Onaga – Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Duluth, for Walter D. Graf, 86, Westmoreland, formerly of Onaga. He died Friday, November 20, 1987, at an Onaga hospital.
Mr. Graf farmed in the Onaga community most of his life.
He was born January 30, 1901, at Onaga, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Mitze Graf.
Mr. Graf was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Duluth.
He married Daisy Noland January 12, 1931, at Duluth. She died December 20, 1966. He married Peg Jenkins in 1968 at Duluth. They were later divorced.
Survivors include a daughter, Dixie Moore, Topeka; a son, Daryl Graf, Wheaton; a sister, Marie Ballentine, Onaga; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Onaga Cemetery. Mr. Graf will lie in state until noon Monday at Tessendorf Mortuary in Onaga where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. today. He will lie in state an hour before services Monday at the church. Contributions may be made to the Walter D. Graf Memorial Fund and sent to an organization of the donor's choice.
Onaga – Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Duluth, for Walter D. Graf, 86, Westmoreland, formerly of Onaga. He died Friday, November 20, 1987, at an Onaga hospital.
Mr. Graf farmed in the Onaga community most of his life.
He was born January 30, 1901, at Onaga, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Mitze Graf.
Mr. Graf was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Duluth.
He married Daisy Noland January 12, 1931, at Duluth. She died December 20, 1966. He married Peg Jenkins in 1968 at Duluth. They were later divorced.
Survivors include a daughter, Dixie Moore, Topeka; a son, Daryl Graf, Wheaton; a sister, Marie Ballentine, Onaga; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Onaga Cemetery. Mr. Graf will lie in state until noon Monday at Tessendorf Mortuary in Onaga where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. today. He will lie in state an hour before services Monday at the church. Contributions may be made to the Walter D. Graf Memorial Fund and sent to an organization of the donor's choice.
Family Members
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Ernest John Graf Sr
1890–1986
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John Henry Graf
1892–1976
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Louise Helena Graf Valburg
1895–1948
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George Albert "Shorty" Graf
1897–1967
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Frank Carl "Sam" Graf
1899–1981
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Otto Reinhardt Graf
1904–1975
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Marie Margaret Graf Ballentine
1905–1996
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Henry Edwin Graf
1907–1924
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Theodore Herman "Ted" Graf
1909–1965
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Lawrence Virgil Graf
1914–1985
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