GRAESER, Bernice H. 1922-1994

GRAESER, STRUCKMEYER, MOYER, COLVIN, WILL, BECKER, GREEN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/18/2013 at 23:49:11

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, August 17, 1994]

Bernice H. Graeser, 72, of 1650 Camelot Drive, formerly of Waverly, died Monday, Aug. 15, 1994, at Covenant Medical Center of leukemia.

She was born Aug. 2, 1922, in Waverly, daughter of Herman and Ruby Moyer Struckmeyer. She married George Colvin Jr. in 1938 in Waterloo. They were later divorced. She married Edwin H. Graeser on Dec. 1, 1970, in Spring Valley, Minn. He died Jan. 7, 1975.

Mrs. Graeser owned and operated Minnesota Potato Market in Waterloo during the 1960s, then moved to Waverly where she and her husband operated Graeser's Mobile Lunch. After she returned to Waterloo she worked for Webbeking Bakery.

Survived by two daughters, Patricia A. Will of Grundy Center and Nancy Becker of Waterloo; a son, Donald W. Colvin Sr. of Waterloo; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lillian Graeser of Waverly and Dorothy Green of Phoenix, Ariz.

Preceded in death by a brother, Earl Struckmeyer.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Chapel, Cedar Falls, with burial in Harlington Cemetery, Waverly. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until services Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials directed to the Cedar Valley Hospice or the family.