Georgia Wilderness Society
John F. Kraus
February 25, 2007
Macon, Georgia
In Memoriam
John F. Kraus., 77, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2007. An informal Memorial gathering will be held at the Children's Pond at the Hitchiti Experimental Forest in Jones County. He is survived by his significant other Faye Collins of Macon, son John F. Kraus II, daughter Brenda Thompson both of Macon, Rachel Fletcher and Erica Massey of St. Cloud Florida, and Kirstin Williams of Franklin North Carolina and their families.
John Kraus was born in New York in 1929. He had lived in Macon for the past 41 years. He graduated from the New York Ranger School in 1950 and received a BS degree from the University of Michigan. He also completed his master's degree at the University of Michigan and went on to earn his Doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He retired from the US Forest Service.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers dona-tions be made to the following organizations,
Nature Conservancy, for ANWR preservation, Worldwide Office the Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22203-1606, or the Georgia Wilderness Society. He enjoyed the outdoors and will be missed by all that knew him.
Visit www.mem.com to express tributes. Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue has charge of arrangements.
