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Larry Gene Cravens

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Larry Gene Cravens Veteran

Birth
Fawn River, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
Death
19 Nov 2011 (aged 73)
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Augusta, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section P1, Site 917
Memorial ID
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Larry Gene Cravens is known to have been married at least seven (7) times. His first wife was named Helen Louise Ledger who was from Dover, Stafford County, New Hampshire. He was serving in the United States Air Force at the time of the marriage. This was sometime between 1956-59. He was stationed at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. They had a son and named him Gerald Joseph Cravens, after his father who was KIA during World War II. Helen later divorced Larry and remarried. Helen's mother, Ethel McKenna Howard, and her husband Woodrow Howard adopted the child and his last name was changed to Howard. The last known residence of Jerry Howard is California.
On July 2, 1960, he married Suellyn Jones. They had four children; Mark, Wendy, Joseph and Kari. The couple divorced sometime in 1966. In 1969, he married Marion Carol (nee Gay) Fenney. Her father was a Kalamazoo city police officer. The relationship was rocky and did not last. No children were born of this marriage. On April 7, 1970, Carol divorced him and he then decided to leave the state of Michigan. This took place sometime in the early 1970's.
He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the 1970's and stayed there until the early 80's. This is where he met Donna Keene, Billie Howard and Willa Harold. He set up his own insurance business. During that time he was married to a woman named Donna Jean Keene. She later divorced him.
He married again to a woman named Billy Howard. However, the relationship dissolved and he later moved to California. While in Los Angeles, he worked around the area doing odd jobs. He tried his hand at landscaping, but hurt his back. He set up shop in the insurance business and worked for Cotton States Insurance Company while living in Norwalk, California. While there, he met a woman named Laurie Ann Jones. They married sometime in the mid to late 1980's and lived in the Lamirada/Bellflower area.
The couple moved quite often, In the early 1990's, they moved to Lewiston, Idaho. Laurie divorced him and she moved back to California. After his last divorce, he made his way to White City, Oregon. He stayed there a few years, and finally headed back to Minnesota. He spent the winter of 2010 with Gerald "Jerry" Keene Cravens, son of wife number four (4), Donna Jean Keene. He stayed in his RV that he had purchased and plugged it into a house owned by his son inherited after his mother died. However, the house was being sold. After the sale of the house, he left Minnesota in August 2011 and found a piece of property to camp on just outside of Ashland, Oregon, The property was less than a half mile off Interstate 5. He died during the early morning hours of 19 November 2011 in his RV of Congestive Heart failure and Emphysema.
Larry Gene Cravens is known to have been married at least seven (7) times. His first wife was named Helen Louise Ledger who was from Dover, Stafford County, New Hampshire. He was serving in the United States Air Force at the time of the marriage. This was sometime between 1956-59. He was stationed at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. They had a son and named him Gerald Joseph Cravens, after his father who was KIA during World War II. Helen later divorced Larry and remarried. Helen's mother, Ethel McKenna Howard, and her husband Woodrow Howard adopted the child and his last name was changed to Howard. The last known residence of Jerry Howard is California.
On July 2, 1960, he married Suellyn Jones. They had four children; Mark, Wendy, Joseph and Kari. The couple divorced sometime in 1966. In 1969, he married Marion Carol (nee Gay) Fenney. Her father was a Kalamazoo city police officer. The relationship was rocky and did not last. No children were born of this marriage. On April 7, 1970, Carol divorced him and he then decided to leave the state of Michigan. This took place sometime in the early 1970's.
He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the 1970's and stayed there until the early 80's. This is where he met Donna Keene, Billie Howard and Willa Harold. He set up his own insurance business. During that time he was married to a woman named Donna Jean Keene. She later divorced him.
He married again to a woman named Billy Howard. However, the relationship dissolved and he later moved to California. While in Los Angeles, he worked around the area doing odd jobs. He tried his hand at landscaping, but hurt his back. He set up shop in the insurance business and worked for Cotton States Insurance Company while living in Norwalk, California. While there, he met a woman named Laurie Ann Jones. They married sometime in the mid to late 1980's and lived in the Lamirada/Bellflower area.
The couple moved quite often, In the early 1990's, they moved to Lewiston, Idaho. Laurie divorced him and she moved back to California. After his last divorce, he made his way to White City, Oregon. He stayed there a few years, and finally headed back to Minnesota. He spent the winter of 2010 with Gerald "Jerry" Keene Cravens, son of wife number four (4), Donna Jean Keene. He stayed in his RV that he had purchased and plugged it into a house owned by his son inherited after his mother died. However, the house was being sold. After the sale of the house, he left Minnesota in August 2011 and found a piece of property to camp on just outside of Ashland, Oregon, The property was less than a half mile off Interstate 5. He died during the early morning hours of 19 November 2011 in his RV of Congestive Heart failure and Emphysema.


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