{"id":78241,"date":"2025-07-24T19:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/?p=78241"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:58:15","slug":"in-loving-memory-of-paula-kraft-of-winter-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/in-loving-memory-of-paula-kraft-of-winter-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Paula Kraft of Winter Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paula Kraft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 26th, 1973 – July 20th, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paula Ann Kraft, age 51, of Winter Haven, FL, passed away on 7\/20\/2025 unexpectedly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born on September 26th, 1973 in Hollywood, FL, Paula was a beloved wife, mother, daughter and friend known for her unrelenting positivity, kindness, and generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Paula wasn’t spending time with and caring for her substantial family, she had multiple interesting professional pursuits including Private Investigator, Acquisitions with Lion\u2019s Eye Institute, and Flight Attendant with United Airlines, to name a few. Outside of work and family, she enjoyed gardening, decorating, and bargain hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paula is survived by her husband, Nick Kraft; her children, Vincent DiCicco, Anthony DiCicco, Nicholas (Julia) DiCicco, Kyler (Angel) Holley, and Kayla (Eric) Kraft, Anastasia Kraft, and Leo Kraft; her 10 beloved grandchildren, Jaxson, Samuel, Joshua, Jacob H., Amya, Reece, Lilith, Jacob R., Ella, and Calla; her parents, Daniel (Julie) Christensen and Theresa Velasco; her siblings, Tamara Christensen, Mitchell Silvers, and Daniel (Christine) Christensen; as well as many more loving family members and dear friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A service to celebrate Paula\u2019s life will be held on Saturday July 26. The visitation is at 10 A.M., followed by the service at 11 A.M. at Oak Ridge Care on Havendale Blvd. All who knew and loved her are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Paula is no longer with us in body, her spirit will live on in the stories, memories, and love she shared with everyone fortunate enough to have known her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to some of the organizations that were near and dear to Paula’s heart…… Lions Eye Institute, One Hope United, or Heartland for Children.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paula Kraft September 26th, 1973 – July 20th, 2025 Paula Ann Kraft, age 51, of Winter Haven, FL, passed away on 7\/20\/2025 unexpectedly.  Born on September 26th, 1973 in Hollywood, FL, Paula was a beloved wife, mother, daughter and friend known for her unrelenting positivity, kindness, and generosity. When Paula wasn’t spending time with and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24,28,983,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-78241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-obits","8":"tag-in-loving-memory","9":"tag-oak-ridge-funeral-care","10":"tag-obit","11":"tag-obituary"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_9298-2-1.jpg?fit=728%2C742&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t