ORAN -- Amos J. Kraus, 84, of Oran died Saturday, Dec. 5, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born Feb. 16, 1914, at Hagarville, Ark., son of Jasper and Laura Stumbaugh Kraus.
He married Bessie Patterson on June 29, 1934.
Kraus was retired from the Oran Street and Water Department and was a member of Assembly of God Church in Bell City.
Survivors include his wife; one son, Dwayne Kraus of Oran; one brother, Ollie Kraus of Clarksville, Ark.; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.
Visitation is today at 4 p.m. at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Curtis True officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Garden Cemetery near Morley.
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