Elizabeth "Elsie" Graham, 98, of Amarillo passed from this life on Monday, April 22, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, May 4, 2019 at LaGrone Blackburn Shaw Coulter Road Chapel with Scott Egan officiating. A private family burial will be held. Arrangements are under the personal care of LaGrone Blackburn Shaw Funeral Directors, 8310 S. Coulter Road.
Elizabeth was born in Kronburg, Germany on April 21, 1921 to Joseph and Berta (Fruh) Josbacher. She grew up in Germany where she attended school. She made Amarillo her home in the early 1960's where she married Julius C. Graham on January 15, 1964. She was a homemaker where she loved to bake special baked goods for her family. One of her favorite pass times was going to wrestling matches and watching WWE in her later years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, JC Graham, a daughter Inge Barley, her parents and four brothers.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Bill Rockenfeller and wife, Kathy, Alice Wright and husband, Kent, all of Amarillo, and Ruth Radloff and husband, Harry of Hereford; 13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 3 great- great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be made to BSA Hospice of the Southwest at 5211 SW 9th Ave., Ste. 100, Amarillo, TX 79106.