In Memoriam
Robert W. Graham Jr., 86
6 June 1936 – 14 June 2022
COOPERSTOWN - Robert Wesley Graham Jr., known to friends as “Bob” or “Graham” and to family as “Robert”, or “Uncle Monkey”, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, holding hands with Ingrid, his wife of 61 years. He was born June 6, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest son of Ruth Mildred Waide and Robert Wesley Graham.
As a young man Robert was a member of the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church and attained the rank Life Scout in Boy Scout Troop 214. Robert graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1954 and enlisted in the Army Reserve and Reserve Officer Training Corps while attending The City College of New York. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts Education and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers, in 1958. While stationed in Colorado he helped build the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station. Robert left active duty to marry Ingrid Maria Lindfors, the “most beautiful and smartest girl in the world”. They raised their three children, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.