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Raymond Milton Childs, Sr.
Lilah Crowe2021-11-16T20:14:26-06:00
- Name: Raymond Milton Childs, Sr.
- Location of Birth: Charles City, Iowa
- Date of Birth: August 27, 1895
- Date of Death: July 31, 1966 (70 years old)
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Ray served in France during World War I.
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World War I
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He returned to the United States to marry Marian Renshaw in 1918 and remained in Charles City, Iowa until moving to Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1929.
Survivors include his wife, Marian; six sons, Robert, David, Ray, Jr, Charles, and Loren; three daughters, Mrs. Maurice Longballo, Mrs. Roger Messer, and Leonard Deering; a sister, Mrs. Effie Ingersoll; and nineteen grandchildren.
Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-C-37-0-4)
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