CAWELTI, Ralph C. 1920-1999

CAWELTI, PARMAN, PENDERGAST, REMMERT, COLLINS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/28/2011 at 03:07:20

Ralph C. Cawelti, was born May 2, 1920 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Charles and Emma (Parman) Cawelti. He died Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo at 79 years of age.
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He was a 1938 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College. Ralph served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in England during W.W. II. He married Jean Pendergast on August 6, 1949 in Waterloo, Iowa. Ralph was a tax accountant at Rath Packing Company in Waterloo for 28 years, retiring in 1982. He was a member of Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49 and the Rath Management Club.

He is survived by his wife Jean, of Cedar Falls; his son, Gary of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Sandra Remmert of Cedar Falls and Mary Ann Collins of Lamar, Missouri; six grandsons and his two brothers, Elmer Cawelti of Cedar Falls and Harland Cawelti of Torrence, California.

Ralph was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Leslie Cawelti.

Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 14, 1999 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with burial at Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to the St. Patrick Forward in Faith fund or the Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49 fund.

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]