DeGraaff, Francis 1910-1976

DEGRAAFF, VANBATAVIA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/12/2010 at 14:34:16

Hull-Francis De Graaff, 66, of Hull, died Nov. 23 in the Rock Valley hospital.

Services were at 10:30 A.M., Nov. 26 in the American Reformed Church at Hull. The Rev. M. Paul Vander Woude officiated. Burial was in Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Kraai Funeral Home.

Mr. De Graaff was born May 14, 1910, in Rock Valley. He married Maggie Van Batavia April 4, 1934, at Hull. A resident of Hull since 1934, he was employed 39 years by the Farmers Cooperative Creamery. He was a member of the American Reformed Church of Hull.

Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Bert (Theodora) Krecht of Beaver Creek, Minn., and Mrs. Paul (Carole) Kleyer of Carmel; a son, Norman of Hull; 11 grandchildren; one great grandchild; his mother, Mrs. Frank De Graaff of Rock Valley, and four brothers and four sisters.

Source: Sioux Center News, December 1, 1976