Graham, Luella Margaret Larson (1920-1942)

GRAHAM, LARSON, WILLIAMS, BOWMAN, DRAEGER

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 3/5/2015 at 10:39:35

Daily Freeman Journal, Tuesday, October 27, 1942

MRS. GRAHAM, AGE 22, DIES

Former Stanhope Girl Died Monday in Kirksville, Mo., Home

Funeral services are pending for Mrs. Ivyl Graham, 22, who died Monday at 11:45 A.M. at the Community nursing home in Kirksville, Mo., where she had been a patient for two months. Mrs. Graham was the former Luella Margaret Larson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Larson, of Stanhope.

She was born Jan. 13, 1920 on a farm northwest of Webster City and went to the rural schools near Woolstock. When she was 11 years old she moved with her parents to a farm near Stanhope, attending the rural and town schools there.

Feb. 11, 1936, she was married to Ivyl Graham, of Blairsburg at Fort Dodge. The young couple lived for a year on a farm near Blairsburg and later moved to a place north of Webster City. The last several years they have farmed a place near Cainesville, Mo.

Mrs. Graham was preceded in death by one brother. She is survived by her husband, her parents, and five brothers and five sisters. They are Mrs. Archie Williams, of Stanhope; John Larson, Camp Barkeley, Texas; Mrs. Tom Bowman, Wester City; Elmer, Jr., Stanhope; Adolph, Oakdale; Mrs. Maxine Draeger, Stanhope; Charles, Marcella, Dean and Laura Ann, Stanhope.

When still a girl, Mrs. Graham was baptized in the Christian faith. She was a good daughter and loving wife and will be missed by her many friends and relatives.