Steven L. Graber

Steven was born on March 30, 1940, in Topeka, Kansas to John and Maxine Graber. He moved to Park Forest, Illinois in 1955 when his father John, an official of Santa Fe Railroad, was transferred to the headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.

Steven graduated from Rich Township High School in 1958.  He married his high school sweetheart and the love of his life, Ann Marie Novak on November 15, 1958.

Steven attended Chicago’s International Tabulating Institute.  After which, he started working at the University of Chicago’s Billings Hospital in their accounting department.  In July 1959, Steven accepted a position with Ford Motor Company at the Chicago Heights Stamping Plant.  He began as a trainee tabulating operator, participating in their employee education program by attending night classes at the Calumet City, Illinois chapter of Purdue University.  In 1966, Steven was promoted to Supervisor of Data Processing.  While working at Ford Motor Company, Steven served two years as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Heights Cub Scouts.  He also served nine years as a Curriculum Advisor at The Praire State Community College.  In September 1976, Steven accepted a promotional transfer to the Ford Motor Company Maumee Stamping Plant in Maumee, Ohio.  Steven retired as Manager of Computer Operations in December 1996.

Steven was preceded in death by his parents John and Maxine Graber; brother John Graber; sister Barbie Fushi; daughter-in-law Barbara Graber and son-in-law Bob Sell.

Steven is survived by his loving wife Ann Marie; son Steven (Barbara) Graber; daughters Beverly (Bob) Sell and Becky (Tom) Garner; sister Patrice Demund; grandchildren Holly Ripley, Brandy Suarez, Ciara (Chris) Voland, Tommy Garner; and great-grandchildren; Mackenzie, Shane, Braedyn, and Chloe Stasa, Dante and Drake Delarosa, Korie Ripley, Hunter and Adalynn Voland.

Family and friends will be received at Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant St. Maumee, OH, 419-893-7686, on Friday, July 29, 2022, from 3:00-8:00pm. A funeral service will be held Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the funeral home beginning at 10:00am.  Entombment will immediately follow at Highland Memory Gardens. Condolences may be made online to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com

The family of Steven wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the Hospice of Northwest Ohio for their compassionate care.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Northwest Ohio.