Gabriel Lavery will officiate and burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, New London. A Requiem Mass will be held on Saturday, Septembeginning at 10 a.m. at Eastman Funeral Home in New London, Ohio. Graffice, and sisters Mary Ann Heydinger and Patricia Bauman.įamily and friends are invited to visit on Friday, Septemfrom 4 p.m. In addition to her parents, Joan was preceded in death by her beloved husband Harold F. She is survived by her children Denise (Mark) Uselton, of Ashland, Ohio, Mark Graffice, of TX, Eric (Shanda) Graffice, of TN, Thomas Graffice, of NV, and Chris (Carrie) Graffice, of Delaware, Ohio 21 grandchildren 2 step grandchildren 17 great-grandchildren siblings Rose Kehres, Gerald Eberly and Robert Eberly. Most of all, Joan cherished celebrating life with her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed playing cards, watching the Cleveland Indians and was an avid reader for much of her life. Her devoted prayer life was an example to anyone she shared life with. Joan was devoted to the church supporting its ministries, especially those to babies and the unborn.

She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in New London and recently a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Sulphur Springs, Ohio.

Joan was an elementary teacher at South Central Schools for many years, volunteering there after retirement. She then attended Bowling Green State University. Joan was the Valedictorian of Willard High School class of 1950. She was born on Augin Willard, Ohio to the late Herbert and Irene (Stockmaster) Eberly. Greenwich, OH - Joan Mary Graffice, 89, of Greenwich, Ohio passed away on Friday, Septemat Ontario Pointe Senior Living in Ontario, Ohio.

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