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August “Gus” Grafje

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August “Gus” Grafje

Birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Death
22 Aug 2001 (aged 84)
Whiting, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Colonia, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
Blk-22 Sec-A Tr-Y Gr-73 1B
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Paper: Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ)
Deceased: August E. Grafje
Date: August 24, 2001

OBITUARY

A Mass for August E. Grafje, 84, of Whiting will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 61 Georgia Rd., Freehold Township. Arrangements are by the C.H.T. Clayton & Son Funeral Home, Adelphia.

Mr. Grafje, who died Wednesday in the Whiting Health Care Center, Whiting, was a warehouse supervisor with Acme Markets in Kearny, where he worked for 32 years before retiring in 1980.

Mr. Grafje served in the Army during World War II. He received the Bronze Star. Mr. Grafje was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2636 in Iselin.

Born in Jersey City, he lived in Metuchen before moving to Whiting in 1993.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Josephine Dunn and Mrs. Marielena Scott; a brother, William; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Section: NEWS
Page: 45
Paper: Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ)
Deceased: August E. Grafje
Date: August 24, 2001

OBITUARY

A Mass for August E. Grafje, 84, of Whiting will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 61 Georgia Rd., Freehold Township. Arrangements are by the C.H.T. Clayton & Son Funeral Home, Adelphia.

Mr. Grafje, who died Wednesday in the Whiting Health Care Center, Whiting, was a warehouse supervisor with Acme Markets in Kearny, where he worked for 32 years before retiring in 1980.

Mr. Grafje served in the Army during World War II. He received the Bronze Star. Mr. Grafje was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2636 in Iselin.

Born in Jersey City, he lived in Metuchen before moving to Whiting in 1993.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Josephine Dunn and Mrs. Marielena Scott; a brother, William; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Section: NEWS
Page: 45


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  • Created by: ChristinaG70
  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87363494/august-grafje: accessed ), memorial page for August “Gus” Grafje (25 Nov 1916–22 Aug 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87363494, citing Saint Gertrude Cemetery and Mausoleum, Colonia, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by ChristinaG70 (contributor 47475631).