1919 - 2014 (94 years)
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| Name |
Grahm, Mercia E |
| Birth |
9 Jul 1919 |
- Public Records, 1989, Ancestry.com
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| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
22 Apr 2014 |
Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, USA  |
| Age: 94y |
- Find a grave memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177242926:
April 22, 2014
Mercia G. Palmer, age 94, of Manlius, died Tuesday morning, April 22, 2014. She was born in 1919 and raised in Sandy Creek, the daughter of Mercia Graham Fisher and Claude Graham. She received a bachelor's degree from Oswego State Teachers College and later a master's degree from SUNY Oswego. Following decades as a teacher in the Mexico Central School District and Pulaski Central Schools, she continued in public service for another decade with the American Red Cross. She served as its Field Director for the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center on Guam and took great pleasure in extensive travel throughout Asia during that time. She later served as Red Cross Station Manager at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and upon retirement received official commendations for outstanding contribution to armed services personnel. She spent her retirement in Syracuse caring for her mother and great-grandchildren.
Surviving are her son, James D. Palmer of West River, MD; devoted daughter-in-law, Sally Palmer (Ed Salerno) of Cazenovia; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; cousins, Mercia White and Barbara Davis of Florida. Mercia was predeceased by her son, Peter (Sally) Palmer in 1978. At Mercia's request, private family memorial services will be held. Remembrances and condolences can be sent to the family c/o grandson, Timothy Palmer, 114 Smith Street, Manlius, NY 13104.
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| Burial |
22 Apr 2014 |
Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York |
Address:
Woodlawn Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I5413 |
Bratt Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
25 May 2020 |
| Father |
Grahm, Claude E, b. 19 Jul 1881, New York, USA d. 9 Jun 1946, Syracuse, New York, USA (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Davis, Mercia Hope, b. 31 Dec 1897, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England d. 7 Jan 1998, New York, USA (Age 100 years) |
| Family ID |
F2057 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
