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1922 - 2014
Raymond Ray Breakiron, 92, of Proctorville, Ohio passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at St. Marys Medical Center, Huntington, WV. He was born October 10, 1922 in Fayette County, PA son of the late Alva and Minnie Garlitts Breakiron. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters Edith, Florence and Bertha; two brothers Ralph and Jake; son and daughter-in-law Charles and Laura Breakiron. He retired with 35 years of service from A.K. Steel as a Metallurgist. He was a WWII Army Air Force Veteran received three medals The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He is survived by his companion Pauline Bragg; two daughters Peggy Breakiron of Elsmere, Ky and Celeita Kramer of West Union, WV; one son Jack (Sharon) Breakiron of Logan, Ohio; five grandchildren Greg Cain, Cristal (Larry) Caldwell, Tracy (Patrick) Mann, Pennie Breakiron and Adam Breakiron; seven great grandchildren; two sisters Mary Upton of New Hampshire and Laura Breakiron of PA; one brother Barry Breakiron of PA; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, November 10, 2014 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio by Pastor Rob Jones. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, Ohio. Proctorville V.F.W. Post 6878 will conduct military graveside rites. Visitation will be held 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, November 10, 2014 at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/hall.
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There are currently 7 condolences.
Kay Upton
Tuesday November 11, 2014 at
9:45 AM
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Uncle Raymond, I wish I could have known you better. Distance was not our friend. Celita's loving words reflect the parenting skills you learned from your parents (my grandparents). You are having a grand reunion in Heaven I'm sure.
Cousins, As you have experienced, time will make the grief less acute. It never goes away but we learn to live with it. I remember meeting you all when we were young. It was around the time of John Kennedy's presidency. That may be the last time we saw each other. Take care. Kay
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Gina McCloud Kates
mustanglady1958@gmail.com
Monday November 10, 2014 at
2:43 PM
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Celeita, Peggy, Jack, so sorry about your dad. Because of work obligations, I could not make the service today and had some illness over the weekend. but you are in my thoughts and prayers. Love you bunches.
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Jimmy and Carla Justice
Sunday November 9, 2014 at
2:53 PM
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Peggy so sorry to hear of your loss. Your dad was such a sweet man. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.
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Tammy Davis
Saturday November 8, 2014 at
10:30 PM
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Tracy so sorry to hear of your grandfather's passing. If Ed & I can do anything pleas let us know.
Love, Ed & Tammy.
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Karen Crabtree
Saturday November 8, 2014 at
10:12 PM
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Uncle Jack, I am so sorry to hear about your dad..my thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family. Love all of you. (( gentle hug))
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Gina McCloud Kates
Gina.kates@marshall.edu
Saturday November 8, 2014 at
1:26 PM
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Celeita, Peggy n Jack I know what u r going through. But cherish all those precious memories. Some days will be harder than others but God will give you peace and comfort if you trust Him. Will send you a private message but I love my Breakiron cousins. Sending lots of love and hugs your way.
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Celeita Kramer
Saturday November 8, 2014 at
12:31 PM
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Cant sleep tonight after probably the hardest day in my life. We lost my dad today, at age 92 I knew that day was coming but you always hope its tomorrow. The day started at 0430 with a call that he went to the ER and they kept him in ICU to a call saying he was in a coma. When I called his nurse, he said, call all the family and get here now. I got to Huntington about 10:30 to see that he was being kept alive by a bunch of machines and the doc telling me there is nothing they can do, his heart and kidneys are failing and we needed to make a decision and what would he have wanted. Dad always said he wanted to go in his sleep or very quickly and he got exactly what he wanted. We waited for the rest of the family that could get there.
I sat and stroked his hair remembering all the things he did for me, the million little things that I guess every parent does for their kids from the rides to Huntington to this brand new place called McDonalds to have a fish sandwich and a big orange drink, to going to play putt-putt, going anywhere they had horses or animals, learning to ride my little red bike, roller skating, swimming, diving and playing pick-up games of tennis at Riverside. Him going to every event I played in track, volleyball, basketball he was always there, any events even in College he would drive an hour to see. I would drag him to church because he had such a great voice and later to footballs games at WVU, Marshall and State.
