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GRAF, Arthur C.

GRAF, RICHTER, HARKLERODE, WARD, SIMON, MARTIN, PATRICK, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/21/2018 at 20:37:16

Obituary ~ Arthur C. Graf
May 29, 1929 ~ January 17, 2001

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 19, 2001

MASON CITY -- Arthur C. Graf, 71, of 13801 Partridge Ave., died Wednesday (Jan. 17, 2001) at his home.

The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 302 Fifth St. S.E. in Mason City, with the Rev. David Kucera officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Columbarium at a later date. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Memorials may be given to the Arthur C. Graf Memorial Fund.

Arthur was born May 29, 1929, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Peter C. and Mary (Richter) Graf. He graduated from Holy Family. Arthur married Georgie D. Harklerode on Oct. 3, 1949, in Mason City. He worked in the accounting department for Armour Foods for 41 years, retiring in 1989. Following retirement he worked as a Pinkerton security guard at Lehigh Cement Co.

Arthur enjoyed gardening, the nature and his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife, Georgie D. Graf, of Mason City; two daughters, JoDee Ward and her husband, Douglas, of Mason City, and Janie Simon and her husband, Donald, of Pamona, Mo.; son, James A. Graf and his wife, Vicky, of Mason City; seven grandchildren, Mathew Simon, Jennifer Martin, John Ward, Mike, Sarah, Katie and David Graf; one great-grandchild, Adam Martin; two sisters, Patricia Patrick, of Mason City, and Mary Lou Johnson and her husband, Jerry, of Coon Rapids, Minn.; four brothers, John Graf and his wife, Margaret, of Mason City, Michael Graf and his wife, Sue, of Ankney, James Graf and his wife, Grace, of Cedar Falls, and Charles Graf and his wife, Sue, of Mason City; and sister-in-law, JoAnn Graf, of Garden Grove, Calif.

Arthur was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Peter.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (641) 423-0924.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2018


 

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