Obituary: Chad Allan Graveley
Author: Graveley Family
In Memory Of
Chad Allan Graveley, age 52 of Townsend
May 24, 1971 – July 1, 2023
Graveley Family
Chad Allan Graveley born on May 24, 1971, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana passed away on July 1, 2023, in Townsend.
Chad lived his first three years in Missoula with his parents and big brother, Ken, while his dad attended law school; the family then moved to Helena, Montana. He attended CR Anderson grade school until 1983 when he and his mother moved to Palmer, Alaska. He attended Palmer Junior High and graduated from Palmer High School in 1989. While in High School, he sang in the choir and played football for the Palmer Moose as a wide receiver, #82. After high school, he attended MSU in Bozeman for a year. He returned home and worked for a short time that summer at a cannery in Valdez, Alaska.
In the fall of 1990, he drove from Montana to Miami, Florida to attend Broadcasting School, graduating in the fall of 1991. Then he returned to Montana to work on the Tri G ranch. He spent a year in Australia as an agricultural exchange student working in the outback on a cattle station. His mom and stepdad visited him at the end of his year stay. They traveled the north coast where Chad Allan learned to scuba dive and dove the Great Barrier Reef. He returned to Townsend and resumed his work on the Tri G Ranch until 2019. He then started working for Graymont Western US Inc. in Townsend. His travels included Europe, Ukraine, and Jamaica.
Chad Allan will be greatly missed, not only by his family but by his many friends. He will be remembered for his honesty, generous heart, sense of humor and his love for his dogs. He loved to go camping with his faithful companion, Izzy and talk to God. He had a gift for carpentry and woodworking. He also was known to serenade many of his friends on his guitar.
He is preceded in death by his grandparents; Gordon and Zita Graveley and Cliff and Esther Quigley.
He is survived by his parents Charles Graveley and Sheila Quigley, stepfather, Jim Buckley; brother, Ken Graveley and sister, Morgan Graveley Dolan; nephews, Zach Graveley and wife Jill and new-born great-niece, Riley; and C.J. Graveley and wife Corri.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Townsend, Montana. All are welcome to join the family burial services at Holy Cross Cemetery and/or proceed directly to Watson Event Center, 290 Litening Barn Road for the Celebration of Life! The family asks that memorials be sent to NAMI or a Humane Society of your choice.
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