Jeffrey O. Graham

Jeffrey Owen Graham, 77, died peacefully on February 23rd, 2025 in Carlisle, PA. He was born on April 30, 1947 in Washington, DC to Philip Wallace Graham and Virginia May Owen Graham.

At Yorktown High School in Arlington, VA he participated in the industrial cooperative training program with Condon-Reed Inc., where he learned the trade of sheet metal technician, graduating in 1965.

Jeff loved music, gardening, inventing, and building. He composed his own songs and enjoyed performing them for others. He owned a collection of electronic keyboards that he used in his music.

He enjoyed planning and planting a vegetable garden. Jeff also invented several board games and created prototypes with game-boards, pieces, and packaging. He built metal toolboxes, storage containers, shelves, and even an electric lawnmower using his sheet metal fabrication skills.

In 1973 he married Beverly Dawn Rippy; the marriage ended in divorce in 1981. He and Beverly had two children. In 1986 he married Donna Eileen Deskins; this marriage also ended in divorce.

Jeff was a long-term resident of Manassas Park, VA where he was a valuable and reliable technician in the HVAC industry, until he retired.

After retirement, he lived his last years in McConnellsburg, PA. He is survived by five siblings: Laura Graham, Robert Graham, Mary Graham, Wendy Speck, and Nancy Riggs.

The family will hold a private memorial service.

Arrangements were made by the Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home Inc., McConnellsburg, PA. Online condolences may be expressed at www.howardlsipes.com.