Anna Mae was born on May 21, 1936 to Samuel Graeff and Edna (Kauffman) Graeff. She is the youngest of 3 children. She had an older sister, Betty who was married to Vincent Riegel and an older brother, Earl Graeff who is married to Mildred (Smith), who was a sister to Anna Mae’s husband, Arthur. Anna Mae and Arthur were married on April 2, 1955 and were married almost 66 years. Arthur passed away on February 17, 2021. (Arthur passed away on Ash Wednesday and their 66th Wedding Anniversary would have fallen on Good Friday). Anna Mae has 2 children. Her son, Kevin Smith is married to Susan (Newell) Smith and they live in Idaho Falls, ID. Her daughter, Sherry (Smith) is married to Jeff Ricketts and they live in Bernville, next to Anna Mae’s former home. Anna Mae has 5 grandchildren: Kevin Jr, Zachary, Alexandra, Samantha, and Douglas. Anna Mae worked for the Tulpehocken School District for 25 years. She first worked as a cook in the kitchen at Penn-Bernville Elementary School and later as a custodian at Tulpehocken High School. Anna Mae and Arthur had a 55-acre farm where they raised beef cattle, chickens, ducks and even turkeys. Years later they downsized to a significantly smaller farmette. Anna Mae did a lot of gardening, so she was also very accomplished at canning fruits and vegetables. In later years, Anna Mae expanded to using a dehydrator, so there were always bags of dried fruit in the freezer!