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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/26/1969
CRAFTS - Samuel A. of Barker,
N.Y.. Sept. 25, 1969 in Newfane.
Survived by his wife, Mrs.
Beatrice Crafts; two daughters,
Mrs. Dexter L. McCanty of Barker
ana Miss Annette Crafts of
Barker; one son, Dennis Crafts
of USAF of Goose Bay, Laborador;
two grandchildren, his mother,
Mrs. Gail Crafts of
Barker; three sisters, Mrs.
Fern Clapp of Ransomville,
Mrs. Flo Belle Fredricksen of
Newark. N.Y.; Mrs. E f f ie
Green of Perrysburg, Ohio; one
brother, Lynn of Mount Prospect,
Ill. Beginning Friday evening,
friends may call at the
Hood Funeral Home, Barker,
from 2-5 and 7-9, where services
will be held Monday at 10:30.
Interment in Somerset Cemetery.
ALSO
Same date and paper
BARKER - Samuel A. Crafts
46, of Barker, died Thursday in
Newfane Inter-Community Memorial
Hospital, where he had
been .. patient for several days.
He was a patient for four weeks
at Cleveland Clinic, where he
had heart surgery, prior to going
to the Newfane hospital.
Mr. Crafts was born March
18. 1923 in Barker, the son of
Lynn and Gail Burgess Crafts.
His mother survives him.
Mr. Crafts served for two
years in the engineer corps in
the Pacific Theatre during
World Wai II. He was married,
June 3, 1944 to the former Beatrice
Blackley of Lockport, who
survives him.
He had been employed for 14
years as a journeyman millwright
by Harrison Radiator Division.
General Motors Corp.
He was a member and past
commander of Herbert Carr
Post 423, American Legion and
member of Somerset United
Methodist Church.
In addition to his widow and
mother he is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Dexter L. Mc
Cantry and Miss Annette Crafts,
hoth of Barker; a son, Dennis
Crafts, serving with the U.S.
Air Force in Goose Bay, Labrador:
two grandchildren; three
sisters Mrs. Fern Clapp of Ransom
vilic, Mrs. Flo Belle Fredricksen
of Newark and Mrs.
Effie Green of Perrysburg, Ohio
and a brother, Lynn Crafts of
Mount Prospect, III.
Beginning this evening,
friend? may call from 2 to 5 and
7 to 9 p.m. at the Hood Funeral
Home, Barker, where funeral
servire? will be held at 10:30
a.m. Monday. The Rev. Allyn
rosfpr. pastor of Somerset United
Methodist Church, will off.
ciate. Burial will be in Somerset
Cemetery.
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1923 - 1969 (46 years)