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15757. Lela Marie Coffey was born in 1907 in Wayne Co., KY. Lela died in 1932 at the age of 25 in Wayne Co., KY and was buried at Ingram-Vickery-Goddard Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.41680,41681 Lela Marie Coffey and Homer Floyd Brake were married circa 1927 in Kentucky. They appeared in the census on 9 April 1930 in Wayne Co., KY.41682 Homer Floyd Brake, son of Thomas Brake and Laverna Crabtree, was born on 17 February 1904 in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY. Homer died in Buffalo Hart, Sangamon Co., IL on 30 September 1941 and was buried at Old West Cemetery in Athens, Menard Co., IL on 4 October 1941 .41683,41684 Lela Marie Coffey and Homer Floyd Brake had the following children: 20914 | i. | James Floyd Brake was born on 29 May 1927 in Wayne Co., KY. James died in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon Co., IL on 6 January 1996 and was buried at Old West Cemetery in Athens, Menard Co., IL on 10 January 1996 .41685,41686 Obituary, The State Journal Register, Springfield, IL, Mon., Jan. 8, 1996 J. Floyd Brake Sr., 68, of Pleasant Plains died Saturday at his residence. He was born May 29, 1927, in Connerville, Ind., the son of Homer and Leila Coffey Brake. Mr. Brake was a member of Springfield Elks No. 158 and the Springfield Route 66 Cruisers. Survivors: wife, Ann; four sons, James F. Brake Jr. of Tallula, Stephen L. and Johnny Brake, both of Springfield, and Tom Brake of New Berlin; two daughters, Kathy E. Morris of Makanda and Joan E. Greetham of Still Mountain, Ga.; three stepsons, Duane E. Walker of Indianapolis, Ind., and James E. and Gregory D. Walker, both of Springfield; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; stepmother, Jessie Carroll of Hardin; three brothers, Charles Milton Brake-Carroll of Pekin, David Lee Carroll of Bolivar, Mo., and Albert E. Carroll of Petersburg; and four sisters, L. June Sherry of Athens, Sherly [sic] M. Schafer of Petersburg, Lorraine Sabo of Salisbury and Pamela Sue Sprinkle of Mount Vernon. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mott and Henning Funeral Home in Athens, the Rev. George Heineman officiating. Burial: West Cemetery, Athens.
| 20915 | ii. | Sgt. Leslie Lee Brake was born on 22 January 1930 in Wayne Co., KY. Leslie died in Germany on 19 October 1954 of burns received in an auto-train collision and was buried at Old West Cemetery in Athens, Menard Co., IL on 29 October 1954 .41687,41688,41689 Death Notice, The Daily Illinois State Journal, Mon., Oct. 25, 1954, Page 2 Sgt. Leslie Brake Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Sgt. Leslie Brake, 25, formerly of Springfield, a brother of Floyd Brake, of 1653 N. Twenty-first St., who died of extensive burns received in an auto-train collision Tuesday in Germany, where he was stationed with the Army. The body will be brought back to this country for burial. Also among his survivors are two half-sisters, Mrs. June Cline and Shirley Brake; two half brothers, Leroy and Milton Brake; two stepsisters, Loraine and Parmela Sue Carroll, and two stepbrothers, Albert and David Lee Carroll, all of Salisbury. Obituary, The Daily Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL, Thu., Oct. 28, 1954, Page 40 Sgt. Leslie Brake Funeral services for Sgt. Leslie Brake, 24, of the U. S. army stationed in Germany, formerly of Springfield, who died of burns received in an auto-train collision Oct. 19, in Germany, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mott & Son funeral home, Athens, with Rev. Theodore Dautenhahn officiating. Burial will be in West cemetery, Athens. The body will be received tomorrow afternoon by the funeral home. Sergeant Brake was born Jan. 22, 1930 in Kentucky, son of Homer Floyd and Lela Brake. He had served in Germany for five years.
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