Daughter of Peter Netcher (who emigrated from Hessen, Germany) and Anna Celia Schuster (who emigrated from Wirtemberg, Germany);

Granddaughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Netcher (both of Germany) and of Jacobi Schuster and Anna Barbara Brand Schuster (both of Germany);

Sister of Henry Netcher (Wife, Helena "Lena" Bissell Netcher), Augustus Netcher (did not marry), Barbara D. Netcher (Mrs. Eugene Ferdinand Keller), Charles Netcher (did not marry) and Rosa Netcher (Mrs. Michael J. Dwyer);

Wife of Henry Christian Graf, whom she married November 24, 1885 in Sauk County, Wisconsin;

Mother of Leo Edward Graf (1st Wife, Belle Brenner Graf, 2nd Wife, Alice Bessie Brandt Graf, 3rd Wife, Marjorie E. Kotek Graf), Pearl A. Graf (Mrs. William George Board), Marion E. Graf (Mrs. Harry Snyder), Laura Margaret Graf (Mrs. Carl Hobson Wallace), Lucille Catherine Graf (Mrs. Michael Danko Debrey) and LeRoy August Graf (Wife, Hazel June Greenwood Graf).

"Lizzie" Graf was the Grandmother of 14 grandchildren; she was a Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Granddaughter, Niece, Cousin, Aunt and Friend to many; she was a deeply religious woman and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Netcher Graf died, after a lengthy illness, on December 18, 1930. She is buried in the Graf and Netcher Family Lot in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, alongside her Husband, many of her children, her parents and some of her siblings.

Elizabeth is lovingly remembered by all of the families and friends who knew her and by those who know of her.


BIO:

ELIZABETH NETCHER was born in Greenfield, Sauk County; she married Henry Graf, a carpenter, in 1885 when she was 22 and he was 24. The previous year her sister, Barbara Netcher, had met and married Eugene Keller, also a carpenter. The Keller family owned the neighboring farm to the Graf's in Sumpter, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Soon after their marriage, Elizabeth and Henry moved to Baraboo, near Sumpter, where they would spend the rest of their lives. Their six children were all born in the house at 420 Maxwell Street that Henry built for Elizabeth and their family in 1886. Henry also designed and built much of the furniture in their home.

Elizabeth was an expert seamstress and, as many women of the day also did, sewed most of her childrens' clothing. She loved music and they had a piano in the front parlor where her daughters practiced their lessons. That same piano remains a part of the family today, belonging to the children and grandchildren of youngest daughter Lucille Graf Debrey.

Henry and his brother-in-law, Augustus Netcher, owned "Graf and Netcher Carpenters & Builders" in Baraboo until 1900 when Augustus died. They built many of the houses in and around Sauk County; Henry and his eldest son, Leo, built Leo's house together, and Leo then joined the family business.

Elizabeth and Henry's youngest son LeRoy brought his bride Hazel to live in the family home and they too raised their daughters in "The House that Henry Built".

*The house still stands today and the current owners have just completed restoring it to its original appearance.



OBITUARY
..from THE BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC,
16 December 1930

Mrs. Graf Dies
After Illness
of 8 Months

Mrs. Elizabeth Netcher Graf,
wife of Henry C. Graf, passed away
at her home at 420 Maxwell Street
about six-thirty o'clock this morn-
ing. Mrs. Graf had been ailing for
a number of years and since last
April had been confined to her bed.
The deceased was born in Green-
field, December 18, 1863, and had
resided in this vicinity all of her
life, having lived in Baraboo for
the past 40 years.
Mrs. Graf is survived by her hus-
band and six children; two sons,
Leo and Roy of Baraboo; and four
Daughters, Mrs. William Board,
Adams, Mrs. Harry Snyder, Atchison,
Kansas, Mrs. Carl Wallace, Tucson,
Arizona, and Mrs. Michael Debrey,
Burlington, Iowa. She also leaves
a brother, Henry Netcher, and a
sister, Mrs. E.F. Keller, both of
Baraboo.
Funeral services will be announc-
ed later.



FUNERAL NOTICE:
..from THE BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC,
18 December 1930

Mrs.Graf Is
Buried Today

Funeral services for Mrs.
Elizabeth Netcher Graf, wife
of H.C. Graf, were held this
morning ar nine-thirty at the
St. Joseph's Church. The Rev.
Fr. E.C. O'Reilly officiated
and the church choir sang the
requiem mass.
The pallbearers were Leroy
Wickus, Joseph Conners, Robert
Keller, Charles Keller, Ronald
Goggin and Charles Dennis.
Those who attended the ser-
vices from out of the city were
Mr. and Mrs. William Board and
Family and Ronald Goggin of
Adams, Mrs. Harry Snyder of
Atchison, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Kerner, Frank Eschenbach,
And the Mesdames August and
William Derleth, all of Prairie
du Sac, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T.
Williams, Portage, Mrs. Richard
Heimlich, Merrimack, and Robert
Keller of Sauk City.
Interment was in the
St. Joseph's Cemetery.