Kittle, Ray

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• Reference Number: KITT.R
• _FGRAVE: 254023871

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Obituary, Ray Kittle, published March 1970 in the Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, MI).

Death came to Ray Kittle, 64, Monday, March 23, 1970, at the Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital following a sudden illness. Born in 1905 in Wayne county, Illiniois, the son of James and Tina Kittle, he was married to Martha Spack in 1927 who preceded him in death in 1952. In 1954 he married Jessie Norconk. In earlier years, Mr. Kittle had been employed at the old Hudson Motor Co. in Detroit and later at the Kalkaska Wayne Wire Cloth Co. Illness forced his retirement in 1963. Survivors include his widow, Jessie, two daughters, Mrs. Gayle (Marion) Defoe of Pontiac, Miss Pauline Kittle of Traverse City; a son Orin Kittle of Hope, his father James of Dundas, Illinois, two step children, Ronald Norconk of Grand Rapids amd Mrs. Wayne (Donna) Saxton of Traverse City; three sisters, Mrs. Winifred Smith and Mrs. Samuel Gentile of St. Louis, Missouri and Mrs. Delbert Callahan of Chesteron, Indiana; three brothers, Frank Kittle of Imlay City, Vern of Dundas, Illinois, and Charles of Detroit and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 25, 1970 at 2 p.m. at the Fife Lake Methodist Church with the Rev. Gerald Hedlund officiating. Burial was made in Lodi Cemetery, Kalkaska county.

Family/Spouse: Perrigo, Jessie I.. Jessie was born on 23 Jun 1912 in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan; died on 18 Jun 1990 in Grand Traverse County, Michigan; was buried in Fife Lake Cemetery, Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FGRAVE: 62708574

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James Kittle, 93, of Dundas Rt. 1, passed away early this morning at Richland Memorial Hospital, after an extended illness.

Arrangements are pending at the Pulliam Funeral Home in Newton.

Surviving are three sons, Frank of Imlay City, Mich., Charles of Detroit, Mich., and Vern of Dundas, with whom he had made his home the past few years; three Smith of Florissant, Mo., Mrs. Helen Gentile of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Vivian Callahan of Chesterton, Ind.; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline, and two sons, Ray and Dallas.

Mr. Kittle was a member of the M. P. Methodist Church ofWayne City.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Jan, 1975,

James married Shelton, Pauline. Pauline was born in 1885; died in 1961; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Oakland, Coles County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FGRAVE: 62708581

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Silas married Wood, Nancy Ann. Nancy was born in 1848; died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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