OBIT: Alice (YORTY) GRAVES, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ ALICE YORTY GRAVES Mrs. Alice Yorty Graves, 95, widow of the late John S. Graves, formerly of Meyersdale, died at her home in San Diego, Calif., November 9. She was born in Meyersdale, May 20, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Graves and family moved from Meyersdale to San Diego about 35 years ago. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of San Diego. She is survived by three daughters, Lou and Sarah Graves of San Diego, and Mrs. Robert Guy, Jr., of Ogden, Utah; eight grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. William McAllister, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Edith MacLauren of Pawpaw, Mich. Services were held in her memory at Bradley Woolman's drawing room chapel at 11 a.m., November 11, the Dr. Thomas Law Coyle officiating. Private cremation followed. Meyersdale Republican, December 16, 1948