Douglas Graff

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• Reference Number: 7061

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News article, Sioux City Journal Tuesday December 20, 1974, Omaha (ap)

Two men who grew up together at Granville, Iowa, attended the same school and eventually moved to Omaha died over the weekend in a snowmobile accident.

They were Douglas Graff, 32 and Robert Meis, 31. No one knows exactly what happened, as both had driven the snowmobile in the field where they died on the southwestern out-skirts of Omaha.

The Douglas County Sheriff's office said the snowmobile plunged into a 75-foot ravine Friday night.

Deputies said the two men neither of whom was wearing a helmet, suffered massive head injuries. The two apparently were thrown from the snowmobile.

Graff was an insurance claims examiner and leaves a widow and three small children. Meis was an auto body painter and leave his widow.

(It should be noted that these two men were brother-in-laws, as well. Doug was married to JoAnn Heitmann and Robert was married to Janice Heitmann. A service for both men, was held Dec. 24 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Granville,Iowa.)

Died:
snowmobile accident

Douglas married 7 Sep 1963, Holstein, Ida County, Iowa.

Douglas — . [Family Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 7026
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa

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NEWS ITEM: Milo Graff, 64, Granville Iowa

Died Feb. 15 hospital in Spirit Lake, short illness. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Feb. 18 St. Joseph Catholic Church, Granville, the Rev. John Schissel, Burial church cemetery, Fisch Funeral Home, Remsen. Rosary 5,7,8,9 p.m. Spaulding Hall,Granville.

Born Oct. 22, 1907, O'Brien County. Retired farmer, lifelong Granville are resident. Married Irene O'Mear Jan.2, 1934, Hawarden.

Member Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Survivors: Widow; daughters, Mrs. Donald (Pat) Schiltz of Remsen, Mrs. Eugene (Mary Ellen) Heying of Granville, Mrs. Ted (Jolene) DeVries of Sioux City, Mrs. Mark (Julia) Dehner of wichita, Kan.; sons, Kenneth of Lake City, Iowa, Douglasof Omaha, Bruce of Sioux City, Eugene of Manilla, Iowa, Milo of granville; 25 grandchildren; brother, Joe of Spirit Lake, Ott of Cedar rapids; sisters, Mrs. A.J. Miller, Mrs. James Jacobs, Mrs. Bert Ballard, all of Granville, Mrs. RaySchilmoeller of Algona, Iowa, Mrs. Bernice Hassmann of Warner Robins, Ga.

(This news item appear in the Spirit Lake, Iowa, newspaper, 1972.)

Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Role: Witness

Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Role: Witness

Died:
aneurism

Milo married Mary Irene O'Meara 2 Jan 1934, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hawarden, , Iowa. Mary was born 13 Nov 1911, McNally, Sioux County, Iowa; died 22 Apr 1995, Happy Siesta Retirement Home, Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa; was buried 25 Apr 1995, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Graff
• Reference Number: 7056
• Graduation: 1929, St. Mary's Academy, Alton, , Iowa

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had a sister named Ceclia Goergen

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Mrs. Milo (Irene) Graff, 83, of Granville died unexpectly Saturady, April 22, 1995, at the Happy Siesta Retirement Home in Remsen, Iowa.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Granville with the Rev. Clem Currans officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Monday at the church, with a 5 p.m.rosary by the Christian Mothers and Catholic Daughters of American and a vigil prayer service at 8 p.m. Fisch Funeral Home of Remsen is in charge of arrangements.

She was born Nov. 13, 1911, in rural McNally, Sioux County, Iowa, the daughter of James and Johanna (Downs) O'Mera. She was raised in the McNally area, attending rural school in the Ireton (Iowa) area and graduating from St. Mary'sAcademy in Alton, Iowa, in 1929. She then attended State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa and taught rural school near Ireton until her marriage to Milo Graff Jan. 2, 1934, in Hawarden, Iowa. The couple farmed near Granville. Sheresumed her teaching career in the late 1950's teaching at Calumet, St. Mary's in Remsen, and later St. Joseph's in Granville, retiring in the late 1970's. They moved to Granville in 1966. Mr. Graff died Feb. 15, 1972. Mrs. Graff hasbeen a resident of the Happy Siesta Retirement Home in Remsen since March 9, 1995.

Mrs. Graff was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the church Guild, Christian Mothers, Catholic Daughters of Americ, V.F.W. Auxiliary, Granville Senior Citizens and past president and past member of the Granville Town Council,and was a local newspaper correspondent for several years.

