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“Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts. It's pretty obvious that Mary Graham was a memorable person. She filled my life from an early age and I...Read More »
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1 of 9 | Posted by: Sam Pooley - Honolulu, HI
“Mary left many fond memories. Our last personal contact was a number of years ago, when she was still living in her home in Fort Wayne. though we...Read More »
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2 of 9 | Posted by: Cynthia Graham Norman - Littleton, CO
“One really inspiring and lovely moment I got to share with Mary Graham was while we were traveling in Morocco in 1987. We flew to a tiny town in a...Read More »
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3 of 9 | Posted by: Cecelia Gillespie - Laytonville, CA
“Sue,
It was my honor to be with your family for the service and visitation. Do not hesitate to call if I can help you in any other way.
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4 of 9 | Posted by: Kristin Ross - Fort Wayne, IN
“Miss Mary Graham was a veritable icon of South Side High School. She influenced countless teenagers who grew to be successful adults, including many...Read More »
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5 of 9 | Posted by: Nancee S. Lougheed - Fort Wayne, IN
“I have known Mary all of my life. Firstly, as a fellow church member at South Wayne Baptist Church. Secondly, as a student at South Side High School....Read More »
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6 of 9 | Posted by: George Bob Davis - Fort Wayne, IN
“Miss Graham was a rare and exeptional teacher. I treasure the memory of her.
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7 of 9 | Posted by: Marjorie Wick Gunkler - IN
“Miss Graham will remain a memory of a treasured,Hinspiring teacher
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8 of 9 | Posted by: Nancy Matlock Meyer - Fort Wayne, IN
“Mary was a joy to work for. We cleaned her house for several years and always had a positive day. She lit up a room when she entered. We learned so...Read More »
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9 of 9 | Posted by: Joyce and Dick Tutwiler - Avilla, IN
Mary Palmer Graham was born on February 28th, 1911 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Edwin J and Mary J Graham. EJ Graham was a manager at the General Electric small motors plant in Fort Wayne. Their family home was on Old Mill Road until EJ died in 1958 at which point Mary and her mother moved to Lincolnshire in Fort Wayne. Mary resided in Kingston Residence on the Winchester Road for the last five years of her life. She died peacefully there on August 27, 2011. Mary was oldest of three sisters. Florence Graham was born in 1914 but died in the influenza epidemic of 1919. Her younger sister, Phyllis Graham, was born in 1917 and lived until 2004. Mary graduated from South Side High School in 1929. She attended Western College in Oxford, Ohio and graduated from Northwestern University in 1933. She received a Masters in Counseling in the 1970s. She spent nearly her entire professional career at South Side High School, retiring after 35 years as a senior class advisor for 14 years. A generation of high school students has remained in touch with her throughout the balance of her life. Her parents were founding members of the South Wayne Baptist Church where Mary P Graham would become moderator in the 1990s. Mary P Graham was a regular patron of Hall's on Bluffton Road and the Gas House late into her 90s. She is survived by her nephew, Samuel Graham Pooley of Honolulu, Hawaii and her cousin, Sue Nation of Fort Wayne. Services will be held on Thursday, at 1 PM at D.O. McComb and Son's Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfield Avenue, with visitation one hour before the service. A scholarship fund in her name was created at South Side High School in the 1990's by Duncan Whitaker of Washington, D.C., on of her former students with the intention of encouraging students who would not otherwise go to college to get that opportunity. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Mary Graham Scholarship Fund may be made to the South Side High School Foundation, 3601 South Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46807; Kingston Residence, 7515 Winchester Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46819; or Donor's Choice. To sign the online guest book, go to www.mccombandsons.com.
