Dora Bremmer and husband John Graves

My name is Dora Bremmer.
My parents are George Bremmer and Catherine Dorthea King.

I married John Graves 15 Dec 1878. To this union were no children.

Sibley Gazette Tribune Dec 3, 1942

Dora Graves, nee Bremer, was born in Germany, November 25, 1860 and passed away at the Osceola hospital in Sibley on November 27, at the age of 82 years and 2 days.  She came to this country with her parents at the age of 6 years.  In 1879 she was married to John Graves, who preceeded her in death on November 27, 1918.  For many years she and her husband lived on their farm in Ocheyedan township, moving to Ocheyedan in 1898, where she made her home until death called her.  She was a faithful member of the Methodist church of Ocheyedan and was a member of the Royal Neighbors of Ocheyedan and Women's Relief Corp. She leaves to mourn her death the following nephews and nieces, Ed Richardson, Sibley, George Richardson, Santa Anna, California, Nina Knapp, Garden Grove, California, James H Bremer, Eldora; Earl L Bremer, Hampton; Carl J Bremer Los Angeles; Bessie Emens, San Francisco; Jerry Graves, Melvin; Anna Frey, Willow Lake, S.D; Augusta Haertner, Ocheyedan and Mary Dyorak of Sibley.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church by the Rev. Potter and burial was made beside her husband in local cemetery.

John Graves Obituary

Dec 4, 1918 Sibley Gazette Tribune: Death of John Graves

John Graves was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, May 19, 1854 and departed his life at the hospital in Sibley, Iowa after an operation for stomach trouble.  November 27, 1918 aged 64 years, 6 months and 8 days. He came to the United States with his parents in 1868 and settled down in Clinton County, Iowa.  In 1874 he came to Osceola county and settled on a farm in Ocheyedan township.  Four years later he married Miss Dora Bremmer who survives him after journeying through fory years of wedded life, most of which has been spent in Ocheyedan township.

He was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Germany, and was a member of the church.  About thirty two years ago, in revival held under the auspices of the Evangelical church he was converted and united with the Evangelical church, and maintained his relation with that church, until 6 years ago, when he became a member of the Methodist Espiscopal church in Ocheyedan, Iowa of which he had been a devoted member until his passing into the better country.