Delbert Wayne Graf 1924-1998

GRAF, MIEHE, MONNAHAN, SALISBURY

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse
Date: 12/23/2011 at 20:32:26

OELWEIN-Funeral services for Delbert Wayne Graf will be 11 .
Wednesday, May 13, at Christ United Presbyterian Church, Oelwein,
with the Rev. John Kerr officiating. Burial will be in Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein.
Friends may call from 2 until 9 p.m. Tuesday at the
Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, and after
10 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Mr. Graf, 73, died Monday morning, May 11,
1998, at St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a
sudden illness.
He was born Sept. 12, 1924, in Manchester, the
son of Raymond and Freida (Miehe) Graf. He married
Erma Jean Monnahan on Feb. 18, 1951, at
Hazleton. The couple farmed many years in the
Aurora area before moving to Oelwein. Mr. Graf was a member of Christ
United Presbyterian Church where he was an elder, Northeast Iowa
Angus Association, Iowa State Angus Association, and the American
Angus Association.
Survivors include his wife, Erma Jean; one daughter, Rhonda K.
(Douglas) Salisbury of Hiawatha; three sons, Roger D. (Elaine) of Sioux
City, Rodney W. (Margaret) of Glen Ellyn, 111., and Royce E. (Cathy) of
Evergreen, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; and one brother, Melvin (Ardith) of
Oelwein.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Marvin.
A memorial fund has been established in his name.

Oelwein Daily Register - 12 May 1998