On Saturday, April 4, 2009, Elsie E. Graham, 89, a 45 year resident of Bowie, MD passed at her home.She was born on January 2, 1920 in Dallas, PA. In 1940, she became a Registered nurse from Wilkes Barre General Hospital. She worked at various hospital and doctors offices until settling in at Magnolia Gardens Nursing Home from 1967 until her retirement in the early 1990s.Her husband, William G. Graham, who she married in 1943, passed in 1997.She is survived by her sons William A. Graham of Bowie, MD and Thomas L. Graham of Wayne, PA; daughters Lynn L. Gray of Culpeper, VA, Carol A. Beatty of Columbia, MD, Pamela C. Boehmer of Glen Burnie, MD and Susan B. Magaw of Gambrills, MD; 15 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.Family will receive friends at the family owned BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy (Rte. 3 South), Bowie, MD on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 11:00am for a Memorial Service. Inurnment Lakemont Memorial Gardens. If desired, contributions may be made to The Arc of Howard County, 11735 Homewood Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042.VISITATION: No ViewingFUNERAL: 4/8/2009 11:00 AM