Robert E. Graf, 84, of Mexico, died at 6:40 a.m., Monday April 2, 2018, at Boone Hospital in Columbia.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday June 2, 2018, at the United Church of Christ in Ohlman, Illinois with burial following at the Ohlman Cemetery.

A service to celebrate his life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Mexico Elks Lodge, 1705 Christopher Road, Mexico, MO 65265, with Rev. Zane Wharton officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the Elks Lodge. Burial will be at a later date in Ohlman Cemetery in Ohlman, Illinois. Pickering Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Robert was born in Miami, Arizona on March 11, 1934. His parents were Arnold Henry and Velma Ruth (Smith) Graf. On June 28, 1952, he married Marjorie Dahler in Ohlman. She survives.

Robert was a member of First Christian Church of Mexico. He was also a member of the Mexico Elks Lodge, Missouri Trap Shooters Association, Amateur Trap Shooters Association, and he was a Life Member of the NRA. He had been inducted into the Missouri Trap Shooting Hall of Fame.

Robert was a pilot and loved flying. He enjoyed the outdoors and hunting, fishing, camping and farming.

In addition to his wife Marjorie, he is survived by two sons, Robert E. Graf II, and Carl A. Graf, both of Mexico; two daughters, Diana K. Graf, Cumming, GA, and Lois J. House and husband Harvey W., of Lone Jack, MO; one brother, Howard Graf and wife Dorothy, Mexico; and one sister, Linda Groves, and husband Tom, Mexico; five grandchildren, Isaac Birch, Lisbeth Forrester, Hayden Birch, Ambrah Evans, and Keith House; and 18 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Arlene Moon; one granddaughter, Rachel; one son-in-law, Thomas Birch, and his birth mother Arla Mae Henderson Graf.

The family requests that memorials be given to First Christian Church or to the Missouri Trap Shooters Association (to be used for Youth Scholarships). They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.