Bette L. Graham, 90, died Jan. 3, 2011, at her residence following an extended illness.
Born in Ft. Worth, Texas on July 14, 1921, she lived her early years in Middletown, Ohio and attended the Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky.
She married Richard Snowden Lanahan in 1941, moving to Pittsburgh, Pa., where she raised her family.
Following his death in 1978, she relocated to Vero Beach where she met and married Walter Howard Graham who predeceased her in 2010, at the age of 99.
She is survived by her four children: Deborah L. Newman, of Scottsdale, Ariz., Richard S. Lanahan, Jr. of Vero Beach, Bruce G. Lanahan, of Dallas, Texas, and Patricia L. Denvir, of Orlando; and eleven grandchildren, four great grand- children, three brothers and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960 in memory of Mrs. Graham.
Family services will be private.
An online guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
