Lynn Graves Obituary
Lynn Charles Graves, 70, of Loveland, died May 15, 2009 at his home. Lynn was born January 25, 1939 in Bakersfield, CA to Lynn and Charlene (Campbell) Graves. He grew up in California with his two sisters, Patricia and Vicki. He attended school in Bakersfield, CA. Lynn married Carol Taylor in 1958 and they had two daughters, Lisa and Leslie.
They divorced in 1964. Lynn married Marilyn Elder in 1965 and they had one daughter, Margaret. They divorced in 1976. On July 12, 1986 he married Sondra Hale in Osceola, NY and welcomed Cindy and Dean into the family. Lynn and Sondra have been married for 23 years. As a young man Lynn worked for a gas station/mechanic shop and he liked to tell the story that he changed Walt Disney's tire once.
Later he worked as a systems designer in several companies including Coors, Rohr Aviation, and Kodak. Lynn retired in 1992. Lynn enjoyed traveling with his wife Sondra. They traveled to Korea to visit son Dean, Washington state to visit daughter Cindy, Hawaii with daughter Lisa and family, they took a European cruise with Sonnie's sister and husband, Jim and Judy Mucklow, traveled to Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, yearly trips to the Indy 500, many trips to visit family and friends within the US, and most recently a cruise to Alaska with daughter Margaret and family.
When Lynn was not traveling he enjoyed his car club and car club friends whom he met over 50 years ago. He met weekly with his friends from Kodak for lunch. He enjoyed playing cribbage, gourmet cooking, watching the stock market, and history. Lynn is survived by his wife Sondra Graves, four daughters, and one son; Lisa Geib and husband Matt of Kersey, Co, Cindy Taylor and husband Mike of Vancouver, Wa; Leslie Hallieb of Sacramento, CA; Dean Rath of Lakeland, FL; and Margaret Maze and husband Eric of Greeley, CO.
Lynn has 8 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Lynn is also survived by his two sisters, Patricia Wiens of Vista, CA and Vicki Bruce of Albion, CA. Viewing will be held at Kibby-Fishburn Funeral Home at 1102 Lincoln Avenue, Loveland on Tuesday May 19th from 4-7 p.m. The funeral services will be held at the King of Glory Lutheran Church at 2919 North Wilson Avenue, Loveland on Wednesday the 20th at 10:00 a.m.
The family invites you to join us for a luncheon that will be held following the service. Donations can be made to King Of Glory Lutheran Church or National Jewish Pulmonary Research.
