OBIT: Margaret Elizabeth (YATES) GRAHAM, 1983, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Statler/Jesse Davis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ GRAHAM Margaret Elizabeth Graham, 98, of Siemon Lakeview Manor Estate, Somerset, died April 27, 1983, at Siemon. Born May 30, 1884, in North Ormesey, County of York, England, daughter of the late John Philip and Margaret Jane (Mills) Yates. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert D. Graham Sr., and by son, Albert D. Jr., five brothers and three sisters. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Graham of Somerset; these grandchildren: Elizabeth Williams, Ellen Hottle, M. Jane Landis, Alice Weber, Mary Shatwell, Albert D. III; 13 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. She was a member of St. Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Somerset; Trinity Chapter O.E.S., Somerset Soroptimists, Somerset Garden Club and the original board of the Somerset Community Hospital. She served as president of the Children's Aid Home, Somerset, 1931-1958. Mrs. Graham helped found the A. D. Graham and Company Fertilizer Works in 1928, and served as secretary-treasurer of the company. Friends will be received 7-9 p.m. Thursday, and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Richard E. Hauger Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, with Father Robert Mitchell officiating. Interment, Husband Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from noon until the time of service. Family suggests that contributions be made to the Children's Aid Society, Somerset. Daily American, April 28, 1983 [G0881]