Individual Details
Margaret Grace Kray
(20 Feb 1893 - 9 Feb 1976)
Events
Birth | 20 Feb 1893 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
Marriage | Jun 1912 | Jones, Iowa, United States - John Henry Brokens | |||
Death | 9 Feb 1976 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
Spouse | John Henry Brokens (1884 - 1972) |
Child | Benhard Henry Brokens (1916 - 2003) |
Father | Henrick Gerdes "Henry" Kray (1867 - 1931) |
Mother | Margaret "Meta" Steenblock (1873 - 1956) |
Sibling | Freida Lena Kray (1894 - 1948) |
Sibling | May Matilda Kray (1913 - 2007) |
Notes
Death
THE ANAMOSSA EUREKA…FEBRUARY 12, 1976………PAGE 4MRS. BROKENS OF ANAMOSA DIES FEB. 9
Mrs. John H. Brokens, 82, Anamosa died early Monday, Feb. 9, 1976 at the Anamosa Care Center following a lingering illness.
Services were held Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m. at Goettsch Funeral home with the Rev. Harvey O. Gilbertson officiating. Burial was in the Wayne cemetery near Monticello.
Pallbearers were LaVern Schoon, Marion Dirks, William Ortgies, Alvin Ortgies, Willis Kray and Gerhard Kray.
Mrs. Brokens was born on Feb. 20, 1893 at Anamosa, the daughter of Henry and Meta Steenblock Kray. She was married June 20, 1912 to John H. Brokens. They farmed in Cass township. Her husband preceded her death on April 29,1972.
She is survived by a son, Benhard Brokens, and a grandson, Leonard Brokens of Anamosa; two sisters, Matilda Schoon of Monticello and Alvina Dirks of Amber.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister and two brothers.