Jilleen J. Graves

Jilleen J. Graves, 57, of Ravenna MI passed away peacefully in her home on March 5, 2015 surrounded by her family after battling cancer for the past year. She was born April 23,1957 to Leonard and Barbara Buys of North Muskegon. Jill married Danial E. Graves on August 24, 1985. She was employed at Herman Miller Inc. She is survived by her husband Danial, daughter Denyel (Rusty) Kolka, and son James Graves, 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren with one on the way and her fur babies Lori and Charlie. Her parents Leonard and Barbara Buys, father-in-law Pete Holmes, sisters Susan (Bill) Flora and Dianne Buys, brothers Gregory (Kileen) Buys and Stephen Buys and two sisters-in-law Lucinda (Ronald) Kraus and Larhonda Jarvis, many nieces and nephews and was a friend to everyone she met. She was preceded in death by her son James Keenan, mother-in-law Jacqueline Holmes, brother Leonard Buys II, sister-in-law Joycelynn Graves, and nephew Leonard Buys III. The family would like to extend an invitation to others to join them for Jill's Celebration of Life on Sunday March 15, 2015 at Don Rae VFW in North Muskegon at 1:00 pm.