Mrs. Graba was born May 14, 1929, to Olga and Emil Backholm in Huntersville Township, Minn. She attended country school and helped her parents farm. She married Jack Graba in 1951 and they moved to a dairy farm in Orton Township, Minn. In 1986, they sold the dairy herd and retired. She was a member of the Sebeka Methodist Church and the Crow Wing Ladies Club. She was a good cook and enjoyed reading magazines, music and visiting with family.
Memorial services will be held Feb. 21 at the Sebeka United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Graba is survived by her husband Jack; sons Jim (Cheryl) of Longmont, Colo., Lee (Jan) of Minneapolis, Minn. and Keith (Maryann) of Spring Lake Park, Minn.; sisters Elaine Schermerhorn, and Shirley (Larry) Harzke; brother Dennis; eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers Harold and William.
MN Birth: 1929-MN-029696
MMN: Lapinoja
Mrs. Graba was born May 14, 1929, to Olga and Emil Backholm in Huntersville Township, Minn. She attended country school and helped her parents farm. She married Jack Graba in 1951 and they moved to a dairy farm in Orton Township, Minn. In 1986, they sold the dairy herd and retired. She was a member of the Sebeka Methodist Church and the Crow Wing Ladies Club. She was a good cook and enjoyed reading magazines, music and visiting with family.
Memorial services will be held Feb. 21 at the Sebeka United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Graba is survived by her husband Jack; sons Jim (Cheryl) of Longmont, Colo., Lee (Jan) of Minneapolis, Minn. and Keith (Maryann) of Spring Lake Park, Minn.; sisters Elaine Schermerhorn, and Shirley (Larry) Harzke; brother Dennis; eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers Harold and William.
MN Birth: 1929-MN-029696
MMN: Lapinoja
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