Frieda Martha Graves

Funeral services for Frieda Graves will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2023, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Timothy Roggow officiating. Interment will follow in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Frieda Martha Pshigoda, daughter of the late John Danial and Marie “Mary" Magdelina (Schaefer) Pshigoda, was born December 6, 1925, at St. Joseph, Michigan, and passed away December 2, 2023, at Alva, at the age of 97 years, 11 months, and 27 days. She was born in Michigan and at the age of 2 the family moved to Shattuck, Oklahoma, before moving with her family as a young teenager to the Alva area. In November of 1944, she was united in marriage to John William Meyer and they celebrated 33 years together. She later married Boyd Leroy “Tarp” Graves and they were married for 20 years. Frieda was a longtime member of the Zion Lutheran Church being confirmed on January 6, 1946. She was a member of LWML, Ruth’s Circle, AAL Secretary/Treasurer (now Thrivent), and the Church Finance Treasurer. She worked many jobs including, Safeway, T.G.& Y., C.R. Anthony’s, Shalloup’s Meat Packing, Alva Monument, the Snack Bar at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and later became the head of the cafeteria at the college. She also worked as a consultant at Merle Norman. Besides her parents, John and Mary, she was preceded in death by her husbands, John Meyer and Boyd Graves; her brothers, Danial Pshigoda, Marvin Pshigoda, and Theodore Pshigoda; her sisters, Esther Balding and Mary Smith; a granddaughter, Lori Hoadley; a grandson, John E. Meyer; daughter-in-law, Diana Meyer; and a granddaughter-in-law, Debbie Thompson. Frieda is survived by her daughter, Beverly Thompson and husband, Clifford, of Midland, Texas; her son, Larry Meyer of Winfield, Kansas; grandchildren, Loran Thompson and wife, Leslie, of Abilene, Texas, Lesli Kizer of Midland, Texas, Joseph “Joey” Meyer and wife, Mandy, of Guthrie, and Lee Ann Meyer of Winfield, Kansas; 14 great grandchildren; 10 great great grandchildren; her sister, Ofilia Cleveland of Stockton, California; a close family friend, Annette Schwerdtfeger; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Zion Lutheran Church for the Bell Choir or the Cemetery Fund.

Frieda Martha Graves

December 6, 1925 - December 2, 2023