Submitted by: Dan Rich
Dec. 7, 1909 - May 8, 1996
South Bend Tribune 5/8/1996
SOUTH BEND - Galen O. McCray, 86, of
Holy Cross Care & Rehabilitation Center, died at 12:05 a.m.
today in the nursing center. Mr. McCray retired in 1972 from
Bendix Corp. as superintendent of the foundry. He was born Dec.
7, 1909, in White County, Ind., and had lived in South Bend since
1929, coming from Reynolds, Ind.
On Oct. 25, 1930, in South Bend, he married
Geraldine Gerard. She died March 15, 1996. He is survived
by two daughters, Cynthia Kendall of Buchanan and Karla Lawton
of Hancock, Mich.; two sons, Robert G. of South Bend and Richard
of Elburn, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a
brother, Lawrence of South Bend. He was a member of St. Paul's
Memorial United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge 294, American
Turners, Bendix Retirees Club, and American Foundry Association.
Services will be at noon Saturday in
Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St. Burial will be in St.
Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to
4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial
contributions may be made to the church.