Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameLorene RAKESTRAW
Birth4 Sep 1916, Union County, Kentucky3969,3970,3971
Death5 Jan 2004, Henderson County, Kentucky3969,3972
BurialFernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky3969
FatherClarence RAKESTRAW (1895-1964)
MotherVera Belle SHOFNER (1900-1997)
Spouses
Birth19123973
Death5 May 2002, Henderson County, Kentucky3973
BurialFernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky3973
Census notes for Lorene RAKESTRAW
1930 Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown Precinct, Magisterial District 2, E.D. 113-4, sheet 4A, stamped page 63 (taken 8 Apr 1930)
End of Rockford Road, dwelling 61, family 61
Rakestraw, Clarence, head, rents, male, white, age 33, married at age 21, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer
————-, Vera, wife, female, white, age 30, married at age 18, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Lorene, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, George W., son, male, white, age 9, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Parvin C., son, male, white, age 8, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Thelma J., daughter, female, white, age 2 11/12, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
Ashby, Adis, roomer, female, white, age 26, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, teacher
Robbins, Franze, lodger, male, white, age 50, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer

1940 Kentucky, Henderson County, Corydon, Mag. District 7, E.D. 51-21, sheet 4A, stamped page 318 (taken 25 Apr 1940)
this entry has a lot of cross-outs I think began another family and changed it, so cross-outs have nothing to do with this family; therefore, I left that off)
household 65, rents, $10
Eugene Westerman, head, male, white, age 24, married, 8th grade, born Kentucky, lived in Henderson County in 1935, farmer
Laurine —————, wife, female, white, age 23, married, 2 yrs high school, born Kentucky, lived in Henderson County in 1935
Joyce J. Westerman, daughter, female, white, age 4, single, , born Kentucky, lived in Henderson County in 1935
Shirley A. Westerman, daughter, female, white, age 7/12, single, , born Kentucky, lived in Henderson County in 1935
Obituary notes for Lorene RAKESTRAW
Evansville Courier & Press (IN) - Tuesday, January 6, 2004
MORGANFIELD -- Lorene Westerman, 87, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at Redbanks Nursing Home in Henderson.

Surviving are a daughter, Mona Rideout; four stepdaughters, Joyce Barron, Shirley Ann Todd, Brenda Kay Duncan and Pam Buckman; three sisters, Joyce Higgs, Jean Shockley and Imadean Abbs; a brother, Tommy Rakestraw; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Whitsell Funeral Home, burial in Fernwood Cemetery in Henderson. Visitation is 1 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time.
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