Larry Everett Graf

Larry Everett Graf, 65, of Lockridge, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington.

Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Bettyanna Bremer officiating. Burial will be in the Lockridge Cemetery.

Memorials have been established to Great River Hospice House and American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonpowell.com.

The son of Otto F. and Marjorie E. Blucher Graf, Larry Everett was born Oct. 3, 1942, in Fairfield. He was a 1960 graduate of Fairfield High School, attended Parsons College, and spent most of his life in the Lockridge and Rome area. After college Larry became an iron worker. In 1972, he founded Hawkeye Erection Company, which still operates today.

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