People named Ora Rokay

Ora Jean Wille was born on her family’s farm in Elk Grove Village, Illinois in 1931. In 1933 The Wille family lost the farm and the family relocated to Elmhurst, Illinois. She met Arthur Helge Jonsson when she was 17 and by 19 they were married. They built a house in Villa Park, Illinois and had 3 children. Arthur Jonsson found employment in Racine, Wisconsin and they relocated there which is where she would remain for the rest of her life. Her husband Art developed a brain tumor and subsequently died from it at the age of 44. The nurse who cared for Art had also cared for another woman who had passed, leaving behind a husband and two sons. She introduced the two widows and several years later she married her second husband, Imre Rokay. They remained together until he passed in 2008. Less than 2 years later Ora Jean passed away in 2010. She had 5 Children, 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. She was her first great grandson’s very first best friend.

Ora Jean Rokay of Racine, Racine County, WI was born on November 21, 1931, and died at age 78 years old on January 31, 2010.