EHLEBRACHT, Ray August c1951-2012
EHLEBRACHT, SCHULTZ, SMITH
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/14/2012 at 10:16:07
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Ray August Ehlebracht Jr.
RUDD, IOWA - Ray August Ehlebracht Jr, 60, of Rudd, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.
A funeral service for Ray will be held 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the United Methodist Church of Rudd, 611 Sixth St., Rudd, with the Rev. Wendy Johannesen officiating.
Burial will be held in Evergreen Cemetery, Rudd.A visitation will be held from 4 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, at Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs.
Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be designated to the Ray Ehlebracht Jr. Memorial Fund in care of his family.
Sheckler Colonial Chapel, Nora Springs, 641-749-2210, www.colonialchapels.com .
[ Globe Gazette online, April 14, 2012 ]
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#2:Biography:
Ray August Ehlebracht Jr, 60, of Rudd, Iowa died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa. A funeral service for Ray will be held 10:30 AM, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at the United Methodist Church of Rudd, 611 6th St, Rudd with the Reverend Wendy Johannesen officiating. Burial will be held in Evergreen Cemetery, Rudd, Iowa.
A visitation will be held from 4 to 7:30pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Avenue, Nora Springs, Iowa.
Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be designated to the Ray Ehlebracht Jr. Memorial Fund in care of his family.
Ray August Ehlebracht, son of Ray and Sylvia Smith Ehlebracht Sr. was born on June 2, 1951 in Charles City, Iowa. Ray attended Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock schools and graduated in 1969. Following his college education, Ray worked full time at the Rudd lumber yard and also joined his father’s business, R & R Sports in Rudd selling snowmobiles part time. Ray was united in marriage to Nancy Shultz on August 3, 1974 at the Methodist Church in Charles City. To this union, three children were born: Tina, Travis, Tonya.
Ray started his own construction business and then worked for a construction firm in Clear Lake. He left the construction business to be closer to home to work at the Farmers Coop in Rudd. Later Ray went back and received his realtor license.
Ray enjoyed fishing, hunting, and cars, especially mustangs and corvettes. He also enjoyed restoring specialty cars. Ray spent much of his time with his family. He loved to be with his children and grandchildren, going to their sporting events and concerts. Ray had a great sense of humor and would always put others before himself.
Ray gave back to the community volunteering his time for meals on wheels and ran the scoreboard for many years for the high school football games. He was a former member of the Rudd Lions Club, RRMR Booster Club and the United Methodist Church of Rudd.
Ray will be greatly missed by his wife of 37 years, Nancy; his children, Tina (Ron Bauer) Hudspeth, Britt, Iowa, Travis (Jennifer) Ehlebracht, Rudd, Tonya Ehlebracht, Bellevue, NE; grandchildren, Darielle, Kaylee, Sydney, Ryleigh Hudspeth, Ethan, Paige, and Blake Ehlebracht; his four-legged companion, Brady; sister, Patti (Mike) Anderson; Uncle Virgil (Agnes) Smith and Aunt Edith Sonne along with several cousins, brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and parents-in-law, and infant brother, Tim.
[ Sheckler Colonial Chapel website, 4/14/2012 ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Photo of Ray from Sheckler Colonial Chapel website.
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