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John D. Graham

1943 - 2019

John D. Graham obituary, 1943-2019, Columbus, OH

BORN

1943

DIED

2019

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830 N Limestone Street

Springfield, Ohio

John Graham Obituary

Graham, John D.
John D. Graham, 76, of London, passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital on Sunday, November 24, 2019 following a brief illness. He was born in Sidney, Ohio on July 3, 1943 to the late Walter A. and Lola Estelle (Goshorn) Graham. John earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Bowling Green State University and doctorate in accounting from M.I.T. He retired as director of finance from D.F.A.S. (D.O.D.). He was a devoted and active member of Cypress Wesleyan Church, Galloway and a former member of Level Park Wesleyan Church, Battle Creek, MI. An avid outdoorsman, John enjoyed fishing, watching wildlife, gardening and beekeeping. John is survived by his wife of 53 years to whom he was deeply devoted, Dorothy S. "Dottie" (Woltmann) Graham; children, April (Jeff) Burnside of Galloway, John B. Graham of London and Patrick D. Graham of Dublin; sister, Dian Holland of South Charleston; and grandchildren, Alyssa Burnside, Kasie Graham and Jonathan DePriest. He was preceded in death by a sister Kathleen Jones. John's funeral service will be held at 11a.m. Saturday in Cypress Wesleyan Church, 377 Alton Darby Rd., Galloway, OH. The family will receive friends beginning at 10a.m. until the time of service. Burial will be in Ferncliff Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Brain Tumor Association (www.abta.org). The family is being served by the Littleton & Rue Funeral Home, Springfield. You may express condolences to the family at www.littletonandrue.com

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Published by The Columbus Dispatch from Nov. 25 to Nov. 26, 2019.

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Darryl Shepherd

November 30, 2019

John graham was an awesome bible study guy that i talked to several times before church service at cypress.very rare that i could talk bible prophecy in depth jewish knowledge openly with john.my mom went to bible study at cypress with john. He bought me an extremely deep thick book on enoch.you will missed but im sure you are in paradise no more whelchair . Brother john in the present of the king of kings.i will see you again my brother in christ darryl

November 25, 2019

April...so sad your Daddy is gone. Life will never be the same. Even in his chair I would sit on his lap and Ronnie and Dottie would get a big laugh. He was such a Godly man and will be sadly missed by many. Love you. Praying for your family. Love you sweetie,Sheila

November 25, 2019

April,so sorry about your Dad.He was a wonderful
whitty person.Johnny and I enjoyed going to pizza with John and your Mom.Really hated to hear this,so so sorry.Our loss is Heavens gain. I know he will be greatly missed by many. Love you and sending prayers.

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