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Merle Royce Grayson

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Birth	:	19 Oct 1916 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	26 Mar 1998 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4959564, -71.3165741
Description	:	CHEROKEE. Iowa — Merle R. Grayson, 81, of Cherokee, formerly of Larrabee, Iowa, died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital in Cherokee following a lengthy illness. Services will he at 2 p.m. Saturday, with a family prayer service at 1:45 p.m., at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with the Rev. Dean O. McPherson officiating. Burial will he in Cedar Cemetery at Larrabee. Visitation will he from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Mr. Grayson was born... Read More	CHEROKEE. Iowa — Merle R. Grayson, 81, of Cherokee, formerly of Larrabee, Iowa, died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital in Cherokee following a lengthy illness. Services will he at 2 p.m. Saturday, with a family prayer service at 1:45 p.m., at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with the Rev. Dean O. McPherson officiating. Burial will he in Cedar Cemetery at Larrabee. Visitation will he from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Mr. Grayson was born Oct. 19, 1916, in Cherokee County, Iowa, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Wilkie) Grayson. He graduated from Larrabee High School in 1935. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, stationed in Australia and New Guinea. He married Margaret Bravard on June 18, 1949, in Scranton, Iowa. The couple farmed near Larrabee until moving into Cherokee in 1982. Following his retirement, he drove cars for Holzhauer Motors in Cherokee. He was a member of Larrabee United Methodist Church and enjoyed playing cards. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Steve and his wife Julie of Luverne, Minn., Keith "Pete" of Cherokee and Craig of Mason City, Iowa; two daughters and their hus-bands, Rhonda and Jim Saxen of Cherokee and Mabeth and Dennis Kraft of Larrabee; seven grandchildren, Tammy Grause, Missy Allbaugh, Tracy and Tori Kraft, Kara Thompson, Stephanie Van Huevelen and Samantha Grayson; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Gladys Grayson of Cherokee; a sister-in-law, Sharon Bravard of Poplar, Mont.; and a brother-in-law, Tom Bravard of Cheyenne, Wyo. He was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, James Bravard. Sioux City Journal March 27, 1998

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Merle Royce Grayson death on 26 Mar 1998 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.4959564
Longitude: -71.3165741

Family Members:

Parent

Robert Grayson

(1882 - 1968)

Elizabeth Wilkie Grayson

(1889 - 1981)

Spouse

Margaret E. Bravard Grayson

(1924 - 2005)

Siblings

Gladys R Grayson

(1910 - 2002)

Children

(unknow - unknow)

Keith Merle “Pete” Grayson

(1951 - 2016)

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