PRESQUE ISLE – Angelika “Angie” Elisabeth Rank Graves, 64, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home on Third Street. She was born July 4, 1945, in Muensing, Germany, the daughter of Richard and Edith Mueller Rank Waetjen. Angie graduated from Ricker College, Houlton, Class of 1967. While attending Ricker, she met her future husband, Richard Alexander Graves III. They married in August 1969. The couple returned to Presque Isle in 1972, where she was kept busy raising her three sons and opening an antique shop, The Country Store on North Main Street in 1984. In 2007 Angie purchased the old Brewer Buick building on the corner of Main Street and Academy Street. With great help from her son, Michael, the building was remodeled and transformed into a fine retail store, Merchants on the Corner. Angie was very active in the Presque Isle Historical Society, acting as the society’s curator for a number of years. She was also active in Quoggy Joe Ski Club and Women’s Auxiliary at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital. She was an exceptional person – successful in all projects she planned and a most wonderful wife and mother. She is survived by husband, Richard; and their three children, Richard “Rick” Alexander IV and his wife, Chantel (Cyr), Michael Heinz of Bar Harbor and Christopher Thomas and his wife, Regina (Bowie). Her grandchildren are Richard V “Alex,” Oliver, Max and Quinn, sons of Rick and Chantel, and Kristen, daughter of Chris and Regina. She is also survived by her father and mother, Richard and Edith Waetjen of Gloucester, Mass.; a dear brother, Richard and his wife, Patricia, of Chile, South America; and her best friend and confidant, her daughter-in-law, Chantel. Angie was predeceased by her biological father, Heinz K. Rank of Germany, in 1945. A graveside memorial service, which is reserved for the immediate family only, will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 22. After the service, a gathering of relatives and friends will be held 11 a.m. in the fellowship hall in the downstairs of Presque Isle Congregational Church. One of Angie’s last requests was that friends and relatives wear colorful clothes at the gathering. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Presque Isle Historical Society, P.O. Box 285, Presque Isle, ME 04769. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.
ANGELIKA ‘ANGIE’ ELISABETH RANK GRAVES
