Background
DeGraff, Helen Marie was born on February 27, 1928 in Oran, Iowa, United States. Daughter of LeRoy and Ethel May (Ramsey) Cosselman.
DeGraff, Helen Marie was born on February 27, 1928 in Oran, Iowa, United States. Daughter of LeRoy and Ethel May (Ramsey) Cosselman.
Graduate high school, Oran, 1945.
Portrait artist private art studio, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1960-1974;
art show director, West Suburban Alliance, Wheaton, Illinois, 1970-1975;
assistant promotional director, Yorktown Shopping Center, Villa Park, Illinois, 1971-1973;
office manager, art editor, Very Important Person International Ednl. Films, Oak Brook, Illinois, 1973-1974;
co-owner, artist, Sands of Time Studio, Cobden, Illinois, since 1980. Juror, art show judge, Chicago, 1965-1975.
Art instructor private studio, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1975-1980.
Married Joseph Richard Palmer, June 9, 1952 (divorced May 1973). Children: William Joseph, Carole Lynn. Married Victor M. DeGraff, June 29, 1976.