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Elizabeth Marie “Betty” Purpur Graves

Birth	:	3 Jan 1908 Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
Death	:	19 Jul 2002 Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, Burleigh County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.8372002, -100.7703018
Description	:	Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Graves, 94, Bismarck, died July 19, 2002, in a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Steve Sathre officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Boelter-Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Elizabeth "Betty" Purpur was born Jan. 3, 1908, in Grand Forks, N.D., the daughter of Philip and Carrie (Lippert) Purpur. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and at the age of... Read More	Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Graves, 94, Bismarck, died July 19, 2002, in a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Steve Sathre officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Boelter-Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Elizabeth "Betty" Purpur was born Jan. 3, 1908, in Grand Forks, N.D., the daughter of Philip and Carrie (Lippert) Purpur. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and at the age of 16, she moved to Mandan where she worked as a waitress for her uncle, John Lippert, at the Lewis and Clark Cafe and Model Cafe, which John owned. On Sept. 22, 1927, Betty married Charles "Dutch" Graves in Moorhead, Minn. They lived in Bismarck for most of their married life except for two years at Fort Lewis, Wash., where Dutch was stationed during World War II. Dutch died on Sept. 8, 1967. Betty also worked at Sweetheart Bakery, Agsco, JC Penney Co., and was a Stanley dealer. Betty was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Trinity's Circle 2, and the VFW and American Legion auxiliaries. She volunteered at the Senior Center, and especially loved its workday and working in the gift shop. She was a recipient of the "Ma Werner" Award on Feb. 14, 1995, at the Center. She had over 14,500 volunteer hours through the RSVP and the Medcenter One Volunteer Programs. She enjoyed crocheting, reading, working on puzzles, going for walks, and was very involved in the Wachter Grade School PTA. She believed in working hard and seeing to it that the bills were paid. In her younger years, she worked 12-hour days, and earned $7 a week. She and Dutch used motorcycles as their means of transportation, which was all they had before the babies came. She loved raising her children and was proud when friends and neighbors commented on how well behaved the Graves girls were. Betty is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Neil Bourgois, Tucson, Ariz., Marlys and Darold Pfenning, Bismarck, and Ardith and Bill Holz, Bismarck; seven granddaughters, Leslie Moch, Debra Applegarth, Michelle Robinson, Tammy Streich, Cora Griffith, Lisa Schmidt and Elizabeth Holz; four grandsons, Charles Graves, Charles Bourgois, Duane Graves and Tracy Holz; 17 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; five sisters, Minnie Thrall, Fargo, Armilda Jeffrey, East Grand Forks, Minn., Helen Cross, Seattle, Florence Longmuir, Grand Forks, and Donna Solarz, Rosemont, Ill.; and one sister-in-law, Agnes Purpur, Seattle. Some special friends in her life were Les Linssen and his staff at Linssen's Hair Fashions. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; her son, Duane Kenneth Graves; her grandson, Stuart Pfenning; and her three brothers, John, Sigmund and Harry Purpur.

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Elizabeth Marie “Betty” Purpur Graves's memorial is located at: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, Burleigh County, USA.
When did Elizabeth Marie “Betty” Purpur Graves death?
Elizabeth Marie “Betty” Purpur Graves death on 19 Jul 2002 in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 46.8372002
Longitude: -100.7703018

Family Members:

Parent

Philip Purpur

(1874 - 1965)

Caroline “Carrie” Lippert Purpur

(1888 - 1977)

Spouse

Charles H Graves

(1905 - 1967)

Siblings

Minnie Kathryn Purpur Thrall

(1911 - 2007)

Armilda Philbina “Millie” Purpur Jeffrey

(1913 - 2006)

Helen Martha Purpur Cross

(1917 - 2005)

Florence Della Purpur Longmuir

(1920 - 2002)

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