Obituaries

August 12, 1939 to April 24, 2024

DENVER, IN - Willard Leon “Ink” Graham, 84, Winamac (formerly of Macy), passed away at 3:24 a.m., Wednesday, April 24, at Pulaski Health Care Center, Winamac.

Born Aug. 12, 1939, in Richland Township, Miami County, he was the son of Kenneth Walter and Lillie L. (Zartman) Graham.  On June 27, 1959, at the Mexico (IN) Church of the Brethren, he was married to Mary Donna Hunt. She survives.

Ink Graham

Survivors also include one daughter, Beth Ann (Scott) Taylor, Lafayette; son, Mark (Diana) Graham, Macy; grandchildren, Ben (Allison) Taylor, Ft. Wayne, Breanna Taylor, Lafayette, Cody (Kayla) Graham, Bloomfield and Kevin (Corey) Graham, Rochester; two step-great-grandchildren; brother, Joe (Donna) Graham, Denver; sisters-in-law, Elsie Graham, Logansport, Dorothy Hunt, New York and Laura Henderson, Michigan City; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Kenneth V. “Kenny” Graham and Thomas M. Graham Sr.; two sisters, Bonnie Jean Hillman and Delores Graham; and two brothers-in-law, Paul Hunt and James Hunt.

Mr. Graham attended Chili High School and was a member of the Army National Guard.  He was a longtime member of the Mexico Church of the Brethren before moving to Winamac where he attended the Winamac First United Methodist Church. He retired from Sealed Power in Rochester where he worked for over 30 years. A small hobby-farmer himself, he also helped his father-in-law, Marvin Hunt, farm for many years. He enjoyed Chevy trucks, John Deere tractors, boating, watching Westerns, tinkering in the shop, and watching basketball - especially Purdue, and football. An annual tradition, he and his wife headed to New Port Richey, FL, where they spent 12 winters in the Florida sun in one of their many campers they owned over the years. In the most recent years, he was a passenger on many trips around the countryside where he enjoyed looking at all of God’s creation with his loving wife behind the wheel. When the grandchildren were growing up, a special time for him was being a spectator at their many events.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 27, at McClain Funeral Home, Denver, with Pastor Todd Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service Saturday, at the funeral home. 

Memorial donations may be made to Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.

McClain Funeral Home, Denver, IN, has been entrusted with arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at www.mcclainfh.com.