WRIGHT, Ralph John 1888-1953

WRIGHT, SUDOL, HAYLER, PLOZEL, LOVALL, SWINTON

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 10/11/2011 at 15:26:21

Ralph John Wright October 16, 1888—January 3, 1953

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FORMER OSAGE RESIDENT DIES

Osage – Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at Nashua Tuesday for a former Osage resident, Ralph J. Wright, 64, who died at New Orleans Friday following a heart ailment while he was visiting a son Jerry, of the Merchant Marine.

Wright, a native of Nashua, farmed near that town, the came to Osage where he was a barber.
In 1942 he went to Waterloo and was employed at the Rath plant. He retired last August to live with a son, George, at Waterloo.

Besides his sons, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Alice Lovall, Flagler Beach, Florida; two brothers; Walter of Miles City, Montana; and Robert of Livingston, Montana ; and a sister; Mrs. H. G. Swinton of Nashua, also three grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday January 7, 1953

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WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
Ralph John Wright 28 living in Nashua, born October 16, 1888 in Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa; farmer; married wife and two children.

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Ralph John Wright was the son of John G and Mary (Hayler) Wright. He married Emma Sudol, the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Plozel) Sudol.