Longtime Graf & Sons owner, Bob Graf, dies, aged 84

By Chris Eger

Bob and his wife Marjorie helped co-found Graf & Sons in 1957 and, while he retired in 2014, the business is still family owned. (Photos: Graf & Sons)
Robert “Bob” E. Graf helped found ammunition supplier, Graf & Sons, in 1957, and helped grow the small-town Missouri company into the “Reloading Authority.”
Graf, 84, died Monday at Boone Hospital in Columbia. Born in Miami, Arizona in 1934, he was 23 when he joined forces with his father Arnold, brother Howard, and their spouses to found Graf & Sons in a gas station in Mexico, Missouri. Bob and his wife Marjorie later became sole owners of the business after the passing of the senior Graf and the retirement of Howard.
“He will be greatly missed by many in our community and in the shooting and reloading industry,” said the company on social media Tuesday, announcing funeral arrangements.
By 2013, Graf expanded the once three-person operation to an outlet specializing in often hard-to-find ammunition and components employing a staff of 60 and was honored by the Mexico Area Chamber and City of Mexico. Bob retired in 2014, naming Paul Seigfreid as company president, but the business is still family owned. A lifetime NRA member, Graf &

Source: Guns.com