A Life Remembered . . . |
| William
Creigh Graham January 17,
1914 - August 21, 2004
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William Creigh Graham, 90
Formerly of Cecelia Street, Butler, died Saturday, August 21, 2004 at
11:20 a.m. in the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
Born January 17, 1914 in Butler, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Harry
L. Graham and Julia Creigh.
Mr. Graham graduated from Butler High School in January of 1932. He
attended Washington and Jefferson College receiving an arts of the
bachelor degree in 1936 and his masters in 1940. He belonged to the
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.
Mr. Graham was a Social Studies teacher at Butler High School from
1936 to 1942. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946,
the U. S. Army Reserve from 1946 to 1968 and retiring as Lt. Colonel,
Medical Service Corps. He was coordinator, rehabilitation medicine
service and hospital community relations officer at the Veterans
Administration Hospital, Butler, from 1946 to 1978. He was a certified
member of American Association of Medicine Rehabilitation Directors
and Coordinators, member of American Society for Hospital Public
Relations Officers (American Hospital Assoc), served as member of the
Vestry and as Senior Warden of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Mr.
Graham was a former member of the Diocesan Council Episcopal Diocese
of Pittsburgh and was awarded the Butler Jaycees "Senior Man of the
Year" designation for 1970.
Civic Affiliations:
Past president, Christopher Gist Chapter, Sons of the American
Revolution
Past president, Kiwanis Club of Butler
Former member of YMCA board of directors
Boy Scouts of America from 1926 to present, member of executive board,
Moraine Trails Council; Eagle Scout; Vigil Honor; Order of the Arrow;
Silver Beaver Award; St. George Award; Camp Director
Member of the Frederick O. Blankenship Post #117 American Legion
Former member board of directors of the United Way of Butler County;
Chairman of the Public Employees Division.
Demolay:
Chapter Advisor, Lorraine Chapter, Butler, 1952-1978
Honorary Legion of Honor
Pennsylvania Advisor of the Year 1962
District Deputy, District 12, Member Advisory Council Lorraine
Chapter, Butler, 1952-present
Masonic Record:
Past Master Butler Lodge #272 F. & A.M.
Past Presiding Officer:
Butler Royal Arch Chapter #273
Butler Council #61 R. & S.M.
Lorraine Commander #87 Knights Templar
Northwestern PA Past Commanders and Line Officers Association
Council of Anointed Kings
St. John's Conclave Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine (Erie)
Gateway to the West Council Knight Masons of the USA (Pittsburgh)
Transfiguration Tabernacle XXIX Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests
(Pittsburgh)
Peninsula Council #87, Allied Masonic Degree (Erie)
Past Grand Commander, Grand Commandery Knights Templar of PA 1978
Pennsylvania College Societas Rosac in Civitatibus Foederatis
(Philadelphia)
Other Masonic Activities:
Secretary, Masonic Association of Butler (Masonic Temple Directors)
Member Syria Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.
Member Butler Caravan no. 14, A.A.O.N.M.S.
Member Butler Shrine Luncheon Club
Member Keystone Priory Knights of the York Cross of Honour
(Pittsburgh)
Member Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valleys of New Castle and
Pittsburgh Coronted a 33 degree Scottish Rite Mason and Honorary
Member of the Supreme Council
Warrant Member Golden Triangle York Rite College No. 32 (Pittsburgh)
Awarded the Order of the Purple Cross and Associate Regent of York
Rite Sovereign College of North America
Member Correspondence Circle (Pennsylvania) Quatuor Coronati Lodge
#2067 (London)
Grand Steward, Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1965
Junior Grand Deacon Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1966
Member Royal Order of Scotland
Member Mark Lodge #401, Pittsburgh
Grand Lodge 50-year pin 1995
Mr. Graham is survived by a second cousin, Mrs. Sally Cross of Cabot,
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Graham is preceded in death by one brother, Harry L. Graham, Jr.
Friends will be received at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc.,
124 East North Street, Butler, PA, on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 from
7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, August 26, 2004 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc.,
Friday, August 27, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. with the chaplain of the VA
Medical Center, Henry B. Hall officiating. Interment will follow in
North Side Cemetery.
Contributions may be sent to St. Peter's Episcopal Church Endowment
Fund, 215 East Jefferson Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 or to the
Boy Scouts of America, Moraine Trails Council Endowment Fund, 830
Morton Avenue Ext., Butler, Pennsylvania 16001.
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