Graef Historical Group

On Sunday afternoon, November 1, we're taking a family tour of three old country cemeteries in Poweshiek and Keokuk counties, where several of our Fisch, Rickey and Irons ancestors are buried. The plan 1:30–2:15 PM: Dresden Cemetery , south of Deep River 2:25–3:10 PM: Sixteen Cemetery , near Thornburg 3:30–4:15 PM: Sorden Cemetery , near Webster Who we'll visit Dresden: Michael Fisch (1831–1910) and Anna Maria Eva (Lang) Fisch (1830–1917) , parents of Christie Anna Fisch Irons. Sixteen: William Calvert Rickey (1868–1956) and Ida (Shepherd) Rickey (1875–1960) , parents of Lorin Rickey, and their son Kenneth Harvey Rickey (1913–1917). Sorden: John Irons (1810–1903) and Margaret (Powell) Irons (1813–1900) ; their son Charles Irons (1839–1905) , Civil War veteran, Co. H, 33rd Iowa Infantry; and granddaughters Velda May Irons (1904–1917) and Verna Ione Irons (1906–1966) . Good to know: Clocks fall back that morning, and sunset is around 5 PM. Some roads may be grav...

The Graef family legacy digital scrapbook (PDF) is available here: Graef family legacy digital scrapbook

Irons Rickey Families Genealogy Pedigree Chart courtesy of GRAEF-ANCESTRY

 Fred & Jean Graef..May 1947 at St. Wencelaus Church for confirmation of their childred.. Beverly, Bette, Robert Graef

From: Robert Graef Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:57 AM Subject: Remembering Virgil Bixby on D-Day June 6 Remembering those We Love Virgil Henry Bixby died in the invasion of Normandy Phyllis and Virgil Bixby married days before Virgil left for combat in France This is their wedding photo D-Day The US Army remembers June 6, 1944: D-Day in Normandy, France. Video, audio, photos, posters, and maps tell the story. www.army.mil/ d - day Virgil Died in the assault on Normandy WW 2 http://picasaweb.google.com/robertgraef/PhyllisRickeyBixbyBradleyAndWilliamFord # --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -----~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Subject: Re: Happy Easter Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 7:23 AM Hi Bob,   I'm in Seoul Korea this week.   I'm here for work, trying to get some business.   Busy, crowded, productive, friendly, social -- that's how I describe this city.   Nice to visit, but I miss seeing parks or trees.   It's amazing how Seoul grew so much in the last 50 years.  This place was leveled after the Korean war, and it grew from ~600,000 during the war to over 10 million today.    Take care.  Mike From: Bob Family To: Michael Eberhardt  Cc: Andrea Eberhardt Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 5:20:01 PM Subject: Re: Happy Easter Mike & Family Thanks for Easter Videos...  I attended   Easter Sunrise Services in Montrose, Iowa April 12, 2009.. Truely a memorable experience for Bob  who enjoyed the forgiveness and rebirth themes of service..  Speaker told  A tale of for...

Thursday, October 30, 2008 Halloween stickers from Lia Burris Lia You are a gem.. Thanks so much for the Halloween e-mail and sticker/seals.. Hand writing "Loretta Graef" on envelope was like my Dad's and pretty much like mine is today ! amazing .. Lia , Thanks , for finding and sending this.. Best wishes to you and your family, Halloween Oct 2008 From the laptop of your cousin Bob Graef -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Tyrone & Lia Burris To: Robert Graef Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 7:46 AM Subject: stickers from Lia I guess it really is not a tradition but just a natural thing that Aunts give nieces stickers. Or the way they use to call them they are seals. Then they get passed down sometimes. I thought you might get a Kick out of this set I found this morning and saw the name on the envelope. I scanned it in for you. Sometimes this information is interesting because you find tha...