Willis Graber December 2, 1918 - February 16, 2004

Willis Graber, 85, of Wayland, died on Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at the Henry County Health Center.

      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, with Pastors Robert Hartzler and Roger Farmer officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the church, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established to the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Larry and his wife Violet Graber of Wayland, and Wendell and his wife Linda Graber of Story City; a foster daughter, Vickie and her husband Doug Paulsen of Eldridge; eight grandchildren; a brother, Raymond Graber of Mt. Pleasant; and five sisters, Rachel Wyse, Berniece Roth and Beulah Mae Swartzendruber, all of Wayland, and Lois Swartzendruber and Sara Lu Frederick, both of Wellman.

      He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Ronald Dean Graber in 1945; a daughter, Sharon Kay Graber in 1970; a sister, Welma Nelson; and two brothers, Clarence Graber and Virgil Graber.