Memorial services for Charles Graham will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 at the Trenton Church of the Nazarene. Military rites will be held at the memorial service.
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There is no scheduled visitation. Whitaker-Eads Funeral Home of Trenton is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Graham, an 80-year-old resident of Trenton, died on Thursday evening, Nov. 25, 2010. The body was cremated.
Mr. Graham was born on Feb. 24, 1930 near Brimson in Grundy County, the son of John A. and Addie B. Griffith Graham. He attended schools around Brimson and on March 24, 1948 joined the United States Army. He served his country during the Korean War and received a Distinguished Unit Citation, the Korean Service Ribbon with five stars, the Occupational Medal of Japan, a Bronze Star and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. He was discharged on March 24, 1952 and returned to Trenton.
He was married in Trenton on July 5, 1952 to Donna Flo Allen. After their marriage they lived in Albuquerque, NM and Warsaw for a short time before returning to Trenton to make their home. Mr. Graham was first employed as a sheet metal worker before he and Jim Coffman started Tri-Way Electric Company, at which he worked at for 17 years before his retirement. He spent time hunting and fishing and his greatest love was his family and church.
He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene and a life member of the Joseph L. Norton VFW Post 919.
Survivors include his wife, Donna of the home; two sons; Rick Graham and his wife, Debbie, of Seattle, WA, and Jerry Graham and his wife, Gina, of Trenton; one daughter, Susan Moffitt and her husband, Howard, of Trenton; six grandchildren, Jenny (Brad) Long, Kayla (Troy) Wehar, Matthew (Gentry) Moffitt, Larissa (Simon) Helm and John and Katie Graham; and two great-grandchildren, Hayden Long and Addisyn Wehar.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Emmitt and Tom Graham.
The family suggests memorials to the Nazarene Church of Trenton.
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