Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ralph, Don E. 2006
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Greenville Daily News, 15 Aug 2006

Don E. Ralph, 91, of rural Sheridan, passed away late Sunday evening, Aug. 13,
2006, at Metron of Greenville.  The son of Joe and Alice Stewart Ralph, he was
born March 3, 1915, in Belding.

On Dec. 31, 1936 he married Beatrice Anna Lund.  During World War II, Don was
employed at Willow Run where he tested flight instruments as part of the war
effort.  Following the war, he returned to the area and began working at the
former Gibson Refrigerator Co., retiring in 1979 from the engineering
laboratory.  A devoted husband, father, grandpa and brother, he enjoyed
traveling with his wife.  Together, they visited most of the western United
States and Hawaii and delighted in spending their summers at Wild Goose Lake in
Canada.  An avid hunter and fisherman, he had been a member of the Michigan
Bowhunters Association, was a ham radio operator (WB8DXV) and was a long-time
member and past master of Star Masonic Lodge No. 250 in Stanton.  For many
years, Don was active as a troop leader with the Boy Scouts of America, even
having attended the National Scout Jamboree.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 66 years, Beatrice A.
Ralph, of Feb. 22, 2003, three brothers-in-law, Claud Lund, Earl Lund, Raymond
Adams; two sisters-in-law, Mildred Ralph, Viola Lund; and son-in-law, Robert
Jewell Jr.  He is survived by daughter, Carole Jewell and Charles Anderson of
Greenville; two sons, Stuart and Joanne Ralph of Meza, Ariz., Richard and
Beverley Ralph of McHenry, Ill.; brother, Karl and Elizabeth Ralph of Sheridan;
grandchildren, Roger and Donnell Ralph of Sheridan, Rhonda and Dean Hansen, Chad
and Deb Cook, all of Stanton, Patricia and Glenn Martin of Greenville, Trina and
Steve Speiser, Holly Jeffery and Phil Kava, all of Stanton, Tami and Dave
Schierman, Wendi Ralph, all of Washington, John Metz of Florida, Jim Metz of
Milwaukee, Wis., Brian Emmons of Stanton, Tracy Fisk of Arizona, Jonna Lubbers
of Hudsonville, Dean Emmons of Stanton; 18 great-grandchildren; nine
great-great-grandchildren with the 10th on the way; siblings-in-law, Anna Adams
of Stanton, Doris Lund, Donald and Elaine Lund, Lee and Bettie Lund, all of
Sheridan; family friend and caregiver, Maxine Jannings of Sheridan; and several
nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are 3 p.m. Thursday at Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home,
511 S. Franklin St., Greenville, with burial following in Evergreen Township
Cemetery, Sheridan.  Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral
home, where envelopes for memorial contributions to either the Alzheimer’s
Association or Gratiot Area Hospice will be available.


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