hmtl5 Fred Lucien Ray b. 16 Aug 1891 Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois d. 9 Feb 1983 Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Fred Lucien Ray

Male 1891 - 1983  (91 years)

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  • Name Fred Lucien Ray  [1] 
    Birth 16 Aug 1891  Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation field engineer  [3] 
    Death 9 Feb 1983  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I4684  Gritton
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2026 

    Father Isaac Ray,   b. 11 Dec 1853, McDonough County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1922, Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Jeannette May Sell,   b. 9 Apr 1860, Saint Mary Township, Hancock County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1929, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F2012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence Headen,   b. 20 Oct 1892, La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1967, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1919  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Jean Ray,   b. 29 Jun 1926, Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 2008, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F2011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2026 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Ray
      Fred Lucien ray, 91, of 1803 W. Forest Ave., died 3:18 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 9, 1893) in Fair Havens Christian Home.

      Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Friday in LaHarpe Cemetery. memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church. Dawson 7 Wikoff Funeral Home in charge.

      Mr. Ray was born in Blandinsville, son of Isaac and Jeanette Ray. He was a retired civil engineer for the Department of Highways, a member of Masons and a World War II veteran. He married Florence Headen in 1919. She die din 1967.

      Surviving are his daughter, Jean Fox of Decatur; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild.

      One brother and two sisters preceded him in death.

      The Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Friday, 11 February 1983.
      [2, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S17] Obituary.

    3. [S89] census records.

    4. [S102] Newspaper article.


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