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Monroe Evening News, Wed., May 6, 1992

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Francis P. Laura

OCALA, Fla. — Francis Paul
Laura, 68, who moved to Ocala in
1985 from Flat Rock, died Tues-
day in his home in Ocala. He had
been ill for 10 years and seriously
ill for 10 months.

Friends may call after 1 p.m.
Thursday in the Arthur Bobcean
' Funeral Home Inc., Flat Rock.
Services will be at 8:15 Saturday
in the funeral home, followed bya
funeral Mass at 9 a.m. in St.
Stephen’s Catholic Church, New
Boston. The Rev. Alexander
Wytrwal will officiate and burial
will be in Michigan Memorial
Park, Flat Rock.

Bom Feb. 27, 1924, in Huron
Township, he was the son of
Melvin S. and Irene (Longton)
Laura. His first wife, Onita Trout,
died in 1961. He married Brenda J :
eendet Dec. 14, 1989, in Flori-

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Mr. Laura was a rural letter car-
rier for 31 years in Flat Rock be-
fore retiring in August, 1980.

He was past president of the
Rural Letters Carriers Associa-
tion; a member of Riverview
Ladge, Loyal Order of the Moose,

| and a member of Ocala Lodge,
1 Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks.

He is survived by his second
wife; his stepmother, Mary Bell of
Flat Rock; two sons, Francis M. of
New Boston and Robert of Union-
ville, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Rus-
sell (Sandra) Gere of Des Moines,
Iowa; three stepsons, Douglas
Baker of Amarillo, Texas; Dan
‘Baker of Paducah, Ky., and Glenn
Baker of Willis; three stepdaugh-
ters, Cheryl Blackburn of
Belleville, Becky Innes of Tucson,
Ariz., and Regina Baker of Ypsi-
lanti; a brother, Melvin D. of New
Boston; a sister, Lethal (Laura)
Long of Carleton; 22 grandchil-
dren, and a great-grandchild.

In addition to his first wife, he
was preceded in death by his par-
ents.

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