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Edward J. Kraus




Edward J. Kraus

Edward J. Kraus

Edward Joseph Kraus, 81, of Chatham passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at St. John’s Hospital. 

He was born August 24, 1935, in Chicago, the son of Edward J. and Dorothy Lucille Kaberna Kraus. He married Judith Claire O Connell in 1963. 

Ed served his country in the U.S. Navy. He worked over 30 years as a sales manager at Brown-Forman, a fortune 500 company that distills spirits. 

Surviving are his daughters, Lisa Kraus of Downers Grove and Pamela (Paul) Gossman of Palm Desert, California; son, Joseph (Debbie) Kraus of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; three grandchildren; brother, Richard (Grace) Kraus of Elmhurst; and sister, Dorothy (Bob) Ransford of Frankfort.

Cremation rites will be accorded by Cremation Services of Central Illinois, Chatham. Private family services will be held.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 675 E. Linton Avenue, Springfield, IL, 62703; www.cancer.org/donate; APL, 1001 Taintor Road, Springfield, Illinois, 62702; Salvation Army, 1762 Wabash Ave. Springfield, IL, 62704; www.salvationarmyusa.org ; American Heart Association, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL, 60674; donationnow.heart.org; American Red Cross, PO Box 37839, Boone, Iowa, 50037; www.redcross.org/donate; Alzheimer’s Association www.ALZ.org. Staab Polk Memorial Home is in charge of arrangements.

 

 

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