Beatrice Priscilla (Bea) Graff |
| Posted 2009-03-08 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona Saturday, December 24, 2005 Beatrice "Bea" Priscilla Graff died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. She was 83. Mrs. Graff was born in Covington, Ind., on May 27, 1922, and at 2 weeks old she and her parents were headed to Arizona by train. Her father, Albert, died of tuberculosis on the train, and they went back to Covington. A few months later she and her mother moved to Holbrook. She was raised with her stepsister Fran. She enlisted in the U.S. Navy after high school. After being a secretary to an admiral she was not going to make a career of it because of homesickness, she went home. She met Leo Graff on a blind date and they had a Route 66 romance, Winslow to Holbrook, which turned into 47 years of marriage. After being employed as a secretary at the high school and Jefferson Elementary, she retired to a life of traveling with her husband and their friends. She was an avid card player and shopaholic. Whether in the malls, or in later life, shopping from the catalog, she was a shopper. Mrs. Graff is survived by her daughter, Marcia Hogan Brown of Tempe; son Larry (Linda) of Bullhead City; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Leo, parents, and sister Fran. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Fund. Arrangements are by Norvel Owens Mortuary of Winslow, Ariz.. |
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