Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index
42, Robert Braffett
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb, IL
1,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182407308!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch
2, Robert Eugene Braffett,
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/GSQX-YG4!REFERENCE: 16-Dec-1942 Morning Star, Rockford, IL, page 12, Robert "Bob" Braffett receives Horne club award as the most valuable player on the 1942 DeKalb Township High School football team
!RESIDENCE: 1952 01 Pond Street, DeKalb, IL
!REFERENCE: 1952 DeKalb, IL deaths
267, 1210, for father Mark Frances Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1973 Descendants of Orsamus & Betsy (Herrington) Kidney
268, page C-5, Braffett
!REFERENCE: 09-Feb-1978 Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, IL, page 12, obituary for step-father Loy Rigby, Robert Braffett
!RESIDENCE: 1990 Sycamore, DeKalb, IL 60178
42, Robert Braffett
!REFERENCE: 10-Nov-1998 Daily Chronicle, DeKalb County, IL, page 5, obituary for Robert E. "Bob" Braffett
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb, IL
1, Wesley L. Johnson,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67740033!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch
2, Wesley L. Johnson,
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/GH56-MCG!REFERENCE: 2011 obituary, "Wesley L. Johnson October 27, 1926 - March 29, 2011. Wesley L. Johnson, 84 of Sycamore died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. He was born on October 27, 1926 in Sycamore. The son of Peter and Marie (Paulsen) Johnson. He married Bernice Moore on Oct. 18, 1952 at the Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore. At the age of 17, Wesley enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving in WWII. He graduated from Sycamore schools and Northern Illinois Teachers College in DeKalb and graduated with a degree in Industrial Arts and Physical Education. He played football and basketball in high school and was a life-time season ticket holder at NIU. Wesley was a mason for local contractors and worked with his brother at the Frank Johnson Construction Company for many years. He also worked as a mason at NIU, where he retired after several years of service. Wesley loved to golf and was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church of Sycamore, Sycamore VFW- Post 5768, Sycamore Elks Club #1392, Sycamore Moose Lodge #1506, and Bricklayers Union- Local No. 21, serving as the recording secretary for many years. He is survived by 3 sons, Roger (Gayle) Braffett of Sycamore, Murph (Sherry) Johnson of Sycamore and Kent (Lori Hill) Johnson of Kansas City, MO; 5 grandchildren, Lynn (Steve) Bear of Denver, CO, Mark Braffett of DeKalb, Christian (Val) Freeman of Lakewood, Layla (Ryan) Bomstad of Plainfield and Keegan Johnson of Sycamore; 10 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Pete (Char) Johnson of DeKalb and Frank (Nadine) Johnson of Astaro, FL; 3 nieces and 3 nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife in 2008; and one sister in infancy. His Funeral Service will be on April 4 at 11:00 AM at the Salem Lutheran Church, 1145 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, with Rev. Dr. Janet Hunt officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2:00-5:00 PM at the local family owned and operated, Butala Funeral Home and Crematory in Sycamore and from 10:00-11:00 AM at Salem Lutheran Church on Monday. Memorials can be made to the Salem Lutheran Church in care of the Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178. For info go to
www.ButalaFuneralHomes.com or call 815-895-2833.",
https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/obituary/1120702?fh_id=12326