WILMINGTON — Brigitta Maria Fuchs Graham, 82, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. She was born Aug. 30, 1936, in Czechoslovakia.
During the occupation of her home country, her family was forced into Germany in the early 1940s. Her parents and three brothers, Walter, Herman and Kurt, eventually settled in the Bietigheim-Bissingen region of Germany. She resided there until she met and married her husband of 38 years, Charles D. Graham from Raeford.
Charles was in the U.S. Air Force, and soon they were stationed in Rapid City, South Dakota, where her only child, Renee G. Burbank, was born in 1966. After several military transfers including, Holland and California, the family settled in Southern Pines, where they lived until 1996, when she and Charles retired to Holden Beach.
Upon the death of her husband in September 1999, Brigitta moved to Wilmington to live closer to her daughter and two grandchildren. She was an active dancer, singer, enjoyed traveling and loved to bake.
In addition to her husband, Brigitta was preceded in death by her parents, Josef and Maria Fuchs.
She is survived by her daughter, Renee Graham Burbank, and husband, Ronnie Burbank, and her two grandchildren, Megan Leigh Burbank and Alex Daniel Burbank, all of Wilmington. She has one surviving brother, Kurt Fuchs, who resides in Germany. Her grandchildren were her greatest joy in life.
Brigitta will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
A visitation and celebration of her life will be held at from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, at Andrews Valley Chapel, 4108 S. College Road.
Share online condolences with the family at Andrews Mortuary & Crematory.
