Kittle, Ray

1905 - 1970  (64 years)

• Name	Kittle, Ray
  Birth	18 Dec 1905	Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	KITT.R001
  _FGRAVE	254023871
  Death	23 Mar 1970	Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
  Burial	Lodi Cemetery, Kalkaska County, Michigan
  Person ID	I3711	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Kittle, James Collins,   b. 6 Jun 1881, Jasper County, Illinois d. Jan 1975 (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Shelton, Pauline,   b. 1885   d. 1961 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Perrigo, Jessie I.,   b. 23 Jun 1912, Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan d. 18 Jun 1990, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F19522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Dec 1905 - Wayne County, Illinois Death - 23 Mar 1970 - Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Burial - - Lodi Cemetery, Kalkaska County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary, Ray Kittle, published March 1970 in the Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, MI). Death came to Ray Kittle, 64, Monday, March 23, 1970, at the Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital following a sudden illness. Born in 1905 in Wayne county, Illiniois, the son of James and Tina Kittle, he was married to Martha Spack in 1927 who preceded him in death in 1952. In 1954 he married Jessie Norconk. In earlier years, Mr. Kittle had been employed at the old Hudson Motor Co. in Detroit and later at the Kalkaska Wayne Wire Cloth Co. Illness forced his retirement in 1963. Survivors include his widow, Jessie, two daughters, Mrs. Gayle (Marion) Defoe of Pontiac, Miss Pauline Kittle of Traverse City; a son Orin Kittle of Hope, his father James of Dundas, Illinois, two step children, Ronald Norconk of Grand Rapids amd Mrs. Wayne (Donna) Saxton of Traverse City; three sisters, Mrs. Winifred Smith and Mrs. Samuel Gentile of St. Louis, Missouri and Mrs. Delbert Callahan of Chesteron, Indiana; three brothers, Frank Kittle of Imlay City, Vern of Dundas, Illinois, and Charles of Detroit and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 25, 1970 at 2 p.m. at the Fife Lake Methodist Church with the Rev. Gerald Hedlund officiating. Burial was made in Lodi Cemetery, Kalkaska county.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1312] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Kittle, James C. and Pauline K., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62708574/james-collins-kittle), none. (Reliability: 2).