Frances Laura Graves

1915 - 2005  (90 years)

• Name	Frances Laura Graves  [1]
  Birth	28 Mar 1915	Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	BA8E6E98852946B286A81900311C5BAD9084
  Death	20 Aug 2005	Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, USA   [3]
  Burial	Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, USA, Prairie Lawn Cemetery   [3]
  Person ID	I12675	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Frank Willet Graves,   b. 2 Jun 1877, Sublette Township, Lee County, Illinois, USA d. 17 Mar 1958, Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ida Belle Stemmons,   b. 20 Mar 1875, Golden City, Barton County, Missouri, USA d. 28 Mar 1977, Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, USA (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1912	Golden City, Barton County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F4565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Merle David Skinner,   b. 14 Jun 1901, Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, USA d. 4 Jan 1994, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1943	Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F4610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Mar 1915 - Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA Marriage - 6 Jun 1943 - Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA Death - 20 Aug 2005 - Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Frances Laura Graves Skinner was born March 28, 1915 at Coweta, Oklahoma and died August 20, 2005 at Peabody, Kansas at age 90. Her parents were Frank and Ida Stemmons Graves. She had a brother and a sister, Wilbur and Lucy. The family moved to Harvey County, Kansas when Frances was a child, and then to Whitewater where she graduated from high school in 1932. She graduated from Butler County Junior College and then Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia. She taught five years in country schools, Prairie Center in Marion County, then Hazel Dell in Harvey County and Brainerd in Butler County. Following that, she taught 20 years at Peabody Elementary School. She married Merle Skinner June 6, 1943 at her parents' home in Whitewater. They lived on the farm northeast of Peabody for most of their married life. They had three children. Frances was a longtime member of Peabody United Methodist Church and its Womens' Society of Christian Service and various other church circles. She was a member of Sorosis for 61 years. She had also been a member of the Up and Doing club northeast of Peabody in the 1940s and 1950s. She had beautiful handwriting. Frances enjoyed her flower and vegetable gardens, traveling, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In her childhood she was active in 4-H. The high point of that period was baking an angel food cake in a contest at the Kansas State Fair in 1930. She won a $13 prize. She enjoyed helping her great-grandchildren with their 4-H projects. In 2005, shortly before she died, she was recognized at the Marion County Fair as the oldest former 4-Her there. Frances and Merle celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June 1993. When she turned 90 there was a party for friends and family. Frances celebrated every turn of the season and loved showing her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren each new wonder of the natural world. For many years she made daily notations on her kitchen calendars and now those calendars are a cherished record of our lives. [3]

  
  

• Sources

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