Ralph Frank Stanley (1979)

COOK, GILBERT, HARLEN, HOUGHAM, JONES, REES, STANLEY, THROCKMORTON

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 10/19/2006 at 21:26:02

Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, October 25, 1979

RALPH STANLEY

Ralph Frank Stanley, son of Charles and Margaret Stanley was born near Earlham, Iowa, November 28, 1900. He departed this life at the Madison County Memorial Hospital at Winterset, Iowa, on October 4, 1979, at the age of 78 years 11 months and 4 days. He was born and grew to manhood on the same farm located five miles north of Earlham, Iowa, in Dallas County. He spent his entire life as a farmer. He received his education from the Pleasant Hill Country School.

On March 4, 1926, he was united in marriage to Delma Harlen of near Stuart, Iowa. To this union seven children were born, Mrs. Margaret Jones, Redfield, Iowa, Mrs. Barbara Throckmorton, Hummeston, Iowa, Ralph Stanley, Jr., Dawson, Iowa, Mrs. Martha Rees and Charles Stanley of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Helen Gilbert of Hanover Park, Illinois and James Stanley of Adel, Iowa.

Ralph and Delma celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on March 4, 1976. Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, nine brothers, three sisters, one granddaughter and two sons-in-law.

Left to mourn their loss are his wife Delma, his daughters and sons, twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Sisters and brothers surviving Ralph from a family of sixteen children are Mrs. Helen Hougham, Adel, Iowa, Mrs. Leah Cook, Earlham, Iowa, Wayne Stanley, Earlham, Iowa, and Clifford Stanley, Dexter, Iowa. Also surviving are many other relatives, nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

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