Vring, Ray J. (1938-2019)

VRING, HUSTEDT, DIRKS, SNEDEKER, DOWDY, GAES, SCHWINT, FOLEY, DEVORE, LEHMAN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/18/2021 at 17:36:24

Ray J. Vring
January 19, 1938 ~ April 14, 2019

Ray John Vring was born on January 19, 1938, to John Dietrich and Edna Marie (Hustedt) Vring at home north of Aurelia in Afton Township, Cherokee County. He attended school in Aurelia and Alta. Then, on June 22nd, 1962, he married Carolyn Dirks in Jackson, Minnesota.

A farmer all of his life, Ray, also, had a number of side jobs over the years. For example, he delivered the rural Des Moines Register for twenty-four years and the Storm Lake Advertiser for eleven years. In addition, he mowed lawns and scooped snow. Moreover, he enjoyed collecting Farmall International memorabilia and caps. He, also, liked going to parades with his children and grandchildren.

A survivor of colorectal cancer since 2010, he died of COPD on Sunday, April 14, 2019, with his family at his side at his home in Alta. A member of the Church of Christ in Alta, he took his faith seriously.

Preceding Ray in death were his parents; his wife, Carolyn, in 1999; a brother, Harry Milton Vring, in 1936 in infancy; his father-in-law, Harold Dirks, and two sons-in-law, Michael Snedeker and Howard Dowdy.

Survivors include seven children: Mary Dowdy, of Aurelia, Judy Snedeker, of Storm Lake, John and Kelley Vring, of Aurelia, Diane Vring, of Alta, Michelle and Scott Gaes, of Sergeant Bluff, Stephanie Vring and Michael Schwint, of Storm Lake, and JoAnn Foley and Clint DeVore, of Storm Lake; fifteen grandchildren; sixteen great-grand-children; his mother-in-law, Florence Dirks, of Round Rock, Texas; three brothers-in-law: Darold and Janice Dirks, of Round Rock, Texas, Bob Dirks, of Spencer, and Lynn and Deb Dirks, of Alta; and a sister-in-law, Barb Lehman, of Ruthven; as well as other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Ray J. Vring, 81, of Alta, will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 10:30 A.M. at the Church of Christ in Alta, with Pastor Ben Michaels officiating. Burial will follow in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Hanover, Iowa. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the church. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements.

Redig Funeral Home, Aurelia, Iowa, 2019.

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