Chester Arthur Graham, 91, died Dec. 30, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson.
He was born March 31, 1916, in Schenectady, N.Y., the son of Chester Arthur Graham Sr., and Violet Pearl Myers Graham Ballard. A resident of Hutchinson since 1936, he was a machinist with Cessna for 37 years, retiring in 1978.
He was a former member of the Hutchinson Metal Detecting Club. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
On March 29, 1941, he married Wilma Jean Lasure in Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: two sons, Robert, Sultan, Wash., and Kenneth and wife, Brenda, Hutchinson; a sister, Janine Owens and husband, Dick, Hutchinson; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Kenny Graham presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m., at the mortuary. Burial will be in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to Good Samaritan Village, Mitchell United Methodist Chapel or Windom Church of Christ, all in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.