1st Wife - Gertrude Lippert, m. 1913
2nd Wife - Marguerite Lynn Bunton, m. 1940
3rd Wife - Odean Waugh, m. 1948
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (UPI)—John H. Kraft, a founder of Kraft Foods, died last night at home near here. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Kraft was president and chairman of the board of Kraft Foods division of Kraftco Corporation. He served also as vice president of the National Dairy Products Corporation and director of the National Cheese Institute.
Survivors include his widow, Odean; a daughter, Gertrude; sister, Mrs. Florence Beach, and four grandchildren.
Mr. Kraft was the youngest brother of James L. Kraft, who had founded the Kraft Food Company in Chicago in 1909, and succeeded him as chairman on his retirement in 1951. Kraft had been merged in 1930 into the National Dairy Products Corporation, which in 1969 decided to change its name back to that of the family. It is now the Kraftco Corporation.
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Services for John H. Kraft, 80, last of the five brothers who founded Kraft Foods, were held Jan. 24 in the William H. Scott Funeral Home, Wilmette, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie. Mr. Kraft died Jan. 22 in his home at 18 Indian Hill Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Kraft was the youngest of 11 children of Mennonite parents who had farmed near Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada. One brother, J.L. went into the cheese-selling business in 1903 in Chicago. He was later joined by Charles, Frederic, Norman, and John. He is survived by his widow, Odean; by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Poland of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Florence Beach of Green Lake, Wis.; and four grandchildren.
2nd Wife - Marguerite Lynn Bunton, m. 1940
3rd Wife - Odean Waugh, m. 1948
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (UPI)—John H. Kraft, a founder of Kraft Foods, died last night at home near here. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Kraft was president and chairman of the board of Kraft Foods division of Kraftco Corporation. He served also as vice president of the National Dairy Products Corporation and director of the National Cheese Institute.
Survivors include his widow, Odean; a daughter, Gertrude; sister, Mrs. Florence Beach, and four grandchildren.
Mr. Kraft was the youngest brother of James L. Kraft, who had founded the Kraft Food Company in Chicago in 1909, and succeeded him as chairman on his retirement in 1951. Kraft had been merged in 1930 into the National Dairy Products Corporation, which in 1969 decided to change its name back to that of the family. It is now the Kraftco Corporation.
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Services for John H. Kraft, 80, last of the five brothers who founded Kraft Foods, were held Jan. 24 in the William H. Scott Funeral Home, Wilmette, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie. Mr. Kraft died Jan. 22 in his home at 18 Indian Hill Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Kraft was the youngest of 11 children of Mennonite parents who had farmed near Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada. One brother, J.L. went into the cheese-selling business in 1903 in Chicago. He was later joined by Charles, Frederic, Norman, and John. He is survived by his widow, Odean; by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Poland of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Florence Beach of Green Lake, Wis.; and four grandchildren.
1st Wife - Gertrude Lippert, m. 1913
2nd Wife - Marguerite Lynn Bunton, m. 1940
3rd Wife - Odean Waugh, m. 1948
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (UPI)—John H. Kraft, a founder of Kraft Foods, died last night at home near here. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Kraft was president and chairman of the board of Kraft Foods division of Kraftco Corporation. He served also as vice president of the National Dairy Products Corporation and director of the National Cheese Institute.
Survivors include his widow, Odean; a daughter, Gertrude; sister, Mrs. Florence Beach, and four grandchildren.
Mr. Kraft was the youngest brother of James L. Kraft, who had founded the Kraft Food Company in Chicago in 1909, and succeeded him as chairman on his retirement in 1951. Kraft had been merged in 1930 into the National Dairy Products Corporation, which in 1969 decided to change its name back to that of the family. It is now the Kraftco Corporation.
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Services for John H. Kraft, 80, last of the five brothers who founded Kraft Foods, were held Jan. 24 in the William H. Scott Funeral Home, Wilmette, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie. Mr. Kraft died Jan. 22 in his home at 18 Indian Hill Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Kraft was the youngest of 11 children of Mennonite parents who had farmed near Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada. One brother, J.L. went into the cheese-selling business in 1903 in Chicago. He was later joined by Charles, Frederic, Norman, and John. He is survived by his widow, Odean; by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Poland of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Florence Beach of Green Lake, Wis.; and four grandchildren.
2nd Wife - Marguerite Lynn Bunton, m. 1940
3rd Wife - Odean Waugh, m. 1948
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (UPI)—John H. Kraft, a founder of Kraft Foods, died last night at home near here. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Kraft was president and chairman of the board of Kraft Foods division of Kraftco Corporation. He served also as vice president of the National Dairy Products Corporation and director of the National Cheese Institute.
Survivors include his widow, Odean; a daughter, Gertrude; sister, Mrs. Florence Beach, and four grandchildren.
Mr. Kraft was the youngest brother of James L. Kraft, who had founded the Kraft Food Company in Chicago in 1909, and succeeded him as chairman on his retirement in 1951. Kraft had been merged in 1930 into the National Dairy Products Corporation, which in 1969 decided to change its name back to that of the family. It is now the Kraftco Corporation.
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Services for John H. Kraft, 80, last of the five brothers who founded Kraft Foods, were held Jan. 24 in the William H. Scott Funeral Home, Wilmette, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie. Mr. Kraft died Jan. 22 in his home at 18 Indian Hill Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Kraft was the youngest of 11 children of Mennonite parents who had farmed near Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada. One brother, J.L. went into the cheese-selling business in 1903 in Chicago. He was later joined by Charles, Frederic, Norman, and John. He is survived by his widow, Odean; by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Poland of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Florence Beach of Green Lake, Wis.; and four grandchildren.
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