Robert Gerhardt Graf went to join his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and his dear wife, Claudia on Sunday, March 29, 2009. Robert was born to Robert C. and Louise (Burdorf) Graf in Lahoma, Oklahoma on August 24, 1917.  He attended Lahoma schools and Oklahoma A & M University (now OSU). Robert served in the United States Air Force as a B-24 pilot in World War II. Prior to marrying Claudia Davidson in 1959, he cared for his mother and maintained the family farm. After farming in the Lahoma area, Robert and Claudia moved to Enid in 1971 where he served as Garfield County Clerk for many years.

       Robert was a volunteer at Integris Baptist Hospital and Meals on Wheels. He was a member of the VFW, American Legion, the Gideons, and the Kiwanis Club, where he was a past President. He was also a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, serving as an elder and a Sunday School teacher.  In 2005, he moved to The Arbors where he served as “Resident Ambassador”.

       Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Claudia, and his sister Edna Gertrude and his brother Victor Vincent. He is fondly remembered by his nephews and nieces Jim Thomas, Vicki Graf, Ruth Uchtmann, Doris Mueller, Wally Lobitz, James Lobitz, and Mark Lobitz, great nieces and nephews, great great nieces and nephews and his “granddaughter” Nelaina Strache and her family as well as many cousins and friends.

       Donations may be made in Robert’s memory to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Enid, the Gideons International or the Enid Kiwanis Club.  Condolences may be made online at www.andersonburris.com.

       Funeral services will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 2pm.  Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Lahoma with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.