Alica Elaine McCrayNORTH WEBSTER – Alice Elaine McCray, 90, of Winona Lake, and formerly of Marion, passed away at 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at Grace Village Healthcare in Winona Lake.
She was born on Sept. 19, 1929, in Huntington, to Raymond Floyd and Euda Idell Martz DeWitt.
She graduated in 1947 from Clear Creek High School in Huntington County. She was married on Sept. 28, 1952, at the Pleasant Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church near Roanoke, to Walter Lee McCray, who preceded her on Sept. 5, 2004. Surviving are daughter, Dawn (Doug) Calvelage, of Warsaw; and sons David, Kevin, Kelly and Patrick McCray, who were born from that union. She was a homemaker and formerly worked at Schacht Rubber Manufacturing Company in Huntington from 1947-1953. She was a 50-year resident of Marion before moving to Kosciusko County in October 2004.
She was a member of the RCA-GE-TCE Employees Sympathy Club in Marion and was of the United Brethren in Christ faith. She loved cats, enjoyed reading, watching tennis and basketball and playing the piano at church. She worked 28+ years at precinct election sites in Marion.
Other survivors include four grandchildren: Courtney (Kory) Mann, of Yulee, Fla.; Christopher (Melody) Ybarra, of Converse; Brooke Ebel, of Van Wert, Ohio; and Adam Calvelage, of Warsaw; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and four brothers: Floyd Orville DeWitt, Edison “Eddie” DeWitt, Edwin “Oliver” DeWitt and Meredith “Paul” Dewitt.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Needham Storey Wampner Funeral Service, 1341 N. Baldwin Ave., Marion. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4 in the funeral home with the Rev. Paul Seaman and the Rev. Kevin McCray officiating. Burial will take place in the Gardens of Memory, 11201 S. Marion Rd-35, Marion. Owen Family Funeral Home, St. Rd 13 and CR 500N, North Webster, is in charge of all arrangements.
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Memorials to the Grace Village Activities Dept., 337 Grace Village Dr., Winona Lake, IN 46590.
To send condolences to the family in memory of Elaine McCray, please visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
