Wife of William Francis Graham. Daughter of William Willis Graham and Jane Popham
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 8, 1936
MRS. WM. F. GRAHAM
Mrs. Wm. F. Graham, formerly of Chariton, died at her home on Tuesday afternoon, December 1, 1936. She would have been 92 years of age on Dec. 30. She had enjoyed good health nearly all her life.
Her illness was only of one week's duration. Heart complications caused her death. Only a few days before she became ill she had motored to Chariton with her daughter and granddaughter and made a brief visit with her grandsons, Paul Patterson and family and Ralph Paton, and attended services at the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. W. P. Fink, of the Presbyterian church, were held at the Ramsey-Richards funeral home in Winterset Thursday, at 11 a.m. and the body was brought to Chariton where a brief service was held at 2 p.m. at the grave in the Chariton cemetery, conducted by the local Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Frederick Nichol.
The deceased, who was the former Miss Mary M. Graham, was born in Biggsville, Illinois, December 30th, 1844. Her girlhood was spent in Biggsville, and there she was married on October 4, 1866, to William F. Graham. They moved to Iowa and Mr. Graham was employed as an engineer on the Burlington railroad for many years.
They moved from Chariton to Winterset in 1929 and Mr. Graham died at that place about a year and a half ago on July 29, 1935. Their home had been in Chariton for forty years previous to moving to Winterset.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the parents of eight children,, seven of whom are living: C. M. Graham, of La Grande, Oregon; Fred Graham, Cresco; Mrs. Adda Mauk, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Jennie Isaacson, Rock Falls, Iowa; Mrs. Nelle Wetzel, Fort Collins, Colorado; and twin daughters, Mrs. Lela G. Crosley and Mrs. Lulu G. Paton, Winterset. One son, William Graham, died in 1905.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 8, 1936
MRS. WM. F. GRAHAM
Mrs. Wm. F. Graham, formerly of Chariton, died at her home on Tuesday afternoon, December 1, 1936. She would have been 92 years of age on Dec. 30. She had enjoyed good health nearly all her life.
Her illness was only of one week's duration. Heart complications caused her death. Only a few days before she became ill she had motored to Chariton with her daughter and granddaughter and made a brief visit with her grandsons, Paul Patterson and family and Ralph Paton, and attended services at the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. W. P. Fink, of the Presbyterian church, were held at the Ramsey-Richards funeral home in Winterset Thursday, at 11 a.m. and the body was brought to Chariton where a brief service was held at 2 p.m. at the grave in the Chariton cemetery, conducted by the local Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Frederick Nichol.
The deceased, who was the former Miss Mary M. Graham, was born in Biggsville, Illinois, December 30th, 1844. Her girlhood was spent in Biggsville, and there she was married on October 4, 1866, to William F. Graham. They moved to Iowa and Mr. Graham was employed as an engineer on the Burlington railroad for many years.
They moved from Chariton to Winterset in 1929 and Mr. Graham died at that place about a year and a half ago on July 29, 1935. Their home had been in Chariton for forty years previous to moving to Winterset.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the parents of eight children,, seven of whom are living: C. M. Graham, of La Grande, Oregon; Fred Graham, Cresco; Mrs. Adda Mauk, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Jennie Isaacson, Rock Falls, Iowa; Mrs. Nelle Wetzel, Fort Collins, Colorado; and twin daughters, Mrs. Lela G. Crosley and Mrs. Lulu G. Paton, Winterset. One son, William Graham, died in 1905.
Wife of William Francis Graham. Daughter of William Willis Graham and Jane Popham
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 8, 1936
MRS. WM. F. GRAHAM
Mrs. Wm. F. Graham, formerly of Chariton, died at her home on Tuesday afternoon, December 1, 1936. She would have been 92 years of age on Dec. 30. She had enjoyed good health nearly all her life.
Her illness was only of one week's duration. Heart complications caused her death. Only a few days before she became ill she had motored to Chariton with her daughter and granddaughter and made a brief visit with her grandsons, Paul Patterson and family and Ralph Paton, and attended services at the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. W. P. Fink, of the Presbyterian church, were held at the Ramsey-Richards funeral home in Winterset Thursday, at 11 a.m. and the body was brought to Chariton where a brief service was held at 2 p.m. at the grave in the Chariton cemetery, conducted by the local Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Frederick Nichol.
The deceased, who was the former Miss Mary M. Graham, was born in Biggsville, Illinois, December 30th, 1844. Her girlhood was spent in Biggsville, and there she was married on October 4, 1866, to William F. Graham. They moved to Iowa and Mr. Graham was employed as an engineer on the Burlington railroad for many years.
They moved from Chariton to Winterset in 1929 and Mr. Graham died at that place about a year and a half ago on July 29, 1935. Their home had been in Chariton for forty years previous to moving to Winterset.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the parents of eight children,, seven of whom are living: C. M. Graham, of La Grande, Oregon; Fred Graham, Cresco; Mrs. Adda Mauk, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Jennie Isaacson, Rock Falls, Iowa; Mrs. Nelle Wetzel, Fort Collins, Colorado; and twin daughters, Mrs. Lela G. Crosley and Mrs. Lulu G. Paton, Winterset. One son, William Graham, died in 1905.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Tuesday, December 8, 1936
MRS. WM. F. GRAHAM
Mrs. Wm. F. Graham, formerly of Chariton, died at her home on Tuesday afternoon, December 1, 1936. She would have been 92 years of age on Dec. 30. She had enjoyed good health nearly all her life.
Her illness was only of one week's duration. Heart complications caused her death. Only a few days before she became ill she had motored to Chariton with her daughter and granddaughter and made a brief visit with her grandsons, Paul Patterson and family and Ralph Paton, and attended services at the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. W. P. Fink, of the Presbyterian church, were held at the Ramsey-Richards funeral home in Winterset Thursday, at 11 a.m. and the body was brought to Chariton where a brief service was held at 2 p.m. at the grave in the Chariton cemetery, conducted by the local Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Frederick Nichol.
The deceased, who was the former Miss Mary M. Graham, was born in Biggsville, Illinois, December 30th, 1844. Her girlhood was spent in Biggsville, and there she was married on October 4, 1866, to William F. Graham. They moved to Iowa and Mr. Graham was employed as an engineer on the Burlington railroad for many years.
They moved from Chariton to Winterset in 1929 and Mr. Graham died at that place about a year and a half ago on July 29, 1935. Their home had been in Chariton for forty years previous to moving to Winterset.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the parents of eight children,, seven of whom are living: C. M. Graham, of La Grande, Oregon; Fred Graham, Cresco; Mrs. Adda Mauk, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Jennie Isaacson, Rock Falls, Iowa; Mrs. Nelle Wetzel, Fort Collins, Colorado; and twin daughters, Mrs. Lela G. Crosley and Mrs. Lulu G. Paton, Winterset. One son, William Graham, died in 1905.
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