Rachel Margraf, 87, of Palmyra died Tuesday, September 5, 2006, in a local hospital.
She was born March 5, 1919, in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Rachel was the beloved wife for 52 years of William Margraf Jr. They lived on a farm she named "Honeymeade".
Rachel was very talented. During World War II she went to San Francisco where she welded in a shipyard and went to work for OWI (Office of War Information) in a radio station. She moved to New York City and was employed by The Voice of America as a radio broadcast Engineer. She worked in New York City and Washington, D.C. until retirement.
Rachel's strong love of God and her Catholic faith were expressed in her beautiful oil and watercolor paintings. She studied the art on leaded stain glass designing and made many pieces of mainly religious art subject for her home as well as selling many pieces.
Rachel was a founding member of Sts. Peter and Paul and was a Eucharist Minister.
She was born March 5, 1919, in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Rachel was the beloved wife for 52 years of William Margraf Jr. They lived on a farm she named "Honeymeade".
Rachel was very talented. During World War II she went to San Francisco where she welded in a shipyard and went to work for OWI (Office of War Information) in a radio station. She moved to New York City and was employed by The Voice of America as a radio broadcast Engineer. She worked in New York City and Washington, D.C. until retirement.
Rachel's strong love of God and her Catholic faith were expressed in her beautiful oil and watercolor paintings. She studied the art on leaded stain glass designing and made many pieces of mainly religious art subject for her home as well as selling many pieces.
Rachel was a founding member of Sts. Peter and Paul and was a Eucharist Minister.
Rachel Margraf, 87, of Palmyra died Tuesday, September 5, 2006, in a local hospital.
She was born March 5, 1919, in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Rachel was the beloved wife for 52 years of William Margraf Jr. They lived on a farm she named "Honeymeade".
Rachel was very talented. During World War II she went to San Francisco where she welded in a shipyard and went to work for OWI (Office of War Information) in a radio station. She moved to New York City and was employed by The Voice of America as a radio broadcast Engineer. She worked in New York City and Washington, D.C. until retirement.
Rachel's strong love of God and her Catholic faith were expressed in her beautiful oil and watercolor paintings. She studied the art on leaded stain glass designing and made many pieces of mainly religious art subject for her home as well as selling many pieces.
Rachel was a founding member of Sts. Peter and Paul and was a Eucharist Minister.
She was born March 5, 1919, in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Rachel was the beloved wife for 52 years of William Margraf Jr. They lived on a farm she named "Honeymeade".
Rachel was very talented. During World War II she went to San Francisco where she welded in a shipyard and went to work for OWI (Office of War Information) in a radio station. She moved to New York City and was employed by The Voice of America as a radio broadcast Engineer. She worked in New York City and Washington, D.C. until retirement.
Rachel's strong love of God and her Catholic faith were expressed in her beautiful oil and watercolor paintings. She studied the art on leaded stain glass designing and made many pieces of mainly religious art subject for her home as well as selling many pieces.
Rachel was a founding member of Sts. Peter and Paul and was a Eucharist Minister.
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