2011
Grace
2005
Grace Graham
August 5, 2011 — September 20, 2005
Remembering the life of Grace F. Graham.....
Funeral Services for Grace F. Graham, of Albert Lea will be held at
11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend John Bromeland will officiate.
Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church.
Grace was born on August 5, 1911, in Humboldt, Iowa the daughter of
Elmer and Rose (Strachan) Erickson.
She attended grade school in Iowa, her family later moved to Albert Lea where she graduated from High School in 1929.
Following graduation, Grace was working as a waitress at a cafAsh in
Albert Lea when she met her husband to be.
In was during the Depression, on Christmas Day in 1933, that Grace
was united in marriage to Harry A. Graham at her parent?s home.
The couple made their home in Albert Lea, where Grace was
employed as auditor at the Sears store for more than 30 years
before retiring. Grace was a member of the United Methodist Church where she had been active in Circle for many years.
Although working and raising her family thru the depression
took much of her time in her earlier years, after retirement
she enjoyed playing cards, making quilts, knitting, crocheting, doing
puzzles and collecting salt and pepper shakers.
Harry and Grace spent more than 58 years together before
he died in the fall of 1992. In their years together Harry and Grace loved to
drive and tour the countryside, after Harry?s death, daughter Glenda
spent many enjoyable hours driving and touring with Grace.
It was just in her later years that failing health made it necessary for
Grace to move from her home to an apartment in Albert Lea, then to Country Neighbors in New Richland, and most recently to Good Samaritan Center.
Grace died at Good Samaritan Center on Tuesday, September 20, 2005
at the age of 94.
Grace will be lovingly missed by her family which includes
three children: Charles H. Graham and his wife Marsha of Anchor Point, AK, Glen R. Graham and his wife Linda of Anchorage, AK, Glenda and her husband Donald Batt of Hartland, MN; grandchildren: Sally and her husband Mark Coburn of Chugiak, AK, Daniel Graham and his wife Gina of Fairbanks, AK, Mark Graham of Anchorage, AK, Scott Batt and his wife Janell of Melbourne, IA, Neal Batt and his wife Darla of Hartland, MN, Keith Batt and his wife Karen of Bellingham, WA, D. Lynn Edwards of Boston, MA, and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harry, brother Charles Erickson and sisters Ethel Fjeldberg and Hazel "Rickie" Gary.
Grace will be greatly missed, especially for her keen sense of humor.
Blessed be her memory.
Funeral Services for Grace F. Graham, of Albert Lea will be held at
11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea. The Reverend John Bromeland will officiate.
Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church.
Grace was born on August 5, 1911, in Humboldt, Iowa the daughter of
Elmer and Rose (Strachan) Erickson.
She attended grade school in Iowa, her family later moved to Albert Lea where she graduated from High School in 1929.
Following graduation, Grace was working as a waitress at a cafAsh in
Albert Lea when she met her husband to be.
In was during the Depression, on Christmas Day in 1933, that Grace
was united in marriage to Harry A. Graham at her parent?s home.
The couple made their home in Albert Lea, where Grace was
employed as auditor at the Sears store for more than 30 years
before retiring. Grace was a member of the United Methodist Church where she had been active in Circle for many years.
Although working and raising her family thru the depression
took much of her time in her earlier years, after retirement
she enjoyed playing cards, making quilts, knitting, crocheting, doing
puzzles and collecting salt and pepper shakers.
Harry and Grace spent more than 58 years together before
he died in the fall of 1992. In their years together Harry and Grace loved to
drive and tour the countryside, after Harry?s death, daughter Glenda
spent many enjoyable hours driving and touring with Grace.
It was just in her later years that failing health made it necessary for
Grace to move from her home to an apartment in Albert Lea, then to Country Neighbors in New Richland, and most recently to Good Samaritan Center.
Grace died at Good Samaritan Center on Tuesday, September 20, 2005
at the age of 94.
Grace will be lovingly missed by her family which includes
three children: Charles H. Graham and his wife Marsha of Anchor Point, AK, Glen R. Graham and his wife Linda of Anchorage, AK, Glenda and her husband Donald Batt of Hartland, MN; grandchildren: Sally and her husband Mark Coburn of Chugiak, AK, Daniel Graham and his wife Gina of Fairbanks, AK, Mark Graham of Anchorage, AK, Scott Batt and his wife Janell of Melbourne, IA, Neal Batt and his wife Darla of Hartland, MN, Keith Batt and his wife Karen of Bellingham, WA, D. Lynn Edwards of Boston, MA, and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harry, brother Charles Erickson and sisters Ethel Fjeldberg and Hazel "Rickie" Gary.
Grace will be greatly missed, especially for her keen sense of humor.
Blessed be her memory.
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