Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Graeter, William G April 9, 2013 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net April 24, 2013, 5:26 pm The Urbana Daily Citizen William G. Graeter, 93, of Urbana, formerly of Dayton, Fairborn and Xenia, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Vancrest of Urbana. He was born Sept. 24, 1919, in Dayton, Ohio. William is a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in WWII, retired from REA Express and attended Faith Fellowship Church. He, along with his wife, Betty, sang in churches, nursing homes and many other places and he volunteered in nursing homes. He enjoyed playing the harmonica, traveling and spending time with his family. Survivors include his wife, Betty (Thornburg) Graeter; daughters, Linda Smith of Urbana, Gloria (Keith) Pearce of Arcanum, and Janis (John) Hightower of California; son, Terry (Susan) Graeter of Kentucky; numerous grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and sisters, Carol Scott of Dayton and Betty (Chester) Dunn of Lebanon. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Phyllis Thompson; and brother, Kenneth Graeter. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in the WALTER & SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 642 S. Main St., Urbana. A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2013, in Faith Fellowship Church, 236 Bloomfield Ave., Urbana, with Rev. Roger Childers officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Dale Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/g/graeter2625ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb