Loretta Evelyn DeKay

  General Notes:

See husband's obit.

California death records

(Rootsweb Message Board April 2005 - per Bill)
The CADI (California death index) shows a Loretta Evelyn STRAW, b 13 Mar 1919 in NY, d 1 Sep 1985 in LA Co. CA. Her father's surname was DEKAY and her mother's maiden name was GARDNER.
There is a Loretta E. DEKAY age 11 in the 1930 census in Sheffield Twp., Warren Co. PA census. The family consisted of:
head, Samuel M, 39, first md at 22, NY NY NY, contractor-paper woods
wife, Grace, 40, 17, PA PA PA, runs boarding house
son, Robert R, 13, NY
dau, Loretta E, 11, PA
niece, Louise ROUNDS, 1-9/12, PA PA PA
and 18 boarders


SSDI
Loretta STRAW
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1919
Death Date: Sep 1986
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 91335
Localities: Encino, Los Angeles, California
Reseda, Los Angeles, California
Tarzana, Los Angeles, California

Loretta married Walter James Straw, son of Percy Andrew Straw Sr and Pauline Dorothy DeKay. (Walter James Straw was born on 20 Aug 1926 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, NY, died on 17 May 2000 in Yerington, Nevada and was buried in Valley View Cemetery in Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada.)