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Obituary for Charles G. "Chip" Graham, Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. September 29, 1997.


Charles G. "Chip" Graham, 17, son of William and Cheryl Ann Swanson Graham, of 606 10th Dr., N.W.,New Philadelphia, died Friday evening, September 26, 1997, at Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh.

He was a senior at New Philadelphia High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, A-Team, Delphian Chorale and the Marching Quaker Band. He also was a member of the First United Methodist Church of New Philadelphi a and its teen choir.

He is also survived by a sister, Christie Graham, grandparents Hazel and Charles Swanson of Tappan Lake and Vera Crescio of New Philadelphia; aunt and uncles, Marjorie and Max Bixler of Bellefontaine and Aubrey and Betty Jo Gatewood of Frankling ton, La., and many great aunts and uncles.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mabel and Gorden Graham and Willena C. Swanson.

Services will begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the New Philadelphia High School gymnasium with the Revs. Dr. Jerry Paull, Don Perks, and Jonathan Butefa officiating. After the services a procession will follow the New Philadelphia Quaker Band to Eas t Street Cemetery for burial. The band parents will host a a reception after the committal at the First United Methodist Church Annex.

Visitation will be in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church today from 2-4 and from 6- p.m.

The Graham family requests memorials be made to the Chip Graham Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o New Philadelphia Quaker Foundation, 343 Ray Ave. N.W. New Philadelphia. The Linn Hert Geib Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.