The Headlight Herald, Tillamook, OR
Jan. 22, 2014
Frances M. Graves
A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Frances M. Graves on Saturday, Jan. 18 at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church. Interment was held at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Frances Mary Graves, born on Jan. 12, 1930, died on Jan. 13, 2014 at the age of 84. The daughter of Antone and Salome Stickel, one of nine children, grew up in SE Portland. She attended Immaculata High School and excelled in basketball and softball, winning All-City Honors in Portland.
She is survived by children, Karen Marie Mitler-Hatt and Frank Leslie Hatt and Joshua Kirk Graves, in addition to nieces and nephews. She is also survived by siblings Norman, Harry and Alfred Stickel.
She is preceded in death by brothers Walter and Carney and sisters Katherine "Kay" and Bea.
Frances was married to Joseph Hatt at the age of 22 when employed as a legal clerk in a Portland brokerage house. She met Joe Hatt while vacationing in Rockaway where her father had many years before built a cabin aptly called "Swamp Girl." This cabin became the family beach cabin and since has been occupied by Alfred "Cork" Stickel and his family.
Joseph Hatt at about age 27 was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and it progressed very rapidly. Before the MS attack he had been trained as an engineer and architect and had been very successful in those fields. They had two children, Karen and Frank. When Joe died in 1968, Fran went back to Mt. Hood College where she became a physical therapist assistant and worked at Emmanuel Hospital.
Fran had heard that in Japan there was treatment for her son who was hard of hearing, so she signed up with a Portland State University group called the Japanese-American Student Conference (JASC) to study at the University of Hokkido for the summer. While there, she became acquainted with Jack Graves and they hosted subsequent visits of Japanese students of the JASC in Garibaldi where Jack lived and in Portland where Fran lived. Fran and Jack formed a friendship with their first date being on Halloween, 1971. They planned to marry in June, but moved the date up to Valentine's Day. Fran wanted to be independent so she continued to live in Portland for about a year and a half. Then when she became pregnant with their child, Joshua Kirk Graves, she moved to Garibaldi where they built a much larger house to accommodate their new family.
While in Tillamook County, Fran did Home Health and was engaged in many activities relating to spinning and weaving. She and two other ladies were largely responsible for conceiving and building the Latimer Quilt Center. Fran was also chairperson of the SAFE Program at Neah Kah Nie High School and served on the Parish Council at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church in Rockaway Beach.
Jack and Fran enjoyed traveling and spent time in Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and Alaska. They spent two winters in Hemet, Calif. and then Fran was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2006.
Fran moved to Salem where health care facilities were available to her until she passed away. She will be missed by her family and many nieces and nephews and her loving husband and children.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church Building Fund.
Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
Jan. 22, 2014
Frances M. Graves
A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Frances M. Graves on Saturday, Jan. 18 at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church. Interment was held at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Frances Mary Graves, born on Jan. 12, 1930, died on Jan. 13, 2014 at the age of 84. The daughter of Antone and Salome Stickel, one of nine children, grew up in SE Portland. She attended Immaculata High School and excelled in basketball and softball, winning All-City Honors in Portland.
She is survived by children, Karen Marie Mitler-Hatt and Frank Leslie Hatt and Joshua Kirk Graves, in addition to nieces and nephews. She is also survived by siblings Norman, Harry and Alfred Stickel.
She is preceded in death by brothers Walter and Carney and sisters Katherine "Kay" and Bea.
Frances was married to Joseph Hatt at the age of 22 when employed as a legal clerk in a Portland brokerage house. She met Joe Hatt while vacationing in Rockaway where her father had many years before built a cabin aptly called "Swamp Girl." This cabin became the family beach cabin and since has been occupied by Alfred "Cork" Stickel and his family.
Joseph Hatt at about age 27 was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and it progressed very rapidly. Before the MS attack he had been trained as an engineer and architect and had been very successful in those fields. They had two children, Karen and Frank. When Joe died in 1968, Fran went back to Mt. Hood College where she became a physical therapist assistant and worked at Emmanuel Hospital.
Fran had heard that in Japan there was treatment for her son who was hard of hearing, so she signed up with a Portland State University group called the Japanese-American Student Conference (JASC) to study at the University of Hokkido for the summer. While there, she became acquainted with Jack Graves and they hosted subsequent visits of Japanese students of the JASC in Garibaldi where Jack lived and in Portland where Fran lived. Fran and Jack formed a friendship with their first date being on Halloween, 1971. They planned to marry in June, but moved the date up to Valentine's Day. Fran wanted to be independent so she continued to live in Portland for about a year and a half. Then when she became pregnant with their child, Joshua Kirk Graves, she moved to Garibaldi where they built a much larger house to accommodate their new family.
While in Tillamook County, Fran did Home Health and was engaged in many activities relating to spinning and weaving. She and two other ladies were largely responsible for conceiving and building the Latimer Quilt Center. Fran was also chairperson of the SAFE Program at Neah Kah Nie High School and served on the Parish Council at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church in Rockaway Beach.
Jack and Fran enjoyed traveling and spent time in Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and Alaska. They spent two winters in Hemet, Calif. and then Fran was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2006.
Fran moved to Salem where health care facilities were available to her until she passed away. She will be missed by her family and many nieces and nephews and her loving husband and children.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church Building Fund.
Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
The Headlight Herald, Tillamook, OR
Jan. 22, 2014
Frances M. Graves
A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Frances M. Graves on Saturday, Jan. 18 at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church. Interment was held at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Frances Mary Graves, born on Jan. 12, 1930, died on Jan. 13, 2014 at the age of 84. The daughter of Antone and Salome Stickel, one of nine children, grew up in SE Portland. She attended Immaculata High School and excelled in basketball and softball, winning All-City Honors in Portland.
She is survived by children, Karen Marie Mitler-Hatt and Frank Leslie Hatt and Joshua Kirk Graves, in addition to nieces and nephews. She is also survived by siblings Norman, Harry and Alfred Stickel.
She is preceded in death by brothers Walter and Carney and sisters Katherine "Kay" and Bea.
Frances was married to Joseph Hatt at the age of 22 when employed as a legal clerk in a Portland brokerage house. She met Joe Hatt while vacationing in Rockaway where her father had many years before built a cabin aptly called "Swamp Girl." This cabin became the family beach cabin and since has been occupied by Alfred "Cork" Stickel and his family.
Joseph Hatt at about age 27 was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and it progressed very rapidly. Before the MS attack he had been trained as an engineer and architect and had been very successful in those fields. They had two children, Karen and Frank. When Joe died in 1968, Fran went back to Mt. Hood College where she became a physical therapist assistant and worked at Emmanuel Hospital.
Fran had heard that in Japan there was treatment for her son who was hard of hearing, so she signed up with a Portland State University group called the Japanese-American Student Conference (JASC) to study at the University of Hokkido for the summer. While there, she became acquainted with Jack Graves and they hosted subsequent visits of Japanese students of the JASC in Garibaldi where Jack lived and in Portland where Fran lived. Fran and Jack formed a friendship with their first date being on Halloween, 1971. They planned to marry in June, but moved the date up to Valentine's Day. Fran wanted to be independent so she continued to live in Portland for about a year and a half. Then when she became pregnant with their child, Joshua Kirk Graves, she moved to Garibaldi where they built a much larger house to accommodate their new family.
While in Tillamook County, Fran did Home Health and was engaged in many activities relating to spinning and weaving. She and two other ladies were largely responsible for conceiving and building the Latimer Quilt Center. Fran was also chairperson of the SAFE Program at Neah Kah Nie High School and served on the Parish Council at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church in Rockaway Beach.
Jack and Fran enjoyed traveling and spent time in Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and Alaska. They spent two winters in Hemet, Calif. and then Fran was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2006.
Fran moved to Salem where health care facilities were available to her until she passed away. She will be missed by her family and many nieces and nephews and her loving husband and children.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church Building Fund.
Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
Jan. 22, 2014
Frances M. Graves
A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Frances M. Graves on Saturday, Jan. 18 at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church. Interment was held at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Frances Mary Graves, born on Jan. 12, 1930, died on Jan. 13, 2014 at the age of 84. The daughter of Antone and Salome Stickel, one of nine children, grew up in SE Portland. She attended Immaculata High School and excelled in basketball and softball, winning All-City Honors in Portland.
She is survived by children, Karen Marie Mitler-Hatt and Frank Leslie Hatt and Joshua Kirk Graves, in addition to nieces and nephews. She is also survived by siblings Norman, Harry and Alfred Stickel.
She is preceded in death by brothers Walter and Carney and sisters Katherine "Kay" and Bea.
Frances was married to Joseph Hatt at the age of 22 when employed as a legal clerk in a Portland brokerage house. She met Joe Hatt while vacationing in Rockaway where her father had many years before built a cabin aptly called "Swamp Girl." This cabin became the family beach cabin and since has been occupied by Alfred "Cork" Stickel and his family.
Joseph Hatt at about age 27 was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and it progressed very rapidly. Before the MS attack he had been trained as an engineer and architect and had been very successful in those fields. They had two children, Karen and Frank. When Joe died in 1968, Fran went back to Mt. Hood College where she became a physical therapist assistant and worked at Emmanuel Hospital.
Fran had heard that in Japan there was treatment for her son who was hard of hearing, so she signed up with a Portland State University group called the Japanese-American Student Conference (JASC) to study at the University of Hokkido for the summer. While there, she became acquainted with Jack Graves and they hosted subsequent visits of Japanese students of the JASC in Garibaldi where Jack lived and in Portland where Fran lived. Fran and Jack formed a friendship with their first date being on Halloween, 1971. They planned to marry in June, but moved the date up to Valentine's Day. Fran wanted to be independent so she continued to live in Portland for about a year and a half. Then when she became pregnant with their child, Joshua Kirk Graves, she moved to Garibaldi where they built a much larger house to accommodate their new family.
While in Tillamook County, Fran did Home Health and was engaged in many activities relating to spinning and weaving. She and two other ladies were largely responsible for conceiving and building the Latimer Quilt Center. Fran was also chairperson of the SAFE Program at Neah Kah Nie High School and served on the Parish Council at St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church in Rockaway Beach.
Jack and Fran enjoyed traveling and spent time in Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and Alaska. They spent two winters in Hemet, Calif. and then Fran was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2006.
Fran moved to Salem where health care facilities were available to her until she passed away. She will be missed by her family and many nieces and nephews and her loving husband and children.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary's By The Sea Catholic Church Building Fund.
Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
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