William "Bill" Graff

William (Bill) E Graff passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Monday February 24th after a long battle of cancer. 

Bill was born October 4th 1946 in Los Angeles California. Bill went by the last name of Murray this was his Step-father’s last name. Bill’s Mother and Step-father moved to Twin falls when he was 12 years old where he attended Lincoln elementary and a Graduate from the Twin Falls High School.

After Graduating High School Bill was drafted and served two years in the US Army with most of his time served in Stuttgart Germany. That is When he went to his birth name of William E Graff after his biological father. 

In 1966 Bill married his High School Sweetheart Linda Conner and had their daughter Kimberly Martin Rice. They celebrated two years of marriage. After coming home from Germany Bill moved to Redding California where he met and married Pamela Kingsford, they had two Children Travis Graff and Lisa Hyde. They later divorced and he moved back to Idaho where he started his career in law enforcement and eventually went into Probation and Parol. 

He and Linda Conner reunited where he gained two stepdaughters Kathi Huttanus and Krist Klauser. They loved traveling and went on several adventures.

Bill retired and moved to Reno and enjoyed working in the casinos, his favorite was the Atlantas where he would work as a black jack dealer. That got boring for him so he changed gears and would travel to Arizona in the Winters and Yankee Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho during the summers. Where he could enjoy the warm weather and his love for fishing, trap shooting and hunting which kept him busy. 

Bills is preceded in death by his parents Nell Murray, Eldon Murray and William E Graff. Sister Nadine Graff, Barbara Turney and his best friend Don Morgan. 

Survived by his brother Glenn (Salvie) Murray, sister Diane (les) Lake, sister Melinda Vollmer, Melissa Paddock. Children Kimberly (Phillip) Rice, Travis (Jennifer) Graff, Lisa Hyde, Kathi (Mike) Huttanus, Kristi (Steve) Klauser. 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren and his life long friend Gloria Morgan.