Malise Graham "Mal" J.
Marriages
Margaret "Peggy" Milne - August 12, 1961
Married in Kansas City
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 8C - October 9, 2022
Mal was born in
Grahamstown, South
Africa and is a descendant
of the town founders.
He attended the
University of Cape
Town and became a civil
engineer. He came to the U.S. on a scholarship to obtain
a graduate degree in engineering from the University
of Missouri.
While interning in Kansas City, he met his future
wife, Margaret “Peggy” Milne of Omaha, Nebraska.
They were married in Kansas City on August 12, 1961.
They moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where they lived
until returning to Kansas City in 1964.
Mal enjoyed a long international engineering career.
His joie de vivre enabled him to make friends across
the globe. Mal loved his Scottish heritage and actively
participated in Scottish societies. He also loved rugby.
While living in the Philippines, he was famous for
meeting the British navy ships to round up enough
men for a match. He had a delightful, if not always
appropriate, sense of humor and was proud of his selfpublished book called “Scots on the Rocks”.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy; his sister, Nella,
who resides in London; his son, Kenneth; his daughter,
Lucy (Paul); grandsons Michael (Drea), Joseph, Aidan,
and Charlie; and four great grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Glenfinnan
Highlanders, 2479 Patterson Rd, Unit 25, GJ, CO 81505.
Memorial service at Monument Presbyterian Church
on October 23, 2022 at 4pm. Scottish ceilidh (party) to
follow at 5pm at the Redlands Community Center.
