Georga Bray

Obituary of Georga Bray Georga Hinkhouse Bray, 64, of Lady Lake, Florida, passed away May 1, 2011, following a short battle with brain cancer. Georga was born February 22, 1947, in Kingsley, Iowa, to Hertha Emma (Rock) and Rudolph Frank Hinkhouse of rural Correctionville, Iowa. She was baptized in Christ and later confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church, Kingsley, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm with three sisters and two brothers, and enjoyed a large extended family of grandparents, aunts & uncles and many cousins living nearby. She spent most of her adult life living other places, but she returned home frequently and her heart remained in northwest Iowa. She graduated from Correctionville High School with the class of 1965. She attended the University of South Dakota and later graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Georga was married to Thomas D. Bray, Jr. on June 3, 1972, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City. The couple was blessed with two children, Hannibal Rock and Aaron Shepard. In 1977, the young family moved to Wisconsin, where the boys were raised and Tom & Georga remained until their retirements. The couple relocated to West Des Moines, Iowa in 2003, and then to Lady Lake in 2009. Of all the many positions and titles Georga enjoyed during her life-from Soccer Mom to Newspaper Editor-she always said that the one of which she was the proudest was "Mother." Georga was a talented writer, photographer, designer, and craftsperson, skills she ably put to use in her professional life, as well as using them to create family heirlooms in needlework and photographic art. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rudy & Hertha Hinkhouse, an infant sister, and three brothers-in-law, of whom she was very fond. She is survived by: her husband Tom of Lady Lake, Florida; sons Hannibal of Washington, DC, and Aaron (Julie) of Belgium, Wisconsin; three sisters, Carol Ann Welch (Clayton) and her daughter Lisa of Akron, Iowa, Jane Lee Prueher (Lee) of Racine, Wisconsin, Berni Kay Boykin (Gary) of Sioux City, Iowa; two brothers, Timothy of Bassett, Nebraska, and his children Heather, Heath and Holly, and Richard (Peggy) of Cherokee, Iowa, and his children Sam and Mikki Jo; many relatives and dear friends, including life-long special friend Joanne Dyrkopp Schar of Spencer, Iowa. Services for Georga are pending and will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, rural Kingsley, Iowa, with burial in nearby Rock Branch Cemetery. Services Services for Georga are pending and will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, rural Kingsley, Iowa, with burial in nearby Rock Branch Cemetery.

Georga Bray

February 22, 1947 - May 1, 2011