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Paul Ray Bailey

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Paul Ray Bailey

Birth
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA
Death
31 Oct 1968 (aged 48)
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of The Good Shepherd, Lot 759, Grave B
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Paul R. Bailey, 48, died at 7:40 AM Thursday, Oct. 31, 1968, in St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he had been a patient the past four weeks. Born at Logansport, he was a graduate of Romney High School, and lived most of his life in rural Lafayette. In 1953, he married Opal E. Tague, a former clerk in the shoe department at Sears, Roebuck and Company; she survives. [On July 20, 1974, she was remarried to Thomas Drew Smith.]

In ill-health for four years, Mr. Bailey had worked 18 years at Duncan Electric Co. as an inspector until July, when he was forced to retire due to his health. He served in the Navy during World War II, and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

Surviving with his wife are two sons, Craig Ray and Kevin Lee, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Jane Hazel Bailey of New Richmond; two brothers, Warren Edward Bailey of New Richmond and Donald W. Bailey of Lafayette; and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Ryan of Bloomington, Mrs. Thelma Smith of Lafayette, and Mrs. Norma Matricia of White Sands, NM.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier, Thu 10/31/1968
Paul R. Bailey, 48, died at 7:40 AM Thursday, Oct. 31, 1968, in St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he had been a patient the past four weeks. Born at Logansport, he was a graduate of Romney High School, and lived most of his life in rural Lafayette. In 1953, he married Opal E. Tague, a former clerk in the shoe department at Sears, Roebuck and Company; she survives. [On July 20, 1974, she was remarried to Thomas Drew Smith.]

In ill-health for four years, Mr. Bailey had worked 18 years at Duncan Electric Co. as an inspector until July, when he was forced to retire due to his health. He served in the Navy during World War II, and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

Surviving with his wife are two sons, Craig Ray and Kevin Lee, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Jane Hazel Bailey of New Richmond; two brothers, Warren Edward Bailey of New Richmond and Donald W. Bailey of Lafayette; and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Ryan of Bloomington, Mrs. Thelma Smith of Lafayette, and Mrs. Norma Matricia of White Sands, NM.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier, Thu 10/31/1968


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