DELBERT GRAHAM

Delbert Graham, 72, of Topeka died Wednesday, July 11,
1990, at a Topeka retirement center.

  Mr. Graham was a teacher and principal in Topeka
Unified School District 501 for 32 years before he
retired in 1980.  He taught in Crawford County rural
schools before he entered the Army in 1941.  He was
discharged in 1945.  In 1946 he came to Topeka where
he taught at Lincoln School for two years.  He later
was principal at Quinton Heights, Lowman Hill, Gage,
McCarter and McEachron elementary schools.

He was born March 10, 1918, in Girard, the son of
Edwin B. and Uma L. Brees Graham. He attended
Pittsburg State Teachers College and received his
bachelor's degree from Washburn University in Topeka. 
He Later received a master's degree from the
University of Kansas in Lawrence, where he also worked
on his doctorate.

Mr. Graham was a member of First Presbyterian Church
and Kansas and Topeka education organizations. He was
a life member of the National Education Association
and the National Elementary Principal Association. 

He was married to Alta Herlocker on September 13,
1941, in Girard.  She Died March 12, 1979.  He later
married Maxine Gardner Gladfelter in Topeka.  She
Survives.

Other survivors include four daughters, Pamela Sue
Jackson, Hot Springs, Ark. Debra Ann Graham, Houston,
TX, and twins Danielle Marie Graham and Michelle
Nicole Graham, both of Topeka; a stepdaughter Patricia
Reed, Grand Forks, N.D. a stepson, Lee Gladfelter,
Madrid, IA; a sister, Alice Hummel, Wichita and six
grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 am Monday at Penwell Gabel
Funeral Home.  Graveside services will be a 4 pm
Monday in Girard Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may
be made to the American Cancer Society, Northern Area
Office, 1315 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka KS 66604.