Kraft obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by: Kraft, Freddie F 22 Apr 2011 Apr 2011 Jerry Nelson Kraft, Gustave Ferdinand 29 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Jerry Nelson Kraft, John J., Jr 3 May 2009 May 2009 Jerry Nelson Kraft, Louanna Lanoux 6 Apr 2004 Apr 2004 Jerry Nelson Kraft, Rebecca Kling 27 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on: 4/22/2011 KRAFT, FREDDIE F. Mr. Freddie F. "Teddy" Kraft, 76 years old of Ponchatoula, LA, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in North Oaks Medical Center. He was born on Monday, November 26, 1934, in Ponchatoula, LA, son of the late Fritz Paul and Hazel Marsalis Kraft. He was a commercial fisherman all his life, and fished for MiddendorfÕs for over 42 years. Mr. Kraft was a US Army Veteran and an avid farmer. He loved to grow tomatoes and strawberries. Teddy leaves behind many wonderful family members, friends, neighbors and his little dog Dixie who loved him dearly. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Patricia "Patsy" Keaghey Kraft, daughter, Lisa Kraft, son & daughter-in-law, Michael and Angela Kraft, and his grandchildren, Hannah and Evan Kraft. He is preceded in death by his sister, Helen K. Settoon. Friends will be received on Friday, April 22, 2011 from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm and on Saturday, April 23, 2011, from 8:00 am until 10:00 am at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Ponchatoula. Services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Saturday, at 10:00 am, with Rev. Jackie Palmer officiating. Interment will follow in the Wetmore Cemetery Ponchatoula, LA. An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 10/29/2008 KRAFT, GUSTAVE FERDINAND Gustave Ferdinand Kraft was born in New Orleans on Nov. 2, 1909. As an enterprising 9-year-old, he started his own paper route. After losing his right foot in a streetcar accident, he then sold papers on crutches. And as he told the story, "His sales really zoomed!" He graduated from Delgado Trade School. Gus was a retired linotype operator and worked for the Morning Advocate during World War II, where he set the type for the A Bomb drop on Hiroshima. He was the husband of the late Thelma Wilson Kraft, son of the late Zoah A. Lamphier Kraft and Henry G. Kraft, brother of the late Anna Belle Havens, Evelyn Wattie, Zoah Dawn Defourneaux and Alfred Kraft, who were all of New Orleans. Survived by his sons, Marvin Kraft and Donald Kraft and wife Dianne L.; grandsons, Scott T. Kraft and wife Adrienne, of Ponchatoula, and Billy T. Long and wife Corinne, of Baton Rouge; grand- daughter, Phyllis K. Hough and husband William, of Dallas; and great- grandchildren, Lance Kraft, Sadie Kraft, Jordan Long and Katie Long. He married the love of his life, Thelma, in 1934 at First Baptist Church of Baton Rouge, where they were members until they died. He was a kind and loving husband and father. He died in Baton Rouge on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, just a week before his 99th birthday. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from noon until religious service at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Dr. Burn Page. Burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 5/3/2009 KRAFT, JOHN J., JR. "RED" John J. "Red" Kraft Jr. passed into the arms of his Lord on Thursday, April 30, 2009, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. Born Feb. 27, 1932, in Wadesboro, he was a lifelong resident of Ponchatoula. He was a 1950 graduate of Ponchatoula High School and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was an avid sportsman and conservationist, a member of Triangle T Sportsman League, Hunters Against Poachers, W&R Hunting Club and the American Legion. He also was a city league coach for baseball and football for many years and a follower of this league until his death. A member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ponchatoula, he was retired from Shell Oil at Norco. Preceded in death by his parents John J. Kraft Sr. and Eva Arceneaux Ryan; and a brother Charles E. "Dago" Kraft. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty Bonicard Kraft; two sons, John J. Kraft III and wife Shane Watson Kraft and Jeffrey E. Kraft and wife Robin Schum Kraft, all of Ponchatoula; a daughter, Glynis Kraft Haik and husband John Haik, of Mobile, Ala.; eight loving grandchildren, Brittani Kraft Emmons, Mallory Kraft, John J. "Jake" Kraft IV and Jebadiah "Jeb" Kraft, all of Ponchatoula, and Ryan, Reagan, Keegan and Logan Haik, all of Mobile; two half brothers, James W. "Slippery" Ryan Jr. and Alvin C. "Punkin" Ryan, both of Ponchatoula; and a half sister, Veronica "Ronnie" Ryan Souza, of Tracy, Calif. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to the visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Ponchatoula on Monday, May 4, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Visitation at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ponchatoula on Tuesday, May 5, from 10 a.m. until a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Interment at Ponchatoula Cemetery. An online guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 4/6/2004 KRAFT, LOUANNA LANOUX A resident of Ponchatoula, she died Monday, April 5, 2004, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 93 and a native of Dutchtown. Visitation at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ponchatoula, from 11 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2004, conducted by a Dominican priest. Interment in Wetmore Cemetery. Survived by a daughter and son-in- law, Evelyn Kraft and Lindsey P. Richard, Denham Springs; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Kenneth A. and Lilie Mae Kraft, Valley J. and Andrea N. Kraft, Larry J. and Becky K. Kraft and Tommy W. "Pee Wee" Kraft, all of Ponchatoula; 10 grandchildren, Kenny, David and Craig Kraft, Lindsey "Peanut" and Britt Richard, Leslie Kraft Rimes, Valerie Kraft LeBoeuf, Veronica Kraft Pierson, Tiffani Kraft Carroll and Kyle Majesty; and 19 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Valley A. "Cotton" Kraft; two grandsons; four brothers, Marshall, Kernest, Johnny and Ivy Lanoux; and four sisters, Bridgett Neihaus, Lula Farragut, Faye Day and Nettie Mizell. In lieu of flowers, family requests memorials to a charity of choice. Arrangements handled by Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on: 10/27/2008 KRAFT, REBECCA KLING "BECKY" Mrs. Rebecca Kling "Becky" Kraft, 65 years old of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, died Sunday, October 26, 2008, at North Oaks Medical Center, in Hammond. She was born on Sunday, November 8, 1942, in Sorrento, Louisiana, daughter of the late John Kling and Margie Moran Kling. She was a homemaker. urviving are her husband, Larry Kraft; daughter & son-in-law, Leslie and Dennis Rimes; granddaughter and husband, Jennifer Bankston and Fianc/, Daniel Milordis; 6 sisters, Christine Ciolino, Patsy Jumonville, Angela Perriloux, Tracy Quave, Toni Ensign, and Terri Alvarez; 2 brothers, Eddie Kling, and O'Neal Kling; also numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, John Kling Jr.; father-in-law, Valley "Cotton" Kraft; and mother-in-law, Louanna Kraft. Friends will be received Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at the Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Ponchatoula, from 6 - 10 p.m. and after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 29th until 10 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. with Fr. John Sims, O.P., officiating. Interment will follow in the Wetmore Cemetery, Ponchatoula. An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/kraft.txt