Richard Jack Graff November 16, 1936 - February 10, 2022

Richard Jack Graff was born November 16, 1936, in Pomona, California, to Weldon Jack Graff and Mildred Virginia Gross Graff.

Dick graduated from Pomona High School in 1954, and served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Argentina from 1957-1959.

ln 1961, he married Myrna Rose Chapman in the Los Angeles Temple.

He is survived by his wife and children: Jeffrey Graff (Dana) of Mission Viejo, CA; Jillanne Graff McGary (Robert) of Spanish Fork, UT; Dennis Graff (Christine) of Lacey, WA; Alison Graff Bendixen (Paul) of Freehold, NJ; Kristen Graff Joyner Canton (Lance) of Taylorsville, UT; Scott Graff (Bethany) of West Jordan, UT; Mark Graff (Maren) of Cedar City, UT; Cynthia Dodson Platt of Salem, UT; and his brother-in-law, Gene Badders of LaVerkin, UT.

ln 1971, the family moved to La Verne, CA; in 1980, to Santa Maria, CA; and in 1992, to Lancaster, CA.

Dick was an educator by profession. He taught auto shop at Neff High School in La Mirada, CA; Bonita High School in La Verne CA; and Highland High School in Palmdale CA. He taught lndependent Study at Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, CA.

Dick was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as Bishop in La Verne, CA; and a YSA Bishop in Lancaster, CA.  In 2008, Dick and Myrna served as Senior Missionaries for the Perpetual Education Fund in Central America, living in Guatemala. They moved to Utah in 2010 and were service missionaries for two years at the Bishops Storehouse and another two years as missionaries at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT. He also served as Scout Master to numerous Boy Scout Troops. He was additionally blessed to serve in the Temples of the Lord in Los Angeles, CA at the recommend desk and as an ordinance worker in Provo and Payson UT.

Dick and Myrna recently celebrated their 61st anniversary. The great blessings of age is memories and posterity.

He is survived by 32 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Mildred; sister, Marilyn Badders; son-in-law, Joshua Joyner; granddaughter, Bailey Joyner; and great-granddaughter, Madelyn Merkley.

A viewing will be held Saturday morning, February 19, 2022, from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the Mt. Loafer LDS Meetinghouse, 1129 South 250 West, Salem, Utah, 84653, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel.  Interment will be at Salem City Cemetery.