Ridgeway Ontario, Canada and Stuart, Florida: Howard "Bud" Barclay Graves Jr., age 94, died peacefully Saturday, April 16, 2016, surrounded by family. He was born August 17, 1921, to Howard Barclay Graves Sr. and Marjorie Thompson Graves in Buffalo, New York. He grew up at 85 St. James Place in Buffalo, N.Y., and was a 1940 graduate of Nichols School. He later attended the University of Buffalo, and the University of Toronto. He served his country in the United States Army, serving in the Pacific during WWII. As the war was ending, Bud worked with a small military team to accept the surrender from the Japanese on Miyako ,Ishigaki, and Erabu. Following the war, he was united in marriage to Nelle Struble Sanders, September 24, 1949 at Westminster Church.
Ridgeway Ontario, Canada and Stuart, Florida: Howard "Bud" Barclay Graves Jr., age 94, died peacefully Saturday, April 16, 2016, surrounded by family. He was born August 17, 1921, to Howard Barclay Graves Sr. and Marjorie Thompson Graves in Buffalo, New York. He grew up at 85 St. James Place in Buffalo, N.Y., and was a 1940 graduate of Nichols School. He later attended the University of Buffalo, and the University of Toronto. He served his country in the United States Army, serving in the Pacific during WWII. As the war was ending, Bud worked with a small military team to accept the surrender from the Japanese on Miyako ,Ishigaki, and Erabu. Following the war, he was united in marriage to Nelle Struble Sanders, September 24, 1949 at Westminster Church.
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