 Rosita
A. Bray June
21, 1925 May
18, 2008 
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Remembering
Rosita with Love...
Rosita
A. Bray, 82, of Ephrata, died Sunday, May 18, 2008, in
Ephrata
Community
Hospital
after a brief battle with cancer.
Born in Monmouth, Warren Co., IL, she was a daughter of
the late Benjamin S. and Refugio (Gutierrez-Mendiola) Almaguer,
Her husband of 53 years, John A. “Jack” Bray, died
May 21, 2006. She
worked during her life as: a factory worker for the Formfit
Co., Monmouth; a munitions worker for Silas Mason Co.,
Burlington
,
IA
; a general sales clerk, then an Estee Lauder representative
while at
Woodward
&
Lothrop
,
Washington
, D.C.; a sewing inspector at C & B Trimming, Stevens, and
as a sales clerk for Jan-Lan Crafts, Ephrata.
Through their years of marriage they lived in the Canal
Zone of Panama; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, D.C.; San Antonio,
TX; Arlington, VA; and after 20 years in VA, retired in 1986
to Stevens, PA before a final relocation to Ephrata.
While a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church,
San Antonio
, she was active in the church Sodality, mission work and
international relations. She arranged and hosted foreign Air
Force pilots that they could enjoy
Holiday
meals in homes of parish members, exposing them to our
cultural beliefs while giving us the opportunity to learn
theirs. As a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic
Church, Ephrata, she was active in the Yearlings Club and also
volunteered with Hospice of Lancaster County.
Surviving Rosita are two sons, John, Ephrata, and Mark,
Glendale
,
CA
; and a sister, Guadalupe “Lupe”, wife of Harry Smith,
Monmouth
,
IL
. She was also predeceased by a son, Matthew; brothers
Rudolph, Louis, Henry, Benjamin and Joseph; and a sister, Mary
Posten.
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