 1921 - 1985 (64 years)
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| Name |
John Earl Sr. (Big John) Raley |
| Birth |
7 Jul 1921 |
Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
3 Oct 1985 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Notes |
- FROSTBURG - John E. (Big John) Raley Sr., 64, of Wenck's Lane, died Thursday at Lions Manor Nursing Home, Cumberland. Born here, he was a son of the late Clarence M. Raley and Barbara (McKenzie) Raley. Both of his wives, Rita (McKenzie) Raley and Lily Wenck Sevinsky Raley, preceded him in death. Mr. Raley was retired from the Celanese Corporation. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and was an Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are one son, John E. Raley Jr., Eckhart; three daughters, Mrs. Patricia Beechie and Mrs. Margaret Booth, both of Vale Summit; Miss Teresa Raley, Eckhart; one stepson, James Sevinsky, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Rhonda Femi and Mrs. Anna Davis, all of Frostburg; four sisters, Mrs. Verna McKenzie, Mrs. Dorothy Arnold, and Mrs. Evelyn McKenzie, all of here, and Mrs. Ruth Fate, Easton; two brothers, Albert Raley, Zihlman, and Gordon Raley, Finzel; seven grandchildren and five step-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Saturday by Monsignor John L. Reinsfelder. Interment will be in Finzel Cemetery. A Christian wake service will be held at the funeral home Friday at 8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Danny McKenzie, David McKenzie, Raymond Raley, John McKenzie, James Raley and Mike Raley. The family requests that memorials take the form of donations to the hospice unit at Sacred Heart Hospital. The Cumberland Times News, October 4, 1985
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| Person ID |
I02479 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Clarence Moses Raley, b. 11 Nov 1880, Swanton, Maryland d. 13 Jan 1944, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Barbara Magdalena McKenzie, b. 29 Dec 1889, Pocahontas, Somerset County, Pennsylvania d. 11 Dec 1945, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 55 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F01482 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Rita McKenzie, b. 1916, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland d. 11 Feb 1972, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 56 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. John Earl Jr. Raley, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 2. Patricia (Patsy) Raley, b. 30 Oct 1944, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland d. 15 Jan 2021, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Teresa May (Peach) Raley, b. 9 Oct 1946, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland d. 7 Jul 2014, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Margaret (Peggy) Raley, b. 26 Jul 1950, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 30 Oct 2017, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F01469 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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