ARGOS — Laura Louise Ryman Graham, 51, Warsaw, died at 8:06 p.m. Sept. 9, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, following a brief illness.
She was born Dec. 17, 1966, in Warsaw, to David E. Ryman and Diane L. Clingenpeel Ryman. She lived most of her life in the Atwood community, having spent 16 years in Arizona.
She married David Howell in July 1987. Later they divorced, remaining very close friends. She married Brent Graham on Nov. 27, 1998.
Laura was a homemaker/housewife and worked for Kuder Estates and did private home cleaning.
Laura attended Warsaw Wesleyan (Pathways) Church, Warsaw. She was very active in the Atwood Neverquitters 4-H Club and she volunteered her time helping the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds and hoped to see a racetrack back there very soon.
Laura was a graduate of Tippecanoe Valley High School with the class of 1985.
Laura is survived by her daughters: Kristi Hollopeter (husband Ben), Tucson, Ariz.; Alicia Howell, Muncie; and Gracey Graham and Erinn Graham of Atwood; parents, Dave and Diane Ryman, Atwood; and brother, Brian Ryman (wife Ashley), Atwood.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents.
Friends may visit with the family from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at Warsaw Wesleyan (Pathways) Church, 2402 W. Old 30, Warsaw.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at Warsaw Wesleyan (Pathways) Church, with the Rev. Jarod Osborne and the Rev. Mark Buritt officiating. Burial will follow at Harrison Center Cemetery, Etna Green.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
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Memorials to the Laura L. Ryman Graham Memorial Fund, 208 N. Michigan St., Argos, IN 46501, to help the family with final expenses; or to Kosciusko County Fairgrounds: “Bring the Track Back,” P.O. Box 1093, Warsaw, IN 46581.
