Larry L. Graf, 51, Onaga, died Wednesday, July 17, 1996 at Community Hospital in Onaga.
He was born October 30, 1944 in Onaga, the son of Ted and Ellen Noland Graf. He graduated from Onaga High School with the class of 1963. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and participated in the Bay of Pigs.
Mr. Graf had lived in San Diego, California for five years, moving back to Onaga in 1971. He and his wife, Mary, owned and operated The Steak House in Onaga, and he later worked as payroll supervisor for the Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka. He served as municipal court judge for Onaga and Emmett.
He was a charter member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga and a member of Onaga Post No. 7772 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Onaga Lodge No. 188 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies and Arab Shrine in Topeka, Onaga Lions Club and Onaga Jaycees. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka and a Life Member of the Kansas Jaycees International Senate. He was an avid rattlesnake hunter and was instrumental in starting a snake hunting newspaper, The National Crotalus Society Newspaper.
He was married to Mary Kolterman, December 22, 1966 at Duluth. She survives.
Other survivors include two brothers, Jerry Graf, Onaga, and Chuck Graf, Upton, Wyoming.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at the First Congregational Church UCC in Onaga. Interment was in the Onaga Cemetery with Masonic graveside services and full military honors.
Memorials were suggested to New Hope Lutheran Church or Onaga High School for the purchase of a buffalo head, and sent in care of Tessendorf –Chapel Oaks Mortuary, Onaga.
He was born October 30, 1944 in Onaga, the son of Ted and Ellen Noland Graf. He graduated from Onaga High School with the class of 1963. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and participated in the Bay of Pigs.
Mr. Graf had lived in San Diego, California for five years, moving back to Onaga in 1971. He and his wife, Mary, owned and operated The Steak House in Onaga, and he later worked as payroll supervisor for the Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka. He served as municipal court judge for Onaga and Emmett.
He was a charter member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga and a member of Onaga Post No. 7772 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Onaga Lodge No. 188 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies and Arab Shrine in Topeka, Onaga Lions Club and Onaga Jaycees. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka and a Life Member of the Kansas Jaycees International Senate. He was an avid rattlesnake hunter and was instrumental in starting a snake hunting newspaper, The National Crotalus Society Newspaper.
He was married to Mary Kolterman, December 22, 1966 at Duluth. She survives.
Other survivors include two brothers, Jerry Graf, Onaga, and Chuck Graf, Upton, Wyoming.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at the First Congregational Church UCC in Onaga. Interment was in the Onaga Cemetery with Masonic graveside services and full military honors.
Memorials were suggested to New Hope Lutheran Church or Onaga High School for the purchase of a buffalo head, and sent in care of Tessendorf –Chapel Oaks Mortuary, Onaga.
Larry L. Graf, 51, Onaga, died Wednesday, July 17, 1996 at Community Hospital in Onaga.
He was born October 30, 1944 in Onaga, the son of Ted and Ellen Noland Graf. He graduated from Onaga High School with the class of 1963. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and participated in the Bay of Pigs.
Mr. Graf had lived in San Diego, California for five years, moving back to Onaga in 1971. He and his wife, Mary, owned and operated The Steak House in Onaga, and he later worked as payroll supervisor for the Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka. He served as municipal court judge for Onaga and Emmett.
He was a charter member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga and a member of Onaga Post No. 7772 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Onaga Lodge No. 188 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies and Arab Shrine in Topeka, Onaga Lions Club and Onaga Jaycees. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka and a Life Member of the Kansas Jaycees International Senate. He was an avid rattlesnake hunter and was instrumental in starting a snake hunting newspaper, The National Crotalus Society Newspaper.
He was married to Mary Kolterman, December 22, 1966 at Duluth. She survives.
Other survivors include two brothers, Jerry Graf, Onaga, and Chuck Graf, Upton, Wyoming.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at the First Congregational Church UCC in Onaga. Interment was in the Onaga Cemetery with Masonic graveside services and full military honors.
Memorials were suggested to New Hope Lutheran Church or Onaga High School for the purchase of a buffalo head, and sent in care of Tessendorf –Chapel Oaks Mortuary, Onaga.
He was born October 30, 1944 in Onaga, the son of Ted and Ellen Noland Graf. He graduated from Onaga High School with the class of 1963. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and participated in the Bay of Pigs.
Mr. Graf had lived in San Diego, California for five years, moving back to Onaga in 1971. He and his wife, Mary, owned and operated The Steak House in Onaga, and he later worked as payroll supervisor for the Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka. He served as municipal court judge for Onaga and Emmett.
He was a charter member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Onaga and a member of Onaga Post No. 7772 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Onaga Lodge No. 188 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies and Arab Shrine in Topeka, Onaga Lions Club and Onaga Jaycees. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka and a Life Member of the Kansas Jaycees International Senate. He was an avid rattlesnake hunter and was instrumental in starting a snake hunting newspaper, The National Crotalus Society Newspaper.
He was married to Mary Kolterman, December 22, 1966 at Duluth. She survives.
Other survivors include two brothers, Jerry Graf, Onaga, and Chuck Graf, Upton, Wyoming.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at the First Congregational Church UCC in Onaga. Interment was in the Onaga Cemetery with Masonic graveside services and full military honors.
Memorials were suggested to New Hope Lutheran Church or Onaga High School for the purchase of a buffalo head, and sent in care of Tessendorf –Chapel Oaks Mortuary, Onaga.
Bio by: Kim Graf Brewer
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