Dorothy B. Graham, age 76, of Quinter, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 14, 1940, to Philip A. and Helen Mae (Trowbridge) Ross in Short Hills, New Jersey.
She was part of a family of seven brothers and sisters. She grew to high school age at a generational family home in Short Hills, New Jersey. She completed high school at Washington High School following a move to western New Jersey.
Following high school, Dorothy and a girlhood school friend made a move to Denver, Colorado. There she met Roland Graham at a Church Young Adult group. They were united in marriage on June 6, 1964, at her family home church the White Oak Ridge Chapel in Short Hills, New Jersey.
After the wedding, they made a cross country trip to an oil company job transfer site for Roland. They spent a year, part of which was just north over the rim of the San Fernando Valley, following a time just east of Oakland and San Francisco in northern California.
After a year in California, there then was a move to western Kansas to join in family farm life with Harry and Gladys Graham.
They welcomed and raised their children Tyler Graham and Amy McCornack south of Quinter. Their family also shared their home for a number of childhood years with a guardianship daughter, Deb.
Roland and Dorothy raised their family attending the Reformed Presbyterian Chuch and later spent time together in Study Class fellowship at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Dorothy’s profession of faith has been a trust and stand of the scripture John 14:6. A quote of Jesus Christ the Son of the living Creator God. “I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man comes to the Father except through me.”
Following years of care of a young family and homemaking, there were years of working in town, which included Waldo McBurney’s Tax Service and Honey Processing, The Quinter Clinic/Bluestem Medical, Children’s Neighborhood, Quinter Museum and Caregiving Services.
Survivors include son Tyler Graham (Jackie) of Wichita, KS; daughter Amy McCornack (Kurk) of Piedmont, OK; grandchildren Jake Graham, Jordan, Baylor, Kennedy and Caden Hendren and Dakota McCornack; one brother Donald (Carol) Ross of Tolland, CT, and one sister Kathy (Larry) Bouchard of California.
She was preceded in death by husband Roland, brothers Phillip Ross, Pete Ross, Jack Ross and Sanford Ross; and one sister Gladys Russell.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 24, 2017, at Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter, KS. Burial will be in the Baker Township Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 24, 2017, at Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter, KS
Memorial contributions may be made to Gideon’s Bible Ministry or Quinter Museum Historical Society. Checks made to the organization may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67752.