Yolo-Humboldt County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....SILER , Ralph W.  June 20 2004
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Woodland "Daily Democrat," Thursday, July 8, 2004
Ralph W. Siler

Funeral Notices

Ralph W. Siler passed peacefully out of this life on Sunday, June 20, 2004, in
Woodland, California. He was born on Feb. 20, 1916 in Jellico, Tennessee, the
second of seven children born to Randolph and Mary Stephens Siler. In 1934 he
joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Pacific in World War II and in
Korea. He retired from the Corps in 1956 and afterwards became a firefighter,
market gardener and fisherman. He loved fishing and operated a boat out of
Crescent City, California, until he was into his eighties. He was a loving,
kind, and generous husband, father, brother and friend and will be missed by all
who knew him.

He is survived by his wife, Lois Corum Siler of Dunnigan; son Ralph, Jr. and
daughter-in-law Jeanne of Carlin, Nevada; daughter Mary E. Siler Anderson of
Briceland, California; step-daughter Diane Boydston of Tabihina, Oklahoma;
grandchildren Erica Siler of Carlin, Sigurd and Christina Anderson of Redway,
California, Isaac Coogan and his wife Brandi Coogan of Rio Dell, California, and
Julia Anderson of Briceland; great-grandchildren, Savannah and Nicholas Anderson
of Briceland, and Cody, Melina and Kailey Coogan of Rio Dell; brothers Woodrow
Siler of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and John Siler and his wife Genevieve Siler of
Zamora, and his sister Elsie Siler O'Brien and her husband Richard O'Brien of
Anaheim, California. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters
Ruby Siler Brown of Pasadena, Flora Siler Chavez of Venice, and Maude (Midge)
Siler Pierce of Folsom; and brother-in-law, Hal Corum of Pollock Pines.

Interment was at the Garberville, California, Cemetery, as he had expressed a
wish to be near his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial
contributions can be made to the VFW Post 6354 Honor Guard, P.O. Box 544,
Garberville, Ca 95542. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland assisted the
family with the arrangements.


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Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St.,
Woodland, CA 95695.  

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