Max Graves passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012. He was born October 27, 1932. Services were held in Memorial Gardens in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Max is survived by his son Mark Graves and wife Stephanie of Grand Coulee; grandson Erick Houg and family of Port Orchard, Wash., granddaughter Amanda Davis and family of St. Mary’s Ga; grandson David Streweler and family of Folkston, Ga.; grandson Trebor Graves of Spokane; granddaughter Catherine Nichols and family of Grand Coulee; granddaughter Rebekah Moore and family of Chicago, Ill., and granddaughter Allisa Hall and family of Alamagordo, N.M.

He will be missed by all and his love will continue to reach those who knew him.

Max was a kind man and never ran out of things to say or stories to tell. May he rest in peace with his wife Nadine Graves who passed away in 1997 and daughter Catherine Graves who passed as a child. Those who knew him know how special he was and how happy he is to finally be home with his wife.