CANADAY, Ralph, 1917-1977
CANADAY, GIERE, WRIGHT, SCOTTEN, MCCARTHY, WICOXIN, FRANKLIN, KING, BESWICK
Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 2/6/2012 at 20:59:36
The Ottumwa (IA) Courier
Monday, 13 June 1977RALPH CANADAY
KEOSAUQUA -- Ralph R. Canaday, 59, of Keosauqua, died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Des Moines.
He was born Oct.5, 1917 in Van Buren County to Albert and Dulcia Giere Canaday. He married Bernice Wright on April 27, 1946. She died in 1949. In 1950, he married Alvastine Scotton.
He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of the American Legion and VFW posts in Keosauqua.
Survivors include his wife; daughters Mrs. Judy McCarthy of Colorado Springs, Co., Mrs. Donna Wilcoxson of Moravia and Marcia of Keosauqua; sons Bill of Fairfield and Bob and Mike of Keosauqua; step-children Nancy Franklin and Richard King, both of Keosauqua, and Sue Ann Fischer of Fairfield; brothers Ernest, Fred and Carroll, all of Birmingham; sister Mrs. Esther Beswick of Stockport; 6 grandchildren, 17 step-grandchildren and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Birmingham United Methodist Church, the Rev. David Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, with military rites by Beer-Barker American Legion Post 113 of Keosauqua.
Visitation is at the Burch Funeral Home.
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