Ella
Irene Kraft, 74, of Mt. Washington, returned to the Lord on
Thursday, August 15, 2019. She was a retired restaurant
owner, a member of Mt. Washington Lioness Club, and St.
Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
[Ella
was born in 12 September 1944 in Chicago to Lester and Ruth
(Dempsey) Reidel.
Lester died prior to 1950 when Ruth is listed in the
federal census as a widow.
Following her father’s death, Ella’s mother married
Stanley Ulbert and the family moved to Kankakee.]
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Kraft, who died
in 2014; two daughters, Wendy and Roxanne Salzman; a
brother, Frank Reindl; a sister, Ruth Leveque; and her
parents, Stanley and Ruth Ulbert.
[Following
graduation from Kankakee High School in 1962, Ella married
classmate Steven Salzman.
They had three children, daughter Cindy born in
1964; Wendy, who died in infancy in 1968; and Roxanne, who
died in infancy in 1970.]
[At
some point their marriage ended and Ella subsequently
married James Sweet.
He died in 1983.
Ella then married Melvin Kraft.]
Ella
is survived by her daughter, Cindy Devore (Tim); two
grandsons, T.J. (Meghan) and Aaron Devore (Whitney); three
great grandchildren, A.J., Annie, and James Devore; one
sister, Jean Harms (John); and a brother-in-law, Richard
Leveque. Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Sunday at
McFarland-Troutman-Proffitt Funeral Home. Friends may visit
from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Memorial gifts are suggested to the
Kentucky Humane Society or the Wounded Warrior Program.
