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Grays, Darlene (1951-1968)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 May 9 p. 3

Birth date: 1951

text of obituary:

St. Louis Teenager Victim of Shooting</center>

Elkhart, Ind. (MBMC) — A teenage member of the Bethesda Mennonite Church, St. Louis, was shot to death April 30 outside the front door of her apartment house. Darlene Grays, 17, was one of three residents of the same building who died in shooting incidents during a one-week period.

Miss Grays had gone out to buy a newspaper and returned to find several men fighting in the breezeway outside the apartment. When she approached the door, one of the men grabbed her and attempted to shield himself with her body. His opponent shot and killed both of them. No arrests have been made.

Miss Grays was a senior in high school. She was active in the Bethesda Mennonite Church where she taught a children's Sunday school class.

The apartment is located in the Pruitt-Igoe project, on the near north side in St. Louis, a community of 15,000 residents. The project is administered by the St. Louis Housing Authority.

Hubert Schwartzentruber is the pastor of the Bethesda Church on Dayton Street about three blocks from the project. About six weeks ago, Schwartzentruber and four other persons escaped injury when a bullet passed through their car.


Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Jun 13 p. 2

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