Lester Dene Brayton was born on 25. Jan. 1930 at Little River, Rice County, Kansas. He was the son of
Daniel Linus Brayton and
Helen Pauline Moore. Lester Dene Brayton married
Sue Scott on 17. Jul. 1950 at Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas. Lester Dene Brayton and
Sue Scott were divorced on 25. Jun. 1977. Lester Dene Brayton married
Wendy Cordelia Davis at Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. Lester Dene Brayton died on 21. Feb. 2005 at Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, at age 75. Hutchinson News Feb 23 2005
Lester D. Brayton
LYONS - Lester Dene Brayton, 75, died Feb. 21, 2005, at his residence, Lyons.
He was born Jan. 25, 1930, at Little River, the son of Daniel Linus and Helen Pauline Moore Brayton. He graduated from Little River High School in 1947. A Lyons resident since 1950, formerly of Little River, he was a heavy equipment owner and operator.
He belonged to DeMolay, Masonic Royal Lodge No. 192, Lyons, and Shrine Isis Temple, Salina. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
On July 7, 1950, he married Sue Scott at Great Bend. They divorced. On June 25, 1977, he married Wendy Cordellia Davis at Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: six sons, Larry Dene Brayton, Tecumseh, Daniel LeRoy Brayton, Enid, Okla., Richard William Brayton, Lyons, Roger Ray Crabbs and John Kenneth Banman, both of Hutchinson, and David Max Allen Crabbs, McPherson; two daughters, Teresa Lynn Knighten and Joann Kay McCoy, both of Hutchinson; a brother, Wayne D., Glasco; two sisters, Belva Freund, McPherson, and Judy Jeffries, Littleton, Colo; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Memorial service, including Masonic service and military honors by the Fort Riley Honor Guard, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Sillin Funeral Home, Lyons, with the Revs. Jeff Davis and the Tom Eastman presiding. There will be a private family burial in Bean Memorial Cemetery, Little River, at a later date.
Memorials may be sent to the Lester Dene Brayton Memorial Fund, in care of Sillin Funeral Home, Lyons.