Veteran Information
Address: Redfield St.
Branch of Service: Branch of Service Unknown
Description
George J. Graham was born in New York in 1920. In Rye, his family lived at 37 Redfield St. and were members of the Church of the Resurrection. George was a Rye High School Graduate, Class of 1938. According to his high school yearbook, George Graham played football and baseball. He also participated in the Drivers’ Club, Finger Printing Club, and the Athletic Club. Outside of school, Graham took great part in the Church of the Resurrection; he was a member of the Dad’s Club, the Milton Engine and Hose Co. He also was a past president of the Rye Boating Association and a member of the Rye Fish and Game Club. He was married to Alice Kenny and had three daughters: Cecilia, Margaret and Marian. Graham proudly enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Mia Kacha
RHS 2021
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GEORGE J. GRAHAM
A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Resurrection for George J. Graham, 50, of 37 Redfield St., who died suddenly Monday in Mount Vernon. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Born Jan. 16, 1920, in New York City, son of the late Richard and Margaret Schneider Graham, Mr. Graham was employed by Ward Leonard Electric Co. in Mount Vernon. A parishioner of the Church of the Resurrection, he was a member of its Dad’s Club, the Milton Engine and Hose Co., was past commander of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 02; and past president of the Rye Boating Association.
He was also a member of the Westchester Power Squadron and the Rye Fish and Game Club and both a World War II and Korean War veteran.
He is survived by his wife, the former Alice Kenny; three daughters: Cecilia, Margaret and Marian, all of the home address; a sister, Mrs. Marie Visci of Rye; and a brother Richard, also of Rye.
THE RYE CHRONICLE Thursday, September 24 1970
