Deletion of Thomas J. Bray

Comment: I do have a NYT subscription and so can confidently say that the nomination's suspicion is erroneous.  Such an NYT obituary is quite adequate to demonstrate notability but, in any case, it is easy to find more detailed coverage of the subject in works such as ''https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/History_of_Youngstown_and_the_Mahoning_V/iRgVAAAAYAAJ?hl=en History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, Ohio''.  Our policy  therefore applies: "''If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page.''".  See also 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:ATD||WP:BEFORE)