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Doris Mierzwik Graham January 29, 1922 – April 11, 2022

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Doris Mierzwik Graham

January 29, 1922 – April 11, 2022

 

Funeral services for Doris (Mierzwik) Graham, age 100, of Belton, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, 2022, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at the Copperas Cove City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends for visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday evening at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel.

 

Mrs. Graham died Monday, April 11, 2022, in a Harker Heights hospital.

 

Mrs. Graham was born January 29, 1922, in the Willow Springs Community of Bell County, the daughter of Henry Sylvester Mierzwik and Ruby Dee (Jackson) Mierzwik. She married William Lee Graham, June 3, 1939, in Killeen, and together they ran the family farm.  She was a quilter, and head of quilting at the Belton Senior Center. She was a member of the Heart of Texas Square Dancers, Chisholm Trail Good Sam’s Club and Farm Bureau. She served on the membership board of the Belton Senior Center. She was a long-time member of Miller Heights Baptist Church. 

 

Mrs. Graham was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, Theda O’Neal, and one granddaughter, Susie Goff.  

 

Survivors include one son, Jim Graham, of Belton, one daughter, Patsy Cofer, of Temple and sister Nelda Hopson; five grandchildren including Sheila Bass, Sherry Smith, Amanda Wisnieski and Andrew Graham; three great-grandchildren Erica Boyd, Nathanial Bass and Piper Wisnieski and four great-great-grandchildren.

 

Memorials may be made to the Belton Senior Center.