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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SSN 507-46-9741

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Census Listings:

1940 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Atlanta Twp
Enumerated 13 Apr 1940
SD 8 ED 76-1 Sheet 2B
33-R-10
Crays, Donald C Head M W 25 m H-3 Neb R Saline Neb Farmer
Crays, Anna A Wf F W 26 M H-4 Neb R Saline Neb
Crays, Don Roger Son M W 4 S Neb
Crays, Rollin David Son M W 2 S Neb

Donald married Anna A. "Annie" Herynk on 16 Jun 1933. Anna (daughter of Joseph Herynk and Anna Dlouhy) was born on 14 May 1913 in Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska; died on 3 Dec 1997 in Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Atlanta Center Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SSN 506-48-3066

Crays -- Anna A., 84, Tobias, widow of Don C., died Wednesday (12/3/97), Friend. Born, Tobias. Survivors: sons, daughters-in-law, Don R. and Sheila Crays, Tobias, Roland and Norma Crays, Barry R. and Jean Crays, all Milligan; daughters, sons-in-law, Sharon F. and Jerry Kroese, DeWitt, Karen A. and Leo Etter, Oxford, Ind.; sisters, Blanche Havel, Long Beach, Calif., Allene Tesar, Crete; 13 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; 13 stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandchild. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Jo- seph's Catholic Church, Tobias. The Rev. Joel Panzer. Atlanta Cemetery, Tobias. Rosary service, today, 7:30 p.m., Farmer & Son Funeral Home, Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Visitation: today, beginning at 1 p.m., funeral home. Memorials to the family.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

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On their double tombstone, the name of their five children are engraved, as follows: "Parents of Don R., Roland, Barry, Sharon & Karen."

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He was the son of John and Mary Jane Tosh Crays. He purchased his father's farm in Tobias in 1898 and moved there in 1905 when his father retired. He later sold the farm to his son Donald. (Milligan, p 254).

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Atlanta Precinct
Enumerated 15 Jan 1920
SD 4 ED 124 Sheet 5B
92 -93
Crays, Charlie W Head M W 51 M Ill Ind Ill Farmer
Crays, Minnie Wf F W 47 M Ill England/English Iowa
Crays, Faye Dtr F W 18 S Neb Ill Ill
Crays, Mabel M Dtr F W 13 S Neb Ill Ill
Crays, Donald Son M W 5 S Neb Ill Ill

Charles married Minnie Ellen Davies on 21 Nov 1899 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Minnie (daughter of William Davies and Martha Ellen O'Neel) was born on 16 Jan 1872 in Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois; died on 6 Jan 1952 in Friend, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Atlanta Center Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of William and Martha Ellen Neel Davies, and was previously married to a Smith. (Milligan, p 254). FindAGrave shows that his full name was Chauncey Holman SMITH, and that they were the parents of Bertha Adelle Smith Barrett.

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Joseph became the owner of his parents farm in 1922. Later his daughter and son-in-law, Agnes and Henry Kassik owned it. Their sons, Ralph and Richard Kassik are the fourth generation to own and farm the land. Joe was a member of the Lodge Svatopluk Chech of Milligan for over 50 years (Milligan, p 299).

Joseph married Anna Dlouhy on 22 Feb 1909 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Anna (daughter of Adolph Dlouhy and Marie A. Cvach) was born on 6 Jun 1889 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 8 Jun 1965 in Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"(Four couples) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary February 22, 1959....They were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Capek, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Capek, Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Hromadka, and Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Herynk. The Capeks and Hromadkas celebrated their 50th anniversary at the Milligan Auditorium and the Herynks celebrated their 50th anniversary at Tobias Hall." (Milligan, p 236)