GRAF, MARY MARGARET (MARIE) (1986)
Mary Margaret (Marie) Graf, 84, of Onaga, died Sunday evening, February 2 at the Onaga Community Hospital. She had been a patient there since December 27, 1985. She had been a patient at the Onaga hospital in August and again in October with pancreatitis and liver problems, which developed into more complications. In September she became a resident of Golden Acres Nursing Home.
She was born October 23, 1901, in the rural area northwest of Coal Creek, the daughter of John and Emma Myers Savago. Marie attended Coal Creek country school and the Onaga grade and high schools. Marie was the sixth in a family of eleven.
On August 12, 1919 she married George Graf at St. Joseph's Rectory, Topeka, Kansas and lived in Onaga for a time where her husband was janitor of the Onaga school. Later they went into farming in the Onaga area and continued in this occupation. George (Shorty) died February 3, 1967.
She was the longest living member of St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga. Marie's greatest enjoyment was her grandchildren.
Survivors include her children Mrs. Wilbur (Norma) Jeanneret, Onaga; Mrs. Jack (rose Marie) Allen, Topeka; Mrs. Dave (Mary Frances) Ard, Woodbridge, Virginia; one adopted daughter, Mrs. George (Linda) Finch, Topeka; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenny (Mary) Graf; 20 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; a brother, Francis Savago, Omaha, Nebraska; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Zenner, Enterprise Nursing Home, Enterprise, Kansas, Agnes Schramm, Mary Marshall Manor, Marysville, Kansas and Elizabeth (Betty) Brewer, Waterloo, Nebraska.
Preceding her in death was a son, Kenneth, in 1982; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; three brothers, Charles, Edward and George, and one sister as youngsters; also two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Ellen) Bonjour and Mrs. Ernest (Zella) Wakefield.
The rosary was recited at the Tessendorf Mortuary, Onaga, Tuesday night. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, February 5, at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga, with burial in the Onaga Cemetery.
Mary Margaret (Marie) Graf, 84, of Onaga, died Sunday evening, February 2 at the Onaga Community Hospital. She had been a patient there since December 27, 1985. She had been a patient at the Onaga hospital in August and again in October with pancreatitis and liver problems, which developed into more complications. In September she became a resident of Golden Acres Nursing Home.
She was born October 23, 1901, in the rural area northwest of Coal Creek, the daughter of John and Emma Myers Savago. Marie attended Coal Creek country school and the Onaga grade and high schools. Marie was the sixth in a family of eleven.
On August 12, 1919 she married George Graf at St. Joseph's Rectory, Topeka, Kansas and lived in Onaga for a time where her husband was janitor of the Onaga school. Later they went into farming in the Onaga area and continued in this occupation. George (Shorty) died February 3, 1967.
She was the longest living member of St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga. Marie's greatest enjoyment was her grandchildren.
Survivors include her children Mrs. Wilbur (Norma) Jeanneret, Onaga; Mrs. Jack (rose Marie) Allen, Topeka; Mrs. Dave (Mary Frances) Ard, Woodbridge, Virginia; one adopted daughter, Mrs. George (Linda) Finch, Topeka; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenny (Mary) Graf; 20 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; a brother, Francis Savago, Omaha, Nebraska; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Zenner, Enterprise Nursing Home, Enterprise, Kansas, Agnes Schramm, Mary Marshall Manor, Marysville, Kansas and Elizabeth (Betty) Brewer, Waterloo, Nebraska.
Preceding her in death was a son, Kenneth, in 1982; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; three brothers, Charles, Edward and George, and one sister as youngsters; also two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Ellen) Bonjour and Mrs. Ernest (Zella) Wakefield.
The rosary was recited at the Tessendorf Mortuary, Onaga, Tuesday night. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, February 5, at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga, with burial in the Onaga Cemetery.
GRAF, MARY MARGARET (MARIE) (1986)
Mary Margaret (Marie) Graf, 84, of Onaga, died Sunday evening, February 2 at the Onaga Community Hospital. She had been a patient there since December 27, 1985. She had been a patient at the Onaga hospital in August and again in October with pancreatitis and liver problems, which developed into more complications. In September she became a resident of Golden Acres Nursing Home.
She was born October 23, 1901, in the rural area northwest of Coal Creek, the daughter of John and Emma Myers Savago. Marie attended Coal Creek country school and the Onaga grade and high schools. Marie was the sixth in a family of eleven.
On August 12, 1919 she married George Graf at St. Joseph's Rectory, Topeka, Kansas and lived in Onaga for a time where her husband was janitor of the Onaga school. Later they went into farming in the Onaga area and continued in this occupation. George (Shorty) died February 3, 1967.
She was the longest living member of St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga. Marie's greatest enjoyment was her grandchildren.
Survivors include her children Mrs. Wilbur (Norma) Jeanneret, Onaga; Mrs. Jack (rose Marie) Allen, Topeka; Mrs. Dave (Mary Frances) Ard, Woodbridge, Virginia; one adopted daughter, Mrs. George (Linda) Finch, Topeka; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenny (Mary) Graf; 20 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; a brother, Francis Savago, Omaha, Nebraska; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Zenner, Enterprise Nursing Home, Enterprise, Kansas, Agnes Schramm, Mary Marshall Manor, Marysville, Kansas and Elizabeth (Betty) Brewer, Waterloo, Nebraska.
Preceding her in death was a son, Kenneth, in 1982; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; three brothers, Charles, Edward and George, and one sister as youngsters; also two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Ellen) Bonjour and Mrs. Ernest (Zella) Wakefield.
The rosary was recited at the Tessendorf Mortuary, Onaga, Tuesday night. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, February 5, at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga, with burial in the Onaga Cemetery.
Mary Margaret (Marie) Graf, 84, of Onaga, died Sunday evening, February 2 at the Onaga Community Hospital. She had been a patient there since December 27, 1985. She had been a patient at the Onaga hospital in August and again in October with pancreatitis and liver problems, which developed into more complications. In September she became a resident of Golden Acres Nursing Home.
She was born October 23, 1901, in the rural area northwest of Coal Creek, the daughter of John and Emma Myers Savago. Marie attended Coal Creek country school and the Onaga grade and high schools. Marie was the sixth in a family of eleven.
On August 12, 1919 she married George Graf at St. Joseph's Rectory, Topeka, Kansas and lived in Onaga for a time where her husband was janitor of the Onaga school. Later they went into farming in the Onaga area and continued in this occupation. George (Shorty) died February 3, 1967.
She was the longest living member of St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga. Marie's greatest enjoyment was her grandchildren.
Survivors include her children Mrs. Wilbur (Norma) Jeanneret, Onaga; Mrs. Jack (rose Marie) Allen, Topeka; Mrs. Dave (Mary Frances) Ard, Woodbridge, Virginia; one adopted daughter, Mrs. George (Linda) Finch, Topeka; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenny (Mary) Graf; 20 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; a brother, Francis Savago, Omaha, Nebraska; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Zenner, Enterprise Nursing Home, Enterprise, Kansas, Agnes Schramm, Mary Marshall Manor, Marysville, Kansas and Elizabeth (Betty) Brewer, Waterloo, Nebraska.
Preceding her in death was a son, Kenneth, in 1982; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; three brothers, Charles, Edward and George, and one sister as youngsters; also two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Ellen) Bonjour and Mrs. Ernest (Zella) Wakefield.
The rosary was recited at the Tessendorf Mortuary, Onaga, Tuesday night. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, February 5, at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church at Onaga, with burial in the Onaga Cemetery.
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