySearch ID: KWZT-9KX
3 F Helen Becraft [7661] 10
Born: 27 Jul 1928 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Christened:
Died: 22 Jun 2012 - Pleasant Grove, Utah Co, UT
Buried: 26 Jun 2012 - Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah Co, UT 7
FamilySearch ID: KWZ5-7FR
Spouse: Milton Ray Sherwood [11723] (1928-2025)
Marr: 18 Nov 1950 - Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
4 F Nancy Fay Becraft [7662] (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: ?? [8348] (living)
Burial Notes: Husband - Raymond John Becraft
Burial Notes: Wife - Ireta Harris