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Show I 1 Mrs. Henry Graff Killed By Falling Tree Limb Children Nearby Witness Tragic Accident; None of Them Were Hurt Mrs. Josephine Tobler Graff, 51, wife of Bp. Henry Graff of Santa Clara, died instantly about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, a victim of the terrific storm that plunged western Washington county into disaster. Mrs. Graff was wheeling her year-old granddaughter in a baby carriage up the street from her home when she stopped to lean over the front of the carriage car-riage to protect the child's face from an avalanche of dust and as she arose was struck on the head by a falling limb and her neck broken. The event was witnessed wit-nessed by children nearby, none of whom were hurt. Josephine Tobler Graff was born in Santa Clara, January 31, 1888, a daughter of Jacob and Rosa Reber Tobler, receiving her education in- the public schools there and later attending the B.A.C. at Cedar City. She was married June 23, 1909, in the St. George Temple to Henry Graff, a childhood companion, and to them were born eight children, seven of whom survive, the oldest, old-est, a daughter, having died on August 6, 27 years ago. Those surviving besides her husband are: Mrs. Wanda Frei, Marvin, Verle, Marian, Glendon and Elaine, all of Santa Clara, and Mrs. Beulah Simmons of St. George and one grandchild, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Landon Frei. Funeral Services Funeral services were held in the St. George south ward chapel at 4 p.m. Tuesday on account of storm wreckage to chapel windows win-dows in Santa Clara also to accommodate ac-commodate the many friends and relatives in all parts of the county. Ernest Reber, counselor to Bishop Graff, conducted the program, with Seth Harper at the console of the pipe organ. Musical numbers included a vocal duet, "Teach Me To Pray" by Mr. and Mrs. Pratt Miles, ac-( ac-( Continued on page ten) Mrs. Henry Graff (Continued from first page) companied by Mrs. Vern Cannon; Can-non; organ solo, "Going Home", by Seth Harper; cornet solo. "The Holy City" by Earl J. Bleak, accompanied by Mrs. Bleak; vocal duet, "Whispering Hope", Mrs. Mamie Paxman and Mrs. Viola Gentry, with Mrs. Nemmie Pearce at the piano; violin solo, Mrs. Irene Everett, and vocal trio, Mrs. Vivian Frei, Mrs. Preston Hafen and Mrs. Glenna Hafen of Santa Clara. Speakers were Edward R. Frei, Dr. W. J. Reichmann; F. J. Bowler, Bow-ler, of Gunlock; Bp. A. K. Hafen, Mrs. Emil Gubler, of Santa Clara; ' Mrs. William Brooks and Pres. W. O. Bentley. All paid tribute to the excellent life of Mrs. Graff, both in her home and in her community, com-munity, where she has served the past seven years as a counselor in the ward relief society presidency, presi-dency, and has worked in other church organizations. All had been intimately associated with both Mr. and Mrs. Graff and their lives were exemplified in tribute, poem, song, personal history, and especially by Arthur K. Hafen in the retold "Story of a Mother", by Mrs. Emil Gubler, who is ward relief society secretary, in a personal per-sonal tribute of original verse, and by Mrs. .William Brooks, stake relief society president, who read from the Bible the provertr on "The Virtuous Wife". Frequent Fre-quent references were made to her sweet voice, of which she has given freely in church and community com-munity singing since she was a small girl; of her tenderness in caring for her brothers and sisters, sis-ters, her mother having died when she was 12 years of age, and of her unobtrusiveness, errands of mercy as wife of the Bishop and her devotion to her husband and family. The chapel and recreation hall adjoining were crowded to capacity capa-city by friends and relatives coming from all parts of the county, and the entire force of county officials, with whom Mr. Graff is associated as county assessor, as-sessor, attended in a body. There were numerous floral tributes. Prayers were by Jacob Frei and Harmon Hafen of Santa Clara. Following the services, the body was taken to the . Santa Clara cemetery for burial. |