Silver State Post
  • Home
  • Obituaries
  • Births
  • Public Notices
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Vacation Guides
  • Home
  • Obituaries
  • Births
  • Public Notices
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Vacation Guides

June 29th, 2016

6/29/2016

 
​Don Clifford Grazier
Don Clifford Grazier passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 14, 2016.
Don was born June 26, 1921, at home in Clear Lake near Geraldine. He was the youngest of four children born to Albert Vern Grazier and Phoebe (Switzer) Grazier. The family moved to Dixon when Don was five years old.
Don married Virginia Ayers on Dec. 6, 1941. Together they raised three children, daughter Lynn and two sons, Ken and Scott, on a ranch in Dixon. Don received his auctioneering certificate from Iowa in 1946 and worked auctions for many years. He learned to work hard and would get the job done right. He lived by the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
During their 51 years together, Don and Virginia “Jinks” raised their family, Hereford cattle and Appaloosa horses. In 1976 they purchased a smaller ranch near Garrison with the intention of semi-retiring. That property included a large building that functioned as both a barn and a shop, which became a studio for the budding “artist.” At age 65 Don found his artistic calling for sculpting animals after building a model calf for a practical ranch need. He designed a sling to hold a real calf off the back of a pickup so that the mother would follow along when a calf needed to be brought in to be doctored up. From that model calf sprung a zoo full of hand-built larger-than-life steel animals that have wound up as far away as Switzerland. His metal sculptures include a longhorn steer, a ram’s head, great blue herons, a cape buffalo, giant humming birds, an extinct Irish elk, a woolly mammoth, Canadian geese and snowy owls.
His wife Virginia passed away in 1994 after 53 years of marriage. In December 2000, Don married Mary Belle Boyd, a longtime family friend, and they have enjoyed many happy years together. He enjoyed landscaping and planting many trees at their new home in the Round Butte area.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, A.V. and Phoebe Grazier; brother, Glen; and sisters, Vivian (Walter) Weedman and Vera Grazier. He is survived by his loving and dedicated wife, Mary Belle; daughter, Lynn (Howard) Moss; sons, Ken and Scott; Mary Belle’s children, Beverly (Jack) Horner and Shirley (Barry) Baker; as well as many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The family is grateful to Hospice for their wonderful care.
At Don’s request, there will be no funeral. A celebration of his life was held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Dixon Senior Center.
Memorials may be sent to Lake County Home Options, 712 Main St. S.W., Ronan; or a charity of donors choice.

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.