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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Liane "Lillian"
Ann Dauer Graham
October 8, 1939 – December 31, 2023
Obituary
Dauer Graham, Lillian Ann - October 8, 1939 - December 31, 2023. Lillian was born in Stuttgart Germany on Oct. 08, 1939, to Trudy Dauer. She grew up during Hitlers Regime and spoke many times of having to go into bunkers during the war as a child and had very little food.
She met a man in the army to whom she married, and he brought her to the United States in 1958 living in Odessa Texas. They had 2 children before they divorced in 1960. She met another man, and they were married having 1 child in 1963. She also worked to bring her mother, Trudy Dauer and her brother Walter Dauer to The United States. Lillian said if she's going to live in The United States then she needed to become a citizen and began studying and receiving her Citizenship of The United States in the 70's.
Lillian and her 3 kids lived in Bixby Oklahoma where she began working for American Airlines as a mechanic. She was the first woman to work for American Airlines as a mechanic since the war and she use to laugh while saying there were 4,999 men and me. She left American Airlines and began working on the instruments for airplanes when she decided to go to college. She started at NSU where she studied law and got a degree in criminal justice and become a Paralegal. She worked for a law firm in downtown Tulsa until she was 83.
Lillian's passion was Soccer. She played soccer for several years until she became an OSSAA certified soccer official for competitive and high school soccer until she was 70. During this time Lillian adopted her great granddaughter Chelsea and got her to enjoy and play soccer along with officiating when she got old enough to become an official.
Survivors include her 3 children Donna Loraine, Jimmie Ray & Sara Jones, Sandra Kay & Michael Adams and her adopted great granddaughter Chelsea Nichole Graham, 25 Grandkids, 51 Great-Grandkids, and 2 Great-Great-Grandkids with 1 on the way, her brother Walter and his wife Nathalie Dauer, 1 Nephew, 2 Nieces and several Great-Nieces and Nephews.
Lillian was proceeded in death by her mother Trudy Dauer Walker and her step father, Louis "Louie" Walker.
She met a man in the army to whom she married, and he brought her to the United States in 1958 living in Odessa Texas. They had 2 children before they divorced in 1960. She met another man, and they were married having 1 child in 1963. She also worked to bring her mother, Trudy Dauer and her brother Walter Dauer to The United States. Lillian said if she's going to live in The United States then she needed to become a citizen and began studying and receiving her Citizenship of The United States in the 70's.
Lillian and her 3 kids lived in Bixby Oklahoma where she began working for American Airlines as a mechanic. She was the first woman to work for American Airlines as a mechanic since the war and she use to laugh while saying there were 4,999 men and me. She left American Airlines and began working on the instruments for airplanes when she decided to go to college. She started at NSU where she studied law and got a degree in criminal justice and become a Paralegal. She worked for a law firm in downtown Tulsa until she was 83.
Lillian's passion was Soccer. She played soccer for several years until she became an OSSAA certified soccer official for competitive and high school soccer until she was 70. During this time Lillian adopted her great granddaughter Chelsea and got her to enjoy and play soccer along with officiating when she got old enough to become an official.
Survivors include her 3 children Donna Loraine, Jimmie Ray & Sara Jones, Sandra Kay & Michael Adams and her adopted great granddaughter Chelsea Nichole Graham, 25 Grandkids, 51 Great-Grandkids, and 2 Great-Great-Grandkids with 1 on the way, her brother Walter and his wife Nathalie Dauer, 1 Nephew, 2 Nieces and several Great-Nieces and Nephews.
Lillian was proceeded in death by her mother Trudy Dauer Walker and her step father, Louis "Louie" Walker.
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