Louisa Marie (MEIER) HELMER GRAPER

MEIER, HELLMER, GRAPER, CRALL, REYNOLDS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/28/2012 at 04:35:55

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, February 25, 1946, Page 11

MRS. L. GRAPER RITES TUESDAY

Services to Be Held at Plymouth Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa M. GRAPER, 84, Plymouth who died at a local nusing home at 3 p.m. Saturday, will be held at the Methodist church, Plymouth at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Mr. GAIDE, officiating.

Mrs. GRAPER was born Aug. 15, 1851. Surviving are 2 sisters, Mrs. Arthur CRALL, Erie, Kans., and Mary MEIER, Nora Springs; a brother, Fred C. MIER, Eden Valley, Minn.; 2 sons, Louis H. HELMER, Dallas, Ore., and Irving HELMER, Plymouth.

Five grandsons, 3 granddaughters and 7 great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Grace M. REYNOLDS, Aug. 25, by her first husband, Fred HELMER, March 17, 1920, and her second husband, John GRAPER in 1943.

She was a member of the Methodist church at Plymouth. She had been a resident of Plymouth for the past 70 years. The Major funeral home in charge.

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Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, February 27, 1946, Page 11

Mrs. Louisa Graper Rites Held; Burial in Plymouth Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa GRAPER, 84, Plymouth, who died at a local nursing home Saturday, were held at the Methodist church at Plymouth Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. George D. GOLDE officiating.

A quartet consisting of Mrs. Frank PESHAK, Mrs. William WURN, C. R. LAMSON and Mortimer SCARROW sang "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" and "Sweetly Resting." Mrs. Donald BLANCHARD accompanied at the piano.

Mrs. George REYNOLDS and Mrs. Ben SNELL were in charge of flowers.

Pallbearers were James EBY, Joe YEZEK, Lenny REDMER, W. B. OLESTEN, Ralph REINHARDT and Wesley GRAPER. Burial was at Plymouth [Oakwood Cemetery]. The Major funeral home in charge.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2012