Robert B. Graham Sr., 74, of Butler passed away Tuesday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 27, 1938, he was the son of the late Earl W. “Zev” Graham and Helen M. Carns Graham.

He was employed by the New York Telephone Co. for 33 years and by H&R Block in Butler for 18 years.

He attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

He was a member of the St. Fidelis Roman Catholic Church in Meridian.

He is survived by his wife, Toni Regis Graham, to whom he was married for 47 years; one daughter, Elizabeth R. Graham Stumpf and her husband, Daniel, of Franklin; two brothers, Edwin Graham and his wife, Susie, of Houston, Texas, and John Graham and his wife, Sharon, of Atlanta; three sisters, Eileen O'Donohue of Nanuet, N.Y., Bernadette McTigue of Albuquerque, N.M., and Kathryn Hawkins and her husband, Edward, of Malverne, N.Y.; and two grandchildren, Logan Stumpf of Franklin and Jordan Stumpf of Franklin.

He was preceded in death by one son, Robert B. Graham Jr., and one brother, Jim Graham.

GRAHAM — Friends of Robert B. Graham, Sr., who passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2012, will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, 429 Center Ave., Butler, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at the St. Fidelis Roman Catholic Church, Meridian, with the Rev. Father James Murphy officiating.The burial will be in the St. Michael's Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory to the Mental Health Association, 140 Elm St., Butler, PA 16001.Information also is available at www.martinfh.net.