Grace Z. Graham Kotulka

Grace Zipporah Graham Kotulka, 93, of Palmyra, went home to be with the Lord, on Sunday, January 9, 2011, at M. S. Hershey Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Eugene W. Graham and the late John F. Kotulka. Grace was a dedicated wife, homemaker, mother, grandma and great grandmother. Born in E. Hanover Twp., Lebanon, Co., on July 8, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Sallie Doutrich Yorty. A member of Lebanon God's Missionary Church, Grace served as a Deaconess and Sunday School teacher for many years. She was a charter member of Lebanon Valley Holiness Association (LVHA) and Lebanon Valley Gospel Band in which she played the English horn and trombone. Grace graduated from the former Jonestown High School and continued to be active in the one room school house group. Selflessly serving others, Grace volunteered for her church, LVHA, Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, and Mt. Bethany hunting camp. She worked with "Up7thSt.", a young girls' club, sharing her gardening cooking, and sewing skills. Grace also travelled many times to Haiti to serve as a cook for church missions and relief efforts and participated in women's retreats. She enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing, needlework, quilting, Scrabble, word and jigsaw puzzles, and travelling. Grace especially enjoyed entertaining and taking meals to shut-ins and baking cookies for neighbors and friends. Little in stature but huge in influence, she was oftened referred to as "Amazing Grace". She is survived by sons Paul R. Graham of Annville and Eugene D., husband of Mary Graham of Lebanon; daughters Dorcas A., wife of James Walton of Sebastopol, CA, and Charlotte M. Folmer of Harrisburg; a sister Pauline Fisher of Myerstown; grandchildren Matthew Graham, Kirstyn Walton, Robert Graham, Arron Graham, Lars Walton, Kaitlyn Folmer, and Nicholas Folmer; and her great grandchildren, Grace Graham and Jonah Marcus. Grace was preceded in death by her son Lynn E. Graham, brothers Henry, Ernest, Mark, and Sherwood Yorty and sisters, Miriam Miller and Rhoda Noll Surginer. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 15, 2011, at 1:00 pm at Lebanon God's Missionary Church, 2127 Hill St., Lebanon. Viewing will be held two hours prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Grand View Memorial Park, N. AnnvilleTwp. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Up7thSt. c/o The Lebanon Gospel Center, 26 N. 7th St., Lebanon, PA 17046. PDF Printable Version

Grace Z. Graham Kotulka

July 8, 1917 - January 9, 2011