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Dolores Elizabeth <I>Arendt</I> Graves

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Dolores Elizabeth Arendt Graves

Birth
Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
Death
3 May 2014 (aged 93)
Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
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The funeral service for Dolores E. Graves will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 7th, at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa, with Father Joe Fogal officiating. Burial will be in the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Mazeppa.

Mrs. Graves, 93, of Lake City and formerly of Zumbro Falls, died early Saturday morning, May 3, 2014 at the care center at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Lake City.

Dolores Elizabeth Arendt was born February 17, 1921 in Mazeppa to Peter and Susan (Miller) Arendt. She attended rural Mazeppa area schools. On June 5, 1939 she married Leslie Graves in Bellechester; he died August 30, 2002. In the early years they lived in Mazeppa and Rochester and then move to the Zumbro Falls area in 1960. In 2002 she moved into Lake City.

Dolores worked one year at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, and then was a full time homemaker raising her family. She enjoyed cooking, weaving rugs, quilting, and crocheting. Dolores was a member of St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa, and the St. Rose Guild; she was also very active in the Sr. Citizens group.

Dolores is survived by her three sons, Marlin (Karen) Graves of Rochester, Allen (Sharon) Graves of Zumbro Falls, and Francis (Mary) Graves of Mazeppa; 6 grandsons, 2 granddaughters, 2 great-granddaughters, and 2 great-grandsons; one sister, Genevie "Gene" Siems of Mazeppa, and one brother, Ervin (Mary Ellen) Arendt of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 1 infant son, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 half brothers, and 4 half sisters.

Friends and family may visit from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6th, at the Schleicher Funeral Homes, Lake City Chapel in Lake City and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the church.

Obituary and photo from Schleicher Funeral Home.
The funeral service for Dolores E. Graves will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 7th, at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa, with Father Joe Fogal officiating. Burial will be in the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Mazeppa.

Mrs. Graves, 93, of Lake City and formerly of Zumbro Falls, died early Saturday morning, May 3, 2014 at the care center at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Lake City.

Dolores Elizabeth Arendt was born February 17, 1921 in Mazeppa to Peter and Susan (Miller) Arendt. She attended rural Mazeppa area schools. On June 5, 1939 she married Leslie Graves in Bellechester; he died August 30, 2002. In the early years they lived in Mazeppa and Rochester and then move to the Zumbro Falls area in 1960. In 2002 she moved into Lake City.

Dolores worked one year at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, and then was a full time homemaker raising her family. She enjoyed cooking, weaving rugs, quilting, and crocheting. Dolores was a member of St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa, and the St. Rose Guild; she was also very active in the Sr. Citizens group.

Dolores is survived by her three sons, Marlin (Karen) Graves of Rochester, Allen (Sharon) Graves of Zumbro Falls, and Francis (Mary) Graves of Mazeppa; 6 grandsons, 2 granddaughters, 2 great-granddaughters, and 2 great-grandsons; one sister, Genevie "Gene" Siems of Mazeppa, and one brother, Ervin (Mary Ellen) Arendt of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 1 infant son, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 half brothers, and 4 half sisters.

Friends and family may visit from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6th, at the Schleicher Funeral Homes, Lake City Chapel in Lake City and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the church.

Obituary and photo from Schleicher Funeral Home.


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