From the 7 January, 1965 edition of the
Spooner Advocate page 7.
Louella
Sophie Bray was born at Cylinder,
Iowa (note this would be
Palo Alto county), on 9 June, 1890, and grew to womanhood there. On 9 May, 1909 she was united in marriage to Clarence
Bray at
Dows,
Iowa and to this union one daughter, Genevive,was born.
The family left
Dows in 1915 and came to
Washburn county and have resided in the township of Crystal for the past 46 years.
Mrs. Bray had been in failing health for several years and passed away at Shell Lake Hospital on Thursday, 31, Dec, 1964 at the age of 74 years.
Her husband Clarence preceded her in death on 27 June, 1964. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Anderson, (Genevive),
Spooner, one grandson, Robert
Anderson, one great grandson, two sisters, Mrs. Grant
Bray,
Spooner, Mrs. Clarence
Myre, Forest City,
Iowa, four brothers, Arthur
Hagenson,
Percy Hagenson, and Elmer
Hagenson, all of
Thompson,
Iowa and Orlo
Hagenson, Lake
Mills,
Iowa and many other relatives.
Funeral services were held on Monday, 4 January at 2p.m. at
Dahl Funeral Home, Rev. Roy S. Brown,
Trego officiated, burial in Earl Cemetery. Casket bearers were Sam Gilbert, Ray Shoquist, Nalmar Nelson, Carl
Johnson and Arthur Buttenhoff