SASSAMAN, Ralph M. 1916-1999

SASSAMAN, HACKBARTH, FOOTE, SCHIRM, MEYER, BOSLEY, GARDNER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/4/2012 at 02:22:28

Ralph Sassaman was born on August 21, 1916, at Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Martha (Hackbarth) Sassaman. He died on Friday, July 23, 1999, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa at 82 years of age.

He married Elner M. Foote on March 28, 1938, at the Church of the Nazarene in Waterloo, Iowa. Ralph worked at Viking Pump and Hinson’s Manufacturing for many years.

Ralph is survived by his wife, Elner of Cedar Falls; one son James E. Sassaman and his wife Julie of Cedar Falls; four daughters, Carol E. Schirm and her husband Dick of Waterloo, Karen J. Meyer and her husband LuRay of Wellsburg, Iowa, Helen M. Bosley and her husband Herb of Cedar Falls and Liz R. Gardner and her husband Dan of Rowley, Iowa; fifteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and one brother, Paul G. Sassaman of Glendale, Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Keith A. Sassaman.

Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 1999, at First Church of the Nazarene, Cedar Falls, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waterloo. Memorials may be directed to the church.

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

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SSDI shows his middle initial as "M"
Name: Ralph M. Sassaman
State of Issue: Iowa
Date of Birth: Monday August 21, 1916
Date of Death: Friday July 23, 1999
Est. Age at Death: 82 years, 11 months, 2 days
Last known residence: Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa