Colesta Lucretia Graham 1863 - 1939

GRAHAM

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 08:06:31

Sioux City Journal
27 October 1939

OLD SETTLER IN COUNTY DIES

Mrs. Colesta Graham of Bronson Resident There 49 Years

Mrs. Colesta Graham of Bronson died Wednesday evening in a hospital here following an illness of several weeks.

Mrs. Graham was born December 27, 1863, at Boscobel, Wis., and settled in Woodbury county 49 years ago near Hornick. On January 7, 1879, she married John Graham. She was a member of the Baptist church at Climbing Hill. Mr. Graham preceded her in death in 1927.

Surviving are three sons, Clyde of Bronson; Ira of New London, Minn. and Gordon of Burke, S. D.; two daughters, Mrs. Lilly Hannahs of Herrick, S. D., and Mrs. Mary Pry of Bronson; 26 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Bronson Community church with Rev. J. Boyd Stevenson officiating. Interment will be at Holly Springs under the direction of the Christy's funeral chapel at Morningside.