Velma Rose "Grammy" Graves, 92, died June 11, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 27, 1919 at Horace, Kansas, the daughter of John and Olive (Huddleston) Moore. She married James Lloyd Graves April 23, 1939 at Sharon Springs, Kansas. He died September 14, 1975. Mrs. Graves was a Hoisington resident since 1942, coming from Tribune, Kansas. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Hoisington. She enjoyed flowers, collecting frogs, sewing and baking. Survivors include two sons: Allen Graves, Hoisington and Jimmy Graves, Herculaneum, Missouri; two daughters: Donna Richie, Ninety-Six, South Carolina and Darleen Demel and husband Tom, Hoisington; one sister, Victoria Miller, Derby, Kansas; one brother, Don Moore, Greeley, Colorado; twelve grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Fern Wertz and Vesta Wall. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington, Kansas. Reverend Kris Brinlee will be officiating. Burial will be in the Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memorials are requested to Clara Barton Hospital Foundation in care of the funeral home.