GRAHAM, Jean Elizabeth (Weaver)
January 21, 1929 - May 3, 2015
Jean Elizabeth (Weaver) Graham of Airdrie, AB suddenly passed away May 3, 2015 at the age of 86. Jean Graham was born in Telkwa, B.C., Canada, January 21, 1929 to Alfred William Weaver and Elizabeth Jean (Wiseman) Weaver/Paulhus. Jean was predeceased by her parents, Brother William Weaver, and Husband of 56 years James Fredrick Graham. After her husband’s retirement from the RCAF they ran the ESSO bulk agency in Carbon. Jean was a masterful mother managing seven unruly children providing homemade bread, jams, wines, and baking to die for. Jean and her husband James were avid gardeners filling 6 town lots with all manner of vegetables. Her prowess with knitting needles and crocket hooks was unsurpassed, creating original designs for many people. When personal computers were in their infancy she was transcribing the town history book. Jean is survived by her seven children - Charles William Graham and wife Wendy (Weigel), children Ryan (3 great grandchildren - Hailey, Nathan, Alyssa), Tess, James (1 great grandchild Mina); Hilda Jean (Graham) Harsch and husband Terry, children Corie (great grandchild Sanez), Amberlie, Jileane; James Alfred Graham and wife Margaret (Myers), child Faith; Dawn Elizabeth (Graham) Hancock and husband Gordon, children Micah, Jessica; Robert Bruce Graham and Michelle (Lebsack), children Robert-James, Scott, Taliesin, Step Children Ryan Borson, Curtis Borson; David Frederick Graham and the late Barbara (Cunningham), child Steven; Duane Edward Graham, children Connor, Michelle. Also survived by her sister, Ruth (Weaver) Herman, and her brother, Robert Paulhus, wife Roxanne (Balint) Paulhus and sister-in-law Doreen (Etmanski) Weaver . Memorial Service will be held at Carbon, AB, at the Carbon town hall September 5 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be mailed to the Heart and Stroke Foundation Alberta, 200 119 - 14 St. NW, Calgary AB, T2N 1Z6.
