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OBITUARY GRATKE
Samuel David, 212 South Irving Heights, Irving. Survived by wife, Juliette
Gratke, Irving; sons, William Gratke, Irving, Phillip Gratke, Pennsylvania,
Stephen Gratke, Arlington; daughters, Mrs. Saretta Hicks, New York, Mrs Juilette
Kriehn, Dallas; brothers, Joe Gratke, Iowa, Paul Gratke, Wisconsin; sisters,
Hannah Blanchard, Iowa, Sarah Puffett, Iowa; twelve grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren. Services 3:00 p.m., Thursday, First Presbyterian Church,
Irving. Rev. Robin Moffat officiating. Interment Oak Grove. Pallbearers: Dale B.
Davis, J. J. Pearce, Asa Leger, Frank Knickerbocker, Dan Matkin, Neil English,
Dr. Barrett Thompson, Chet Gibbs, Howard Grubbs, Joe Ben Hunsaker. Honorary
pallbearers: Birgil Honor Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America. Memorials
may be made to Camping Fund of Circle Ten Council of Boy Scouts of America.
BEN F. BROWN FUNERAL HOME
The Dallas Morning News - May 17, 1972
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
Note: Obituaries incorrectly shows his middle name
as "David". It should be "Daniel" |
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OBITUARY SAMMUEL GRATKE
IRVING - Funeral services for Sammuel David Gratke, 79, of 212 South
Irving Heights Dr., who retired four years ago as a school teacher at
R. L.
Turner High School, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian
Church. Burial will be in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens.
Gratke died here Monday. A native o Strawberry Point, Iowa, Gratke had been an
Irving resident since 1947. An active volunteer worker in the Boy Scouts for 30
years, he was a Vigil Member of the Order of the Arrow, a member of the National
Association of Retired Persons and First Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Juliett, three sons and two daughters.
The Dallas Morning News - May 17, 1972
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams |