Graves - Warren
WARREN GRAVES
Source: obituary in a scrapbook from a collection of Fauniel Hershberger's typed by Walt W Note: died 2-22-1960
HILLSBORO — Warren M. Graves, 75-year-old retired farmer, died at his home near here at 2:30 p. m. Monday. He had been in declining health for more than a year. Born at Ladoga May 15, 1884, he was a son of Martin C. and Permelia Mount Groves. He attended Wingate High School and the Crawfordsville Business College. He was married to Mary Frazier of Hillsboro Aug. 24, 1904, at Covington, and their entire married life was spent on the farm where Mr. Graves died. He was a member of the Hillsboro Christian Church, a past master of F&AM Lodge 385 and past worthy patron of Fern Chapter OES, a charter member of the Cain Township Farm Bureau, and was serving as Fountain County Farm Bureau chairman when the national cornhusking contest was held at Newtown in 1935. Mr. Graves was the oldest of a family of four brothers and a sister, and he was the last survivor. Predeceasing him were Mrs. Lulu Alexander of California and Ward of Terre Haute, Dr. Fred W. of Albany, N. Y., and Jess of Waynetown. Also preceding him in death was a daughter, Miss Marie Graves, in 1934. Surviving him are the widow and a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Warren of Waynetown. Funeral rites are set for 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Crumley Funeral Home here, with Rev. Homer Cole officiating and burial in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p. m. Tuesday.