GRABER, Martha Saloma (BAER), 1913-1991

GRABER, BAER, HOLDEMAN, KRAYBILL, ECCLES, BARE, HEYDA

Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 2/10/2012 at 20:32:17

Burlington (IA) Hawkeye
Sunday, 20 October 1991

Soloma 'Sally' Graber

Mrs. Soloma "Sally" Graber, 78, Route 4, Mount Pleasant, died at 5:35 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991, at Parkview Home, Wayland.

Born March 6, 1913 at Harper, Kan., she was the daughter of Mahlon and Anna Holdeman Bare. She was married Oct. 4, 1940, at Wayland to Clarence Elmer Graber, who died Feb. 5, 1984.

She was a member of Pleasant View Mennonite Church, Mount Pleasant, and was known statewide in the women's organizations of the Mennonite Church. She and her husband raised many foster sons in their home for many years.

Surviving are three sons, Philip Graber, Mount Pleasant, Richard Graber, Dalton, Ohio, and David Graber, Hardin, Mont.; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Kraybill, Lancaster, Pa., Mrs. Ruth Ann Eccles, Marion, and Barbara Graber, Harrisonburg, Va.; three brothers, John Bare, Mount Pleasant, Tilman Bare, Prior, Okla., and Titus Bare, Adair, Okla.; a sister, Kathryn Heyda, Redwood, Calif.; and 14 grandchildren.

The service for Mrs. Graber will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pleasant View Mennonite Church with the Rev. David Boshart officiating.

Burial will be in Sugar Creek Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Beatty Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant.

A memorial has been established for Pleasant View Mennonite Church.