RAY, Phyllis W.

1932 - 2012  (80 years)

• Name	RAY, Phyllis W.
  Birth	2 Sep 1932	Tekamah, NE   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	93293079
  	FindAGrave Memorial 93293079
  _COLOR	11
  Death	17 Sep 2012	Norfolk, NE   [1, 2]
  Burial	Craig, NE   [2]
  	Address: Craig Cemetery
  Person ID	I4180	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	RAY, Irvin,   b. 14 Jun 1900   d. 14 Oct 1977, West Point, NE (Age 77 years)
  Mother	COX, Margaret Elaine,   b. 16 Nov 1903, Tekamah, NE d. 26 Apr 1964, West Point, NE (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1923	Tekamah, NE
  Married	8 Jun 1949	Tekamah, NE
  Family ID	F11183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, Marion Elwin,   b. 22 Dec 1930, Tekamah, NE d. 3 Feb 2005, Tekamah, NE (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1949	Tekamah, NE
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F11012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  (Published in The Enterprise, Friday September 21, 2012) Phyllis W. Puffer, 80, of Norfolk, formerly of Craig, died on Monday, September 17, 2012, at Heritage of Bel Air in Norfolk. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, September 22, at the Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. There is no visitation. Interment will be in the Craig Cemetery. Phyllis W. Ray was born September 2, 1932, in Tekamah to Irvin and Margaret (Cox) Ray. She received her education in a country school and Tekamah High School. On June 8, 1949, Phyllis married Marion E. Puffer in Tekamah. They lived in Blair and North Platte, in Idaho and then Craig, where they retired. Mr. Puffer worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. She worked for Dr. James Thone, a veterinarian in Blair, for many years. She also worked at the Cinderella Home in North Platte. She had lived the past four years in Norfolk and as a resident of Heritage of Bel Air Nursing Home for the past three years. She was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Blair on May 9, 1965. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jo Ann M. and Dennis Hintz of Norfolk; three step-grandchildren and their spouses; 21 step-great-grandchildren; sisters and brother-in-law, Dorothy Goddard of California and Elaine and Gary Ross of Lincoln; brother- and sister–in-law, Russ and Phyllis J. Puffer of Herman, sister- and brother-in-law, Rosemond and Jim Sell of Mondamin, Iowa; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion, on February 3, 2005; sister, Inez (Bruce) Sibert; brothers- and sister-in-law, Robert Goddard, Linton and Ruth Puffer; and stepbrother, Chet Watkins

  
  

• Sources

  [S769] Washington County, NE Genealogical Society. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA, 20 Sep 2012, page A6.