Femal, Raymond J.

Other Events:

• 1900 Census: 1900, Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; ED 69 Page 11a
• 1910 Census: 1910, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; ED 121, page 09a
• Military Service: Bef 1919; WWI - Private, Unknown Branch of Service
• 1920 Census: 1920, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; ED 188, Page 01a
• Obituary: 29 Jul 1921; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

1900 Census:
Grand Chute township, Listed living with widowed mother, age 7

1910 Census:
on 4th St.Listed living with Thomas and Mary Femal, not sure which children are Ma ry and Frank Femal's and which are Thomas Femal and his previous wife.
Listed age as 17, born Wisconsin.

1920 Census:
Listed living with wife born in Wis, father in Wis, mother in Kent. occupation Boilermaker.

Obituary:
Ray Femal Is Fatally Hurt At Gas Co. Plant Struck on Head by Clevis Falling From Top of 80-Foot Smokestack. DIES TWO HOURS LATER Skull Is Fractured by Blow Survived by Widow and One Son. Ray Femal, 28, 1177 Fourth-st., was killed Thursday at the gas plant of the Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power company when an iron clevis weighing about 3 pounds became unbooked and feH about 80 feet, striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. The accident happened about 4:30 and Femal lived about two hours after he was taken to St. Elisabeth hospital. Femal was an employe of the Northern Boiler and Structural Iron Works and was working with a crew of men erecting a new smokestack in the gas plant. The clevis was used to hold sheets of steel together temporarily. It worked itself loose and Femal was standing beneath and received the violent blow on the head. Decedent is survived by a wife and one son, Daniel: his mother: four brothers. Thomas, Janesville; Ernest and Harry, Appteton; Frank, Kau- kauna; one sister, Mrs. Albert Brain- ard, Iron Wood, Mich. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 Monday morning in St. Mary church with burial nt St. Mary cemetery.
PAGE ONE, APPLETON POST-CRESCENT, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1921

Raymond married Unknown, Frances Aft 1915. Frances was born Abt 1897; died Bef 1997. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military Service: Bef 1946; WWII, US Marine Corps
• Obituary: 1 Mar 2012; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Obituary:
Daniel Raymond Femal, of Houston, peacefully passed away on February 14, 2012. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 61 years, Ella Renfro Turner. Dan was born on July 17,1920 in Appleton, Wisconsin to Raymond and Frances Femal. Dan's father, Raymond, was killed in an industrial accident in 1921. Frances remarried John Maher in 1924, and John raised Dan as his son. He is survived by his sons Danny Femal, wife Janice; Jay Femal, wife Kathie; Ford Femal, wife Linda and daughter Martha Orrell, husband John. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren Matthew Femal, Marcus Femal, Zachary Femal, Jordan Femal, Darien Femal, Courtney Femal, Daniel Orrell and 2 great grandchildren, Turner Femal and Felix Femal. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1948 with an Economics degree and was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He proudly served his country as a dedicated member of the Marine Corps during WWII. Memorial services will be held Friday March 9, at the Houston National Cemetery.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on March 1, 2012