Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Joseph August Graf was born on 29 October 1894, in Colborne Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada, his father, John August Graf, was 28 and his mother, Catherina Kocher, was 27. He married Elise Lisa Adomeit on 31 May 1922, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Waterloo North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1931 and Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1971. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1963, at the age of 69, his occupation is listed as globe furniture company in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 March 1971, in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Obituary
Joseph A. Graf
Joseph A. Graf of 24 Ezra Ave., Waterloo, died Sunday at K-W Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 76.
He was born in Goderich on Oct. 29, 1894, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Graf. He had lived in Waterloo most of his life and had been employed for many years at the Globe Furniture Co. Ltd. until retiring in 1963. He served overseas in the First World War with the 18th Battalion of London, Ont.
He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waterloo.
Surviving are two sons, Walter of Waterloo and Howard of Kitchener; two daughters, Norma of Waterloo and Mrs. Wayne (Tinkie) Markham of Elmhurst, Ill.; two brothers, Louis of Kitchener and Harold of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. James (Mary) Speirs of Windsor and Mrs. Isaiah (Catherine) Sittler of Kitchener; and two grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his first wife in 1928, by his second wife in 1970 and by one brother, Harry.
The body is at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home until noon Wednesday. Service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church chapel on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. C. S. Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery in Waterloo.
Donations to the building fund of St. John’s Lutheran Church will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record Kitchener, Ontario, Canada • Mon, Mar 15, 1971 Page 20
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 