Rose E. Kraft, 82, of Smethport, was pronounced dead on arrival Thursday (October 21, 1993) at Bradford Regional Medical Center.
She was born July 15, 1911, in Cyclone, a daughter of Elmer and Ella Scowden Skinner. On June 11, 1934, in Olean, N.Y. she married Robert E. Kraft, who died Janary 22, 1989.
For many years, Mrs. Kraft and her husband owned and operated Kraft's Market in East Smethport.
She is survived by two daughters, Jean Wright of Smethport and Mary Wolfe of Farmers Valley; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, William Skinner of Youngsville and Lester Skinner of Port Allegany; and several nieces and nephews.
One brother (Fred Skinner) preceded her in death in 1963.
Funeral services were held Sunday (October 24, 1993) at the Gary K. Drum Funeral Home, Smethport. The Rev. Allen D. Young, pastor of the East Smethport United Christian Church, officiated, with burial in Norwich Cemetery, Colegrove.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Family Members
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Elmer Fredreck Skinner
1883–1940
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Ella Mary Scowden Hagerty
1891–1978
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Frank Henry Rickey
1906–1933 (m. 1928)
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Robert Edmund Kraft
1907–1989 (m. 1934)
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Fredrick James Skinner
1913–1963
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William Charles Skinner
1915–1996
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Lester John Skinner
1918–1996
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Mary Frances Rickey Wolfe
1929–2018
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Rose Jeanne Rickey Wright
1930–2012
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