CHARLENE GRAHAM
(nee SALLER)

DOB: November 6, 1926
Illinois, USA

DOD: August 24, 1972
Beecher, IL USA

Daughter of Herbert C. and Dorothy (Bahlman) Saller

Sister to: William T. (Rosemary Teske), Herbert F. (Melrose J. Rhode) Saller

Wife of Arthur Graham, married November, 1945.

Mother to: Susan Kay (Ronald L. Clausing), Charles Arthur Graham (Susan unknown), Nancy (Jack Fenske) Graham

November 22, 1945          “POPULAR COUPLE WED IN CHICAGO”

Miss Charlene Saller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Saller, and Mr. Arthur Graham, son of W.S. Graham, were united in marriage, Saturday afternoon, in a ceremony performed by Dr. Williamson, former pastor at Chicago Heights and of the Beecher Community Church, at the residence of the pastor in Chicago.
The bride was attired in gray with black accessories and carried a bouquet of mums and pom poms. The couple were attended by Miss Shirley Cooper, roommate of the bride, and Mr. Richard Hiatt.
Mr. Graham operates the Graham Service Station on the Dixie Highway, and his bride, a former student at the U. of Illinois, is at present employed in Chicago.

CHARLENE GRAHAM DIES;

FUNERAL HELD SATURDAY

Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs.Charlene Marilyn Graham, 602 Orchard Lane, who died Thursday, Aug. 24, in her home.

Services were held in the Hack Funeral Home, Beecher, and burial was in the Beecher Mausoleum. Mrs. Graham was born November 26, 1926, in Chicago Heights. She lived in the area all her life. She was a bookkeeper for the Bahlman Oil Company of Beecher.

Mrs. Graham is survived by her husband, Arthur; her mother Mrs. Dorothy Saller of Beecher; two daughters, Mrs. Ronald Clausing of Benton and Nancy who lives at home; a son, Charles of Beecher; two brothers, William of Beecher and Herbert of Crete, and three grandchildren.

Charlene’s family members also resting in the mausoleum are:

Husband: Arthur Graham
Daughter: Nancy (Graham) Fenske
Father & Mother: Herbert C. Saller & Dorothy (Bahlman) Saller
Grandparents: Charles H. Bahlman & Sophia M. (Schweer) Bahlman
Great Uncle & Aunt: Henry F. Bahlman & Emma (Wehmhoefer) Bahlman
Great Uncle & Aunt: John H. Bahlmann & Anna L. (Wehrmann) Bahlmann
Great Aunt: Lena C. Bahlman
Great Uncle: William F. Bahlmann
Cousins 1x removed: Lillian (Bahlman) Wegert & Henry H. Wegert
Cousins 1x removed: Lora (Bahlman) Hinze & Arthur A. Hinze
Cousins 1x removed” Marguerite (Toleson) Bahlman & Henry W. Bahlman DDS
Cousin 1x removed: Carolyn M. Bahlman
Cousin 1x removed: Donald W. Bahlman
Cousins 1x removed: Ferne (Bahlman) Hildeman & William R. Hildeman

Other more distant family includes: Batterman, Bergmeier, Beseke, Bielfeldt, Bohl, Cloidt, Dunlap, Engleking,  Fick, Freerking, Frobose, Guritz, Hack, Hager, Haltenhof , Heine, Heldt, Hoffman, Hoppensteadt, Horn, Hunte, Kaczynski, Kappe, Kilborn,  Kirchhoff,  Klocksieben, Koch, Langreder, Leder, Maass, Matthias, Mc Carty, Meyer, Monk, Ohlendorf, Pansa, Peters, Pralle, Riley, Ristenpart, Rohe, Rust, Selk, Struve, Thielman, Vagt, Von Engeln, Wehmhoefer, Wiechen, Wilkening,