Louis Charles Kraus

Mr. Kraus was born November 12, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland to Louis Philip Kraus and Catherine Sebour Kraus.

He was a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University and was a veteran of World War II. After a 41-year career with Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of AT&T, he retired to Brevard where he was active in First United Methodist Church and Kiwanis. Upon moving to Asheville he became a member of Biltmore United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Shirley Husson Kraus; a daughter, and her husband, Lucien and Catherine Kraus Bouabre of Columbia, SC, and Abidjan, Corte d' Ivoire, West Africia; two sons and their wives, John and Martha Kraus of Underwood, Washington, and Paul and Claudia Kraus and grandchildren Sabrina and Adrian of Commugny, Switzerland; two sisters, Regina Kraus Irvin of Catorisville, Maryland and Carolyn Kraus Lang of Glen Arm, Maryland.

There will be a memorial service at 4:30 pm Wednesday, July 12th, at the Thomas Coke Chapel in Asbury Hall at Givens Estates. The family requests that flowers be omitted.

Memorials may be made to National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., 1501 N.W. Ninth Avenue, Bob Hope Road, Miami, Florida 33136.

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is in charge of arrangements.