Kathryn J. Graham

Kathryn J. Graham

kathryn graham

March 12, 1936 ~ November 3, 2012

SERVICES: FUNERAL: Will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with the Rev. Ancel Harden officiating. VISITATION: Will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. BURIAL: Will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Kathryn J. Graham, 76, of 7th Street, died at 11:34 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Care Facility. She was born in Elizabethtown, March 12, 1936, the daughter of the late Curtis Elmer and Etta Marie Derringer Purdue. She married Orville E. Graham on June 28, 1957. Kathryn enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, especially playing cards with her family, and playing video games with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed going to the casino. Kathryn is survived by her son, Curtis (Debbie) Graham of Columbus; daughters, Mary (Darrel) Withers of Columbus, and Brenda Perry of Columbus; grandchildren, Debbie, Rick, Tammy and Annetta Perry and Kris Withers; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Kathryn was preceded in death by her husband, Orville, on April 7, 2004; Curtis Elmer Perry; her mother, Etta Marie Derringer Purdue Foster; her step-father, Charles Foster; four great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Richard Perry.

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kathryn graham

March 12, 1936 ~ November 3, 2012

SERVICES: FUNERAL: Will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with the Rev. Ancel Harden officiating. VISITATION: Will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. BURIAL: Will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Kathryn J. Graham, 76, of 7th Street, died at 11:34 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Care Facility. She was born in Elizabethtown, March 12, 1936, the daughter of the late Curtis Elmer and Etta Marie Derringer Purdue. She married Orville E. Graham on June 28, 1957. Kathryn enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, especially playing cards with her family, and playing video games with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed going to the casino. Kathryn is survived by her son, Curtis (Debbie) Graham of Columbus; daughters, Mary (Darrel) Withers of Columbus, and Brenda Perry of Columbus; grandchildren, Debbie, Rick, Tammy and Annetta Perry and Kris Withers; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Kathryn was preceded in death by her husband, Orville, on April 7, 2004; Curtis Elmer Perry; her mother, Etta Marie Derringer Purdue Foster; her step-father, Charles Foster; four great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Richard Perry.

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