Ray O’Daffer

Ray and his sister May were twins. Ray had an 8th grade education. He was a farmer, sold seed corn, was a pretty fair carpenter, and a good father. He was generous, and had a good sense of humor. He was president of the Prairie View School school board for several years.

His wife, Ruby, described him as “accommodating” and considerate with others. When she met him, he liked to dance, but Ruby’s mother was against dancing, so they never did much of that.

As an adult, he moved a country house to the town of Weldon and totally remodeled it.

Ray was killed in a farm accident in 1949. He was caught in a mechanized post hole digger while building a fence on his mother’s farm one half mile south and 1 1/2 miles east of Weldon, Illinois.

Pall bearers at his funeral were John Clow, Charles Baker, Wayne Jiles, Vernelle Leischner, Will Glynn, and Carl Kingston. The Rev Dwight K. Sailor officiated.