OBITUARY: Charles Graham, Mitchell County, Iowa




                    Charles Graham [1894-c1948]


LAST RITES FOR CHARLES GRAHAM WERE WEDNESDAY
     
Last rites for Charles Graham, 54, were held Wednesday afternoon, May 17, at
the Champion funeral home with the Rev. Orville Mellquist, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was made in the Osage Cemetery. Mr.
Graham died Sunday night in Mercy hospital in Mason City after suffering a
severe heart attack two weeks ago while on a fishing trip.

Mrs. Margaret Mellquist, soloist, sang "In the Garden" and "Rock of Ages" at
the funeral service. Services were held at the graveside by the members of
the I.O.O.F. lodge.

Charles Graham was born November 17, 1894, near Springfield, Ky., to Elster
and Laura Durr Graham. As a young man he came with an aunt, Mrs. Anna Frantz,
to a farm southeast of Osage. He lived there until his marriage in 1916 to
Jessie Torney of Osage.

The couple established their first home at Charles City where he was employed
by the Hart Parr Tractor Company. In 1918 they moved to a farm west of Osage
retiring in 1945 to Osage. Mr. Graham suffered a heart attack about a year ago.

Survivors include his wife; three brothers, Wesley of Armington, Ill., Ruel of
Louisville, Ky., and two sisters, Mrs. America King of Lawrenceburg, Ky., and
Mrs. Clara Gritton of Bloomfield, Ky.

He was preceded in death by an infant son and one brother William.





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