LUDEKE, Ralph C. (1891-1981)

LUDEKE, HARTZELL, COLLINS, DOMINIC, COULTER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/20/2013 at 00:26:34

RALPH C. LUDEKE

CLEAR LAKE - Funeral services for Ralph C. Ludeke, 90, of rural Clear Lake, who died Wednesday (Sept. 23, 1981) at a Mason City nursing home, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church. The Rev. M.A. Kampfe of the Good Shepherd Geriatric Center and Dr. Lyle Lieder of the church will officiate. Burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery, Klemme. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, where a prayer service will be 7:30 tonight. The family requests memorials be made to the Ralph Ludeke Memorial Fund.

Mr. Ludeke attended Klemme schools and Charles City Academy, and was graduated from Drake University in 1916. He farmed in the Klemme area and was well-known for raising purebred hogs. He lived a short time in Garner, and moved to Clear Lake in 1943 where he lived until his retirement. He married Mina Hartzell in 1917 in Britt.

Mr. Ludeke had a stroke in 1970, which left him partially paralyzed and confined to a nursing home.

He was a member of the Clear Lake United Methodist Church and served as a Sunday school superintendent and teacher. He also served on the church boards and sang in the church choir. He also served on the Klemme School Board.

Survivors include his wife, Mina; three daughters, Mrs. Dan (June) Collins, Mason City; Mrs. Jack (Doris) Dominic, Clear Lake; Mrs. Eldon Coulter (Marilyn) Coulter, Redfield; one son, Stanley R. Ludeke, Long Prairie, Minn., and 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.