Barbara J. Graham

SIOUX CITY -- Barbara J. Graham, 75, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at Touchstone Living Center following a brief illness.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Michael Erpelding officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service Sunday at the funeral home.

Barbara was born June 19, 1935, in Marcus, Iowa. She was in the first graduating class at Bishop Heelan High School.

On April 16, 1955, she married Paul E. Graham Jr. in Sioux City. He died Nov. 19, 2000 in Sioux City. Her employment in Sioux City began with Braniff Airlines, then at Toller Drug Store, C.W. Britton and retiring from Piper Jaffray.

Barbara enjoyed quilting, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church.

She is survived by four children, Helen Piester and her Ronney of Sioux City, Beth Stites and her husband, James of Fresno, Calif., Michael Graham and his wife, Kamina of Mesa, Ariz., and Timothy Graham of Sioux City; six grandchildren, Ronney (Erin) Piester Jr., Amy (Ian) Mossberg, Jenny (Shane) Miller, Kristy Ramsey, Delaney Graham and Madison Graham; and seven great-grandchildren, Noah and Lillian Mossberg, Avery Piester, Janelle Graham, Robert, Ryan and Adam Miller.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; her mother, Helen G. (Kendall) Delaney; her father, Leo Delaney; and a sister, Wilma "Billie" Delaney.