For 58 years he remembered every birthday with a card and a bit of cash to splurge, I suspect he did the same with all 4 kids, his 5 grand kids, 7 great grand kids and of course, he was at the hospital to see his first great great grandchild. He put up with years of a house full of girls with both my sister and I with endless slumber parties and teaching me to drive that boat of a car, the Olds Delta 88. I was always finding some animal, wild or domestic that needed a home and he would build or buy crates for them, look for lost owners or new owners for them.
Many times he came home to 3 or 4 extra dogs in the house that I had found. Everything I did in life was to get his praise and after finishing flight school I thought there was nothing I could ever do to top that because he was so proud&. having flown in the Army Air Corps in the 1940s but he still always got a kick out of the fact that I would fire expert on the range every year and was completely amazed at how quickly I took this farm from the dump it was to something nice and paying for itself. He was always right about everything, He would say I dont know why you continue to have men in your life because youve never had time for them, but I guess it makes you happy, that is the important thing& it took me 50+ years to realize he was right. He had some amazing one liners too, like when the coach put me in to run the 100 yard dash in a big meet, he said well, you would have been last except that girl fell down and we just laughed. He had a kind and loving way to tell his kids the truth, no sugar coating.
I remember two of the thousands of conversations we had, all were learning experiences. The first was in first grade, I had taken Debbie Gs bubbles and was sitting on the porch blowing her bubbles& He asked where did you get the bubbles, I said Debbie G, He said Did she give them to you I said, no, He said How do you think your best friend Debbie G is going to feel when she finds her bubbles gone, maybe it was a present from someone important to her, maybe she wont get more, etc etc & By the time he finished talking, I was walking back to Debbie Gs crying because I realized I had done something terrible.
Another conversation that still sticks in my mind because I think its such a great example for anyone with a child learning to be an adult. When I was 25, I had graduated college and was a Second Lieutenant at Ft. Bragg and I wanted something I couldnt afford, mostly because I had already spent a fortune on a new car and a house full of furniture so I called my dad for $500. For something I wanted. He said, Celeita you are an adult now, making your own money, you dont make as much as me yet but some day you will, some day you may even have to help me when I retire or get old so as of now I am done giving you money, from now on you need to learn to manage and live off the money you make& I got off the phone and felt terrible, really ashamed for even asking and I never asked again. He did donate to the adoption program, not because it was important to him but he knew it was important to me.
Even the small conversations like him saying, youll never be as fast as Jeri Ann, she has several inches of height on you, shes all leg and built like a runner& it does not have to be that way but for you to be better, youre going to have to work harder than her. Looking back he was always so right about so much.
I sat there today thinking of the years of things he did for me and now I could not do anything for him except give him a peaceful ending. I am not sure if he ever knew how much he was loved by everyone in our family and even his friends because he was always there to help them. He had been mowing his lawn and the neighbors for years up until about a month ago and when everyone decided it was too much for him to do he complained to me that they took my mowing job away. Probably first time Id ever heard a cross word about anything from him.
As an adult he would come to see me here on the farm and once he couldnt travel anymore we would have long conversations about what was going right and wrong on the farm or in my life. Ill miss his stories about growing up in Smithfield, PA with his many brothers and sisters, about his first solo flight and the first time he got lost flying over Missouri and how they found his depth perception problem before his last transition and eventual deployment to Europe, which saved his life because all his flying class mates all died in the air over Europe. Ill miss his advice and his strong moral compass, hell probably never know how much those million little things he did for me meant to me and made me who I am today. If you have your parents today, go and kiss them now and tell them you love them because someday they will be gone and youll think of everything you didnt do and didnt say that you should have. I miss him so much.
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