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Truman F. Graves • 1915- 2009 Truman attended Columbus High School, graduating in 1932. He then attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND, graduating with a civil engineering degree. Truman married Marie Pauline Russell of Leeds, ND in 1939. He worked for Gaffaney’s Office Equipment of Grand Forks until 1944, when he moved to Minot and became a partner with George Osdoba in the Minot Typewriter Company. Upon George’s retirement, Truman became the sole proprietor. In 1966 he went to Terrytown, NY to study computer programming. His fascination for computers became a second career for him, and he wrote the first computer programs for use by grain elevator operators in North Dakota. Truman retired from business in 1976. Truman was an avid, life-long hunter and fisherman. In addition to being an exceptional wingshooter, he was known for the uncanny ability to return directly to the specific site of a good hunt even decades after the event. He also was an enthusiastic trapshooter until his death, accumulating a large collection of trophies. A past president of the Minot Gun Club, Truman served on its board for 25 years. He also served on the North Dakota State Trapshooting Association board for 20 years, and was the State delegate to the American Trapshooting Association (ATA) in 1973-74. Truman shot more than 250,000 registered clay targets and was a member of the ATA 250 Club. He was inducted into the North Dakota Trapshooters’ Hall of Fame in 1984. His wife Pauline, his brother Chester Graves, his sisters Ionne Coad and Beryl Eikenes, and his grandchildren Tim Graves and Tracey Wooten preceded Truman in death. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Craig Woloshyn, Custer, SD, his son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Rosemary Graves, San Francisco, CA, his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Pauline Graves, Cape Girardeau, MO, his son John Graves, Grand Forks, ND, his son Rodney Graves, St. Paul, MN, 14 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Funeral Service: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 707 16th Avenue SW, Minot, ND. Visitation and prayer service: Visitation Friday, October 23, 2009, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m., all at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, 21 3rd Avenue SW, Minot, ND. Burial: October 24, 2009 at Rosehill Cemetery, Minot, ND, immediately after the funeral service. Celebrant Music:
Lisa Jundt, vocalist Active Bearers: Amber Graves, Dennis Bratlien, Don Schillande, Robert Ralston, Timothy Miller, Arnold Sand Following the graveside service everyone is invited to join the family for fellowship and luncheon in the lower level of the church. Those not attending the graveside service may begin the luncheon, and the family will join you when they return from the cemetery. Our family would like to thank everyone for the many acts of kindness shown during this difficult time. Your thoughts and prayers are deeply appreciated and will never be forgotten. God bless the memory of Truman.
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Truman F. Graves died Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in Minot at age 94. He was born October 11, 1915 at Lansford, ND to Claude and Delia Graves. The family moved to Columbus, ND in 1929 where his father owned the Columbus Drug Store.