Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(White) Graham, Patsy Susan  July 3 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Patsy Susan Graham
May 22, 1927 July 3, 2004

Services: Thurs., July 8, 10 a.m. 

Patsy Susan Graham passed away peacefully, in Bakersfield, on July 3, 2004. 
Graveside services will be held Thursday, July 8, 2004, at Greenlawn, 3700 
River Blvd., at 10:00 a.m. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 7, at Mission 
Funeral Home, 531 California Ave. from 9 a.m. 8 p.m. Services will be 
conducted by Pastor Rollin Strode. A reception will follow at Greenacres First 
Baptist Church on Jewetta in Rosedale.

Pat was 77 years old. She was born May 22, 1927, to Harry and Ruby White in 
Richmond, CA, however she spent the majority of her life in Bakersfield. Pat 
graduated from East Bakersfield High Class of 1945. She began her working 
career at Kern General Hospital in the food services and finished a lengthy 
career of 34 years at Pacific Bell as a telephone operator. While working at 
Pacific Bell she met her husband of 46 years, Donald Graham, during a strike 
on the picket line. Patsy was very involved in her church, Greenacres First 
Baptist, making sure to include her grandchildren at every Sunday service. She 
spent many years as a Cub Scout and Boy Scout Leader, alongside her husband, 
and received many honors including the District Award of Merit in 1975 for her 
work. Don has spent the past several years as a loving and devoted husband and 
caretaker of Pat after she suffered several strokes.

Pat was a devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother. Her 
grandchildren will always remember the many fun and exciting shopping 
expeditions they went on and the many arts and crafts she introduced them to. 
She was preceded in death by her parents, son, Greg Graham, grandson, Kenneth, 
Griggs, sister-in-law, Rose White, and nephew, Randall White. She is survived 
by her husband, Don Graham; brother, Gordon White; daughter, Linda Griggs; son-
in-law, Bill Griggs; great-granddaughter, Lauren Griggs; son, Jeff Graham; 
daughter-in-law, Jennifer Graham; grandchildren, Victoria Graham and Jacob 
Graham. She is also survived by many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, 
nieces, and nephews. She leaves behind very special friends, Don and Imagene 
Allman, Edith Buchanan, and Dee McCullah. 


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