May 6, 2021
David Leon Graves passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 1, 2021,in Dover, Del.,ith his children by his side.
David was born in Dunkirk, NY, the eldest child of Howard A. and Dolores L. (Anderson) Graves on July 23, 1949. He lived in Dunkirk and attended Dunkirk schools until enlisting in the U.S Air Force in 1970.
During his 20 plus years in the U.S.Air Force David was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base for basic training and tech school and then off to Dover, Del. This assignment was followed by a year in Thailand and then reassignment to Delaware. After Dover, David went to Rheinmain Air Force Base in Frankfurt, West Germany. Upon returning stateside he was stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. His last assignment and the post from which he retired was Dover Air Force Base. Having grown to feel Dover was home he chose to remain there upon his retirement in 1990.