Obituary for Celestia Graves - Livingston County, Missouri

OBITUARY, Dawn, MO, 30 Oct 1943:    LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. GRAVES, Services 
Conducted Friday Afternoon at the Dawn Federated Church.

Funeral services for Mrs. Celestia Graves were held Friday afternoon at the 
Federated Church in Dawn, conducted by the Rev. A.H. Sargent.  Interment was 
made in the Collar cemetery.  A mixed choir sang "Have Thine Own Way", In the 
Garden" and "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me".  Pallbearers were Parl Romick, Harry 
Vanstane, Ray Wooden, B.W. Purcell, A.J. Reidel and A.T. Cunningham.

Mrs. Graves' death occurred in a hospital at Columbia Wednesday morning.  She 
was born the daughter of James and Eliza Hinton in the State of Michigan 
April, 17, 1860.  The family moved to North Missouri, where she met and 
married William Graves in 1879.  In 1901 they moved from Des Moines to a farm 
one mile south of Dawn which was her home until after the death of Mr. 
Graves, March 16, 1912.  Four years later she moved to Dawn, where she had 
since resided.  Early in life Mrs. Graves united with the United Brethren 
Church, transferring her membership to the Methodist Church in Dawn.  For 
many years she was active in church work.

A daughter, Margaret, passed away in 1886 at the age of 6 years, leaving as 
her immediate survivor an only daughter, Mrs. Byrdie Lewis of the home.  She 
is also survived by two brothers, William and James Hinton of Des Moines, 
Iowa.



Transcribed & submitted by:
Janette (Wilson) Ramos
RamosGang@Worldnet.att.net

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