Mary K. Graham

1930 - 2024

Mary K. Graham obituary, 1930-2024, Kansas City, MO

Mary K. Graham

1930 - 2024

BORN

1930

DIED

2024

Mary Graham Obituary

Visit the Terrace Park Funeral Home and Cemetery website to view the full obituary.

Mary K. Graham, 93, of Kansas City, Missouri went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 26, 2024. She was born December 30, 1930, in Tuckerman, Arkansas to the late Hayden McGinnis and Ida (McGinnis) Hall.  

 

Mary owned J & J Engineering, a tool & die manufacturing company that supplied parts for Johnson and Johnson, in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Later she owned Mary’s Hallmark store in Elmhurst, Illinois. Her attention to detail in everything she did, and her meticulously cleaned home were Mary’s trademark that she passed on to her children along with her entrepreneurial spirit. She also, loved reading her bible and attending church at Heartland Church of Christ.  

 

She is survived by her son, Mark and wife Nereida Graham; and grandchildren, Alec, Olivia, Taylor and Tyler Graham.  

 

In addition to her parents Mary is preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, Robert Eugene Graham, who died in 1989, son Larry Graham and sister Noralee Hulen who died in 2020. 

 

Visitation and service will be held  at Terrace Park Cemetery - Lakeside Chapel (801 NW 108th St. (169 Hwy & Shoal Creek) Kansas City, MO) on Saturday, March 2nd. Visitation will begin at 10:00am with funeral service following at 11:00am. Interment will follow at Terrace Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association ALZ.org.  

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Terrace Park Funeral Home and Cemetery

801 Northwest 108th Street (Shoal Creek Pkwy), Kansas City, MO 64155

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