This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Graves, Ong, Miner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IKB.2ACE/1811 Message Board Post: Springfield Republican - December 24, 1918 - Springfield, MO The funeral of David R. Graves was held from the chapel of the Paxson Undertaking establishment yesterday morning followed by burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. The decedent was 82 years old and was one of the oldest residents in Springfield. He was an old soldier and John Matthews post No 69, G. A. R. furnished an escort and conducted the burial services. Additional biographical info: David R. Graves b. September 27, 1835 Martinsburg, Lewis Co, NY (father: Philander Graves; mother: Harriet Minerva Miner) m. Susan L. Ong September 20, 1860 La Salle Co, IL d. December 06, 1918 Springfield, Greene Co, MO (victim of the influenza epidemic) Buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Springfield MO; section: BL 19, lot 16, GR 10.