Margaret Graft 1878-1943

GRAFT, MOLLETT, AIKEN, TABOR, SARGENT, GIRARD

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 12/14/2020 at 13:23:04

November 25, 1943 - The Anamosa Journal

Funeral services for Margaret A. Graft, 65, will be held at the Loder funeral home, Friday, at 2 o'clock with burial in the family lot at Riverside. Rev. J. K. Delahooke, of the Methodist church will be in charge.

Margaret Ann Mollett, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Mollett, was born on September 1, 1878, at Des Moines, Ia., and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Letta Aiken at Woodbury, N.J., November 20, 1943.

When three years of age she came to Anamosa, Iowa, with her parents, where she grew to womanhood. She attended the Anamosa schools. In 1900 she was united in marriage to Nile Tabor of Anamosa, and to this union two children were born. On May 24, 1906, Mr. Tabor passed away, and in 1927, a daughter, Mrs. Wilma Sargent died.

In 1912 she was united in marriage to William Graft, and to this union, twins were born.

She leaves to mourn her passing, her son, Howard Tabor of Cedar Rapids; her daughter, Letta Aiken, Woodbury, New Jersey; and a son, Leland Graft, Gary, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Will Girard of Kansas City, and three brothers, Walter, Rollo, Mo.; Harry, Tulsa, Okla., and Charles of Portland, Oregon; grandchildren, and other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Graft had been ill for some time, but her passing came as a shock to family and loved ones. She was a member of the Anamosa Methodist church, having made her confession of faith under the ministry of Rev. S. V. Williams.