Frank Pray’s Death
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Title Frank Pray’s Death Date 4 Nov 1897 Locality Newspapers.com Page 2 Periodical Santa Cruz Surf Place Santa Cruz, CA USA Source Type Newspaper Source ID S1281 Text FRANK PRAYS DEATH.
Well-Known in Santa Cruz, San Francisco and the West. ) From todays San Francisco Call is quoted the following well-written obituary notice of the late Frank P. Pray, son of Mrs. A. Pray and nephew of Mrs. Louisa Drennan of this city:
Frank P. Pray, late of Denver, Colo., but formerly a well-known resident of San Francisco and of Santa Cruz, his early home, died at noon yesterday at the residence of his father-in-law, Captain John Bermingham, 741 Chestnut street, of peritonitis, resulting from a long, heroic and critical surgical operation to which he submitted on Monday last.
Mr. Pray was born in Boston, Mass., and at the time of his death was a little over 40 years of age. When a mere child he came with his parents to California in the early 60s and with them settled Santa Cruz, where his aged mother still resides.
For a number of years he was connected with the Bancroft Publishing Company in this city. Later he was in the stationery business here with Z. U. Dodge, under the firm name of Dodge Bros. & Pray. Subsequently, for many years, he was a real estate agent, with offices at 310 Pine street.
Two years and a half ago, however, he ecame afflicted with appendicitis and was operated upon in this city. His recovery was slow and nevor complete. He closed out his real estate business and, as soon as he was able, moved to Denver, where, for the past two years, be was agent for the California Powder Works. Several weeks ago he returned here in the hope of recuperating from the weakening effect of a large wound that had never healed after it was first made by the surgeons knife. To rectify that surgical misfortune and to save his life the recent operation was decided upon.
Frank Pray was physically a very large man, weighing in health 240 pounds. He had a particularly agreeable personality, and was uniformly good natured.
He leaves a widow and one child, a little girl 5 years of age. Among the other relatives who survive him are a brother, Fred Pray, the hotel proprietor of Stockton, and two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Hobbs of this city, wife of Captain Hobbs foreman of the Grand Jury, and Mrs. Charles Bancroft, formerly the wife of the late Judge Fawcett of Santa Barbara.
The funeral will take place tomorrow forenoon at 10 oclock from the Bermingham residence.Linked to (1) PRAY, Frank Pierce
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