Info courtesy of Roger
A. Hopkins, 3
Mar 2007 rhopkins1975@sbcglobal.net
Piqua Daily
Call
Piqua, Miami
Co., Ohio
Saturday, 17 March
2007
Carl F. Graham
Carl F. Graham,
89, of Covington passed away Friday, March 16, 2007, in the Covington Care
Center.
He was born Oct.
5, 1917, in Piqua, to the late Ora V. and Hattie
(Ross) Graham.
He attended Piqua
High School and served his country during World War II in the U.S. Navy, where
he served aboard the destroyer USS Heywood L. Edwards. Carl retired after 40
years of service from Hobart Manufacturing in Troy. He was a member of the
Masonic Lodge in Piqua. In earlier years, Carl and his brothers had their own
band called the Graham Crackers, Carl played the
mandolin and the drums.
He enjoyed the
outdoors, liked his vegetable gardening and was quite the fisherman. He was a
naturalist and volunteered at the Brukner Nature
Center as a guide.
Carl will be
missed and remembered by his wife, Jean (Deeter)
Robbins Graham of Kettering and formerly of Covington; his daughters and their
companions, Linda Lou and Larry Jenkins of Long Lane, Mo. and Loretta Kay
Graham and Jerry Eldred of Troy; a son, Thomas Carl Graham of Piqua;
grandchildren, Steven Richard Bancroft of Gilbert, Ariz. and Heather Hirata of
Roseville, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Paul Richard Bancroft, Kelly Bancroft ,
Mitchell Hirata and Daniel Hirata, a great-greatgrandson
, Timothy Paul Bancroft, stepchildren, Bob Robbins of Covington; Carol VanBlarcom of Kettering. He was preceded in death by his
parents, his first wife, Edna Irene (Wise) Graham, sister, Helen Graham,
brothers, Harry Graham, Vincent Graham, Kenneth Graham.
Funeral services
to celebrate Carls life will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Pearson-Jackson Funeral Home, 10 S.
High St., Covington, with Pastor Forrest Jackson officiating. Interment will
follow in the Miami Memorial Park Cemetery , Covington
where Military Honors will be given by the Tri-Village Honor Guard.
Calling hours
will be from from 4-7 p.m. Monday in the funeral
home.
Contributions, if
so desired, may be made to the Brukner Nature Center,
Troy.
Condolences can
be expressed to www.jacksonfuneralhomes.com