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Ralph Joseph Martin - 1917-1998

MARTIN, MOODY, AMES, ADAM, BROWN, HOWARD, MORITZ

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 6/19/2011 at 16:01:13

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD, September 22, 1998
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday September 17 at the First Presbyterian Church in Waukon, Iowa for Ralph Joseph Martin of Waukon, Iowa. Rev. Larry Olson officiated. Burial was in the Oakland Cemetery with the arrangements by the Martin Funeral Home. Casket bearers were Gary, Rod, Dan, Cliff, and Marty Ames and Carl Beall. Honorary bearers were Leo Carter, LeRoy Schmidt and James Klenske.

Ralph Joseph Martin was born June 25, 1917 to William and Daisy Belle (Moody) Martin on their farm in Jefferson Township, Allamakee County, Iowa. He attended rural school in Jefferson Township. On September 26, 1940 he married Reva Ames in Dubuque, Iowa. Ralph was a farm laborer for several years. Later he worked for the Waukon Street Department for 20 years. He was a finish carpenter for Design Homes in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin for 10 years before retiring in 1981.

Ralph was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a volunteer with the Waukon Pioneer Fire Department since 1951, serving as assistant chief for several years. Ralph died Monday, September 14, 1998 at the Veterans Memorial Hospital at the age of 81.

Ralph was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Colleen Martin, 5 sisters: Mary, Virginia, Katie, Esther, and Theresa; 4 brothers, James Martin, Lawrence Martin, Henry Martin, and John Martin; and a son-in-law, Donice Adam.

He is survived by his wife, Reva, 2 daughters, Carolyn Adam of Waukon, Iowa, and Rosalie (Darryl) Brown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 3 grandchildren: Eric Adam of Waukon, Iowa, Lora Brown (William) Howard, and Martin (Kelly) Brown, all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 sister-in-law, Vila Martin of Lansing, Michigan and a brother-in-law, William Moritz of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.


 

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