Survivors include four daughters, Patricia and her husband, Don Schiltz of Remsen, Mary Ellen heying of Granville, Jolene and her husband, Ted DeVries of Dakota Dunes, S.D., Juliann and her husband Mark Dehner of Las Vegas, Nev.; foursons, Kenneth and his wife, Lois of Lake City, Iowa, Bruce of Decorah, iowa, Eugene and his wife, Linda of Spring Hills, Fla, and Milo and his wife, Jeannie of Alton, Iowa; 35 grandchildren; 7 ste-grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren;four sisters, Eva conway of fullerton, Calif., Catherine LaVelle of Sioux City, Josephine Bandy of Dallas, Texas, and Pauline Petterson of Wichita, Kan.; two brothers, John and his wife Mary of De Kalb, Ill., and Bob of Sioux Falls, S.D.

She was preceded in death by three sons, John, Douglas and Phillip in infancy; four great-grandchildren; four sisters, Durette Ney, Bess Leonberger, helen Dunkeson and Cecelia Goergen; and five brothers, Francis, Clint, Leonard, Mike andPaul.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

(This obituary appeared in the Granville area newspaper, April 1995.)

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• Reference Number: 3104
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa

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Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Died:
tuberculosis

John married Anna Catherine Bunkers 20 Feb 1900, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. Anna (daughter of Henry Bunkers and Barbara Simmerl) was born 10 Oct 1879, Luxemburg, Dubuque County, Iowa; died 29 Sep 1941, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa; was buried Aft 29 Sep 1941, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Mary Bunkers
• Name: Graff
• Reference Number: 3103
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Obit: Sep 1941

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The Five Daughters of Henry and Barbara (Simmerl) Bunkers

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Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

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Mrs. Catherine Graff of Granville passed away at her home Monday, September 29 after and illness of two months.

Funeral services will be held Thurdsay, October 2, at St. Joseph's Church in Granville. Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung by Rev. J. J. Dalhoff, with Msgr. Schemmel of Remsen acting as Deacon and Father Sylvester Grady of Schaller asSubdeacon. Father Clemons Knobbe will be Master of Ceremonies. Bearers will be Adolph Fischer, Arnold Nemmers, Anton Hunt, Frank Beckman, Jerome Grady and Joseph Blatt. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery at Granville.

Mrs. Graff had lived in the Granville area most of her life, coming there as a child. Her parents were Henry Bunkers and Barbara Youngbluth Bunkers. She was born October 10, 1879, in Iowa and passed away at the age of 61 years, 11months and 19 days. On February 20, 1900, she was married to John w. Graff by Father Stromberg, the ceremony taking place at Granville. Mr. Graff preceded her in death on April 5, 1925. One daughter Geraldine died on December 8, 1923.

Surviving are four sons and five daughters: Joseph of Spirit Lake, Barbara (Mrs. J. S. Jacobs) of Granville, Florence (Mrs. A. J. Miller) of Granville, Milo of Granville, Gertrude (Mrs. R. B. Schilmoeller) of Granville, Magnus ofHospers, Bernice (Mrs. E. J. O'Herron) of Storm Lake, Otto of Granville and Charlotte (Mrs. Bert Ballard) of Granville; her mother, Mrs. Barbara Bunkers of Granville, three brothers: John Bunkers of Garretson, S.D., Anton Bunkers ofMadison, Minn., and Emil Bunkers of Dell Rapids, S.D.; two sisters: Mrs. Joseph Bachman of Granville and Edmunda Bunkers of Des Moines; also 21 grandchildren.

Mrs. Graff was a member of the Christian Mothers Society of the Catholic Church and was a woman held in the highest esteem by all.

(This obituary appeared in the Granville area newspaper, September 1941.)

Died:
Stomach cancer

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• Reference Number: 7022
• Birth_Poss: Abt 1834, Luxembourg

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Theodore — Mary Treinen. Mary was born 15 Dec 1833, Luxembourg; died 27 Aug 1887. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Graff
• Reference Number: 7023

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• Reference Number: 1616
• Funeral: 18 Feb 1924, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa

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Henry married Barbara Simmerl 20 Jul 1875, Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. Barbara (daughter of Susanna Simmerl) was born 30 Dec 1856, Oberfeulen, , , Luxembourg; died 4 Feb 1943, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; was buried 8 Feb 1943, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Zimmer
• Name: Bunkers
• Reference Number: 1617
• Immigration: 4 May 1866
• Immigration: 4 May 1866

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Barbara (Simmerl) Bunkers

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Immigration:
Ship - William Penn, From London to New York arrived on 04 May 1866

(Nicholas Schwebach was on the same ship)

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Immigration:
Ship - William Penn, From London to New York arrived on 04 May 1866

(Nicholas Schwebach was on the same ship)

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Died:
||. She died in Granville, IA per letter recevied from Ray Bunkers on 03 July 1998.

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Married:
(Date is 10 July 1875 per letter received from Suzanne Bunkers on 19 July 1996.)

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Barbara (Simmerl) and Henry Bunkers family