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William Alan Grawburg

Birth	:	30 Apr 1919 Pierson, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 Oct 1998 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7496986, -95.5796967
Description	:	Cherokee Chronicle: Oct. 19, 1998: page 6 William A. Grawburg, 79, Cherokee, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 1998, in the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital, Cherokee, following a lengthy illness. Services will be held today, Oct. 19, at 10:30 a.m. in the Greenwood Funeral Home, Cherokee. Rev. Ray Kruger and Rev. Timothy Schott will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Visitation was held Saturday and Sunday in the Greenwood Funeral Home. Memorials are requested for the Cherokee Public Library. He was born April 30,1919, at Pierson to Bert and Marcia Cobb Grawburg. He moved to Cherokee with his family... Read More	Cherokee Chronicle: Oct. 19, 1998: page 6 William A. Grawburg, 79, Cherokee, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 1998, in the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital, Cherokee, following a lengthy illness. Services will be held today, Oct. 19, at 10:30 a.m. in the Greenwood Funeral Home, Cherokee. Rev. Ray Kruger and Rev. Timothy Schott will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Visitation was held Saturday and Sunday in the Greenwood Funeral Home. Memorials are requested for the Cherokee Public Library. He was born April 30,1919, at Pierson to Bert and Marcia Cobb Grawburg. He moved to Cherokee with his family in 1935, and graduated from Wilson High School in 1936. He later attended Cherokee Junior College and then the United States Academy in Annapolis for two years. As a naval officer, he taught in the Officers Training at Cornell University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. On Nov. 7,1942, he married Melba Lynch at Ithaca, N.Y. Following the war, they returned to Cherokee to make their years. He was active in the community as first president of the Cherokee Flying Club, enjoyed community theater and directed many plays. Survivors include: his wife; three daughters, Alana Aarsen, Wichita, Kan.; Niann Cooper, Long Beach, Miss.; and Enola Peters and her husband, Joe, of Sioux City; eight grandchildren; three great-grandsons; and one sister-in-law, M. J. Grawburg, Cherokee. He was preceded in death by: his brother, Bob, on Dec. 31,1997; his parents; and two sons-in-law, Bill Cooper and Johannes Aarsen.

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William Alan Grawburg death on 15 Oct 1998 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7496986
Longitude: -95.5796967

Family Members:

Parent

Bert R. Grawburg

(1893 - 1970)

Marcia Cobb Grawburg

(1893 - 1979)

Spouse

Melba Lynch Grawburg

(1920 - 2004)

Siblings

Robert Ray Grawburg

(1922 - 1997)

Children

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