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Avis L. <I>Bader</I> Graham

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Avis L. Bader Graham

Birth
Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana, USA
Death
13 Jan 1951 (aged 50)
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of John David and Elizabeth Belle (Thompson) Bader. Married Clinton K. Graham. Mother of Richard K., Charles M. and Dorothy.

Avis L. Bader was born March 12, 1901, in Williamsport, Indiana. She married Clinton Graham, Vice-President of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company.
As a child, Avis played the piano with the family band.
She was later a member of the Y.W.C.A. board of directors, Daughters of the Nile and Order of Eastern Star.
Avis died January 13, 1951, at Evansville, Indiana, and is buried there in Oakhill Cemetery.

! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).

MRS. A. L. GRAHAM DIES IN HOSPITAL
ILLNESS FATAL FOLLOWING OPERATION TO WIFE OF UTILITY EXECUTIVE
Mrs. Avis L. Graham, prominent Evansville clubwoman, died at 4 p.m. Thursday in Deaconess hospital. She was 49.
Mrs. Graham underwent major surgery at the hospital Monday. Pneumonia developed Wednesday and proved fatal.
She was the wife of Clinton K. Graham, vice-president and commercial manager of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric company.
A resident of 909 East Blackford avenue, she was a past president of the Opti-Mrs. club and Stanley Hall Parent-Teacher Association, and a member of the Y.W.C.A. board of directors, Daughters of the Nile, Robert Morris chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and Trinity Methodist Church.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a daughter, Mrs. H. A. Karch, of Oak Park, Ill; two sons, Richard K. and Charles M. Graham, both of Evansville; one grandson; mother, Mrs. Belle Bader, of Springfield, O., five brothers, William G., Lewis, Russell and P.H. Bader, of Springfield, and John R. Bader, Detroit, Mich. and two sisters, Mrs. James R. Fennessey and Mrs. Glen Leichner, both of Springfield.
The body is at the Robert Greek mortuary, where friends may call after 3 p.m. today.
Funeral services will be held at the Robert Greek chapel at 10 a.m. Monday, Rev. Frank A. Hamilton, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

! (Copied from the Evansville Courier, Evansville, IN).
Daughter of John David and Elizabeth Belle (Thompson) Bader. Married Clinton K. Graham. Mother of Richard K., Charles M. and Dorothy.

Avis L. Bader was born March 12, 1901, in Williamsport, Indiana. She married Clinton Graham, Vice-President of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company.
As a child, Avis played the piano with the family band.
She was later a member of the Y.W.C.A. board of directors, Daughters of the Nile and Order of Eastern Star.
Avis died January 13, 1951, at Evansville, Indiana, and is buried there in Oakhill Cemetery.

! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).

MRS. A. L. GRAHAM DIES IN HOSPITAL
ILLNESS FATAL FOLLOWING OPERATION TO WIFE OF UTILITY EXECUTIVE
Mrs. Avis L. Graham, prominent Evansville clubwoman, died at 4 p.m. Thursday in Deaconess hospital. She was 49.
Mrs. Graham underwent major surgery at the hospital Monday. Pneumonia developed Wednesday and proved fatal.
She was the wife of Clinton K. Graham, vice-president and commercial manager of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric company.
A resident of 909 East Blackford avenue, she was a past president of the Opti-Mrs. club and Stanley Hall Parent-Teacher Association, and a member of the Y.W.C.A. board of directors, Daughters of the Nile, Robert Morris chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and Trinity Methodist Church.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a daughter, Mrs. H. A. Karch, of Oak Park, Ill; two sons, Richard K. and Charles M. Graham, both of Evansville; one grandson; mother, Mrs. Belle Bader, of Springfield, O., five brothers, William G., Lewis, Russell and P.H. Bader, of Springfield, and John R. Bader, Detroit, Mich. and two sisters, Mrs. James R. Fennessey and Mrs. Glen Leichner, both of Springfield.
The body is at the Robert Greek mortuary, where friends may call after 3 p.m. today.
Funeral services will be held at the Robert Greek chapel at 10 a.m. Monday, Rev. Frank A. Hamilton, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

! (Copied from the Evansville Courier, Evansville, IN).


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  • Created by: Robert
  • Added: Oct 11, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5838649/avis_l-graham: accessed ), memorial page for Avis L. Bader Graham (12 Mar 1900–13 Jan 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5838649, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Robert (contributor 46505507).