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Thursday, August 28, 2003

Services are pending at Davis Funeral Home for Ralph M. Graff, age 78 of Guthrie, Oklahoma.

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Friday, August 29, 2003

Ralph M. Graff, age 77, of Crescent died August 27, 2003 at Cole Nursing Home in Guthrie, Oklahoma. A Mass of Christian burial will be at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Guthrie, Oklahoma at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 20, 2003. Burial services will be under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, officiated by Reverend Denis Hanrahan with burial at Crescent Cemetery.

Graff was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma on October 20, 1925, the son of Earl Graff and Leona "Woods" Graff.

Graff returned to Crescent from New Mexico in 1942. He was a farmer and a former employee of Logan County. He was a member of St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Crescent, Oklahoma. He loved to travel and feed and watch his birds.

Graff was married on June 26, 1950, Edmond, Oklahoma to Pauline Ellis Graff.

Graff is survived by Earl Graff, Albuquerque, Charles Graff and wife Lisa, Crescent, Oklahoma, Pam Post and husband Dean, Clayton, Oklahoma, Mary Davis and husband Tom, Edmond, Oklahoma, Martha Newman, Stillwater, Jean Graff and husband Gary Kubat, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sisters, Norma Lee Lambert, Osage Wyoming and Earline Dunn, Sydney, British Columbia. 14 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Graff is preceded in death by parents and brother, Cecil Graff.

Friends and relatives may call at Davis Funeral Home; Friday, August 29, 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Memorials can be sent to St. Mary's Catholic School or to the Charity of your choice. Prayer vigil will be held, Friday, August 29, 7:00 p.m., Davis Funeral Chapel.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2003

Ralph M. Graff, age 77, of Crescent died August 27, 2003 at Cole Nursing Home in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He was born on October 30, 1925 in Crescent, OK the son of Eal and Leona (Woods) Graff.

He spent most of his chldhood on their farm near Deming, NM, returning to Oklahoma in 1942 where he graduated from Crescent High School. He enlisted in the U. S. Army and served with the 21st Infantry in the Philippines and Japan.

He returned to the States in 1946 to help with the family farm. On June 26, 1950 he married Pauline Ellis in Edmond, OK. He was a farmer and stockman and worked many years for Logan County. He was a member of St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Crescent; OK.

He is survived by his wife, Pauline of Crescent; 2 sons, Earl Graff of Albuquerque, NM and Charles Graff and wife Lisa of Crescent; OK, 4 daughters, Pamela Post and husband Dean of Clayton, OK, Mary Davis and husband Tom of Edmond, OK, Martha Newman of Stillwater, OK and Jean Graff and husband Gary Kubat of Oklahoma City, OK, 2 sisters, Doris Earline Dunn of Sidney, BC and Norma Lee Lambert of Osage, WY 14 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Cecil Warren Graff.

Friends and relatives may call at Davis Funeral Home, Friay, August 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil will be held Friday, August 29, 7:00 p.m., at the Davis Funeral Chapel. A Mass of Christian burial will be at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Guthrie on Saturday August 30, at 10:30 a.m. Burial services will be under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Officiated by Father Denis Hanrahan with burial at the Crescent Cemetery.

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