Don was born in Elsa, TX, to parents Don Graham and Gladys Rogers Graham. After graduation from Harlingen High School in 1953, he left his many close friends in Harlingen to attend college at the University of North Texas, where he studied music. Don was a very talented singer throughout his life and loved to entertain. After graduating from college, he moved to New York where he met his wife, Mary, who worked at the Norwegian Embassy. They married and lived in Oslo for many years, where they raised their two sons.
Don spoke many languages, which he learned during his work throughout Europe for the 3M Corporation. He returned to the Rio Grande Valley in 1974 and met his wife, Bobbe Greuner Graham. They were married until her passing in 2009.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Roberta Graham, his sister, Patsy Graham Thomas and his niece, Eileen Tyra. Family who remain to celebrate his memory are his two sons John Fredrick Graham, (Julie) of Alpharetta, GA, and Thomas Christian Graham, (Maria Jose) of Marbella, Spain; his sister Gretchen Graham Giles of the Denver area; his three grandsons and three great grandchildren; many nieces and three step-children.
Don spoke many languages, which he learned during his work throughout Europe for the 3M Corporation. He returned to the Rio Grande Valley in 1974 and met his wife, Bobbe Greuner Graham. They were married until her passing in 2009.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Roberta Graham, his sister, Patsy Graham Thomas and his niece, Eileen Tyra. Family who remain to celebrate his memory are his two sons John Fredrick Graham, (Julie) of Alpharetta, GA, and Thomas Christian Graham, (Maria Jose) of Marbella, Spain; his sister Gretchen Graham Giles of the Denver area; his three grandsons and three great grandchildren; many nieces and three step-children.
Don was born in Elsa, TX, to parents Don Graham and Gladys Rogers Graham. After graduation from Harlingen High School in 1953, he left his many close friends in Harlingen to attend college at the University of North Texas, where he studied music. Don was a very talented singer throughout his life and loved to entertain. After graduating from college, he moved to New York where he met his wife, Mary, who worked at the Norwegian Embassy. They married and lived in Oslo for many years, where they raised their two sons.
Don spoke many languages, which he learned during his work throughout Europe for the 3M Corporation. He returned to the Rio Grande Valley in 1974 and met his wife, Bobbe Greuner Graham. They were married until her passing in 2009.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Roberta Graham, his sister, Patsy Graham Thomas and his niece, Eileen Tyra. Family who remain to celebrate his memory are his two sons John Fredrick Graham, (Julie) of Alpharetta, GA, and Thomas Christian Graham, (Maria Jose) of Marbella, Spain; his sister Gretchen Graham Giles of the Denver area; his three grandsons and three great grandchildren; many nieces and three step-children.
Don spoke many languages, which he learned during his work throughout Europe for the 3M Corporation. He returned to the Rio Grande Valley in 1974 and met his wife, Bobbe Greuner Graham. They were married until her passing in 2009.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Roberta Graham, his sister, Patsy Graham Thomas and his niece, Eileen Tyra. Family who remain to celebrate his memory are his two sons John Fredrick Graham, (Julie) of Alpharetta, GA, and Thomas Christian Graham, (Maria Jose) of Marbella, Spain; his sister Gretchen Graham Giles of the Denver area; his three grandsons and three great grandchildren; many nieces and three step-children.
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