Ralph William NUEHRING

NUEHRING, MONTGOMERY, BREDE, ECKES, VER HELST, DUNBAR, KEMP, BIER, VAN NURDEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/27/2008 at 11:58:36

August 15, 2007

Ralph W. Nuehring, of Klemme, died on Friday, August 3, 2007, at the Belmond Medical Center, Belmond, as a result of injuries suffered in a bicycle-motor vehicle accident near Klemme on Saturday, July 28. He was 76 years old. Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 11, at the Immanuel Reformed United Church of Christ, Klemme. The Rev. Donna Buckman officiated. Burial with full military honors provided by the Klemme Honor guard was in the Ell Township Cemetery. The Andrews Funeral Home, Klemme, was In charge of the funeral arrangements.

Ralph William Nuehring, the son of Owen and Blanche (Montgomery) Nuehring, was born on October 5, 1930, on his parents' farm in rural Klemme. He attended rural Klemme Schools at Ell Township #3 and then Klemme Schools where he graduated from high school with the Class of 1948. In the fall of 1948 he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he proudly served his country for 4 years. Ralph's military tenure included time stationed in Okinawa during the Korean Conflict. Ralph fulfilled his role in the Air Force as a Control Tower Operator. Following his Honorable Discharge from service, he returned to Klemme where he lived on the family farm for a time and later made his home in town. Ralph was a fairly quiet man who enjoyed a simple life as a bachelor. He enjoyed reading on a wide variety of topics and especially looked forward to his newspapers and the Iowa Conservationist magazines. He liked to raise a garden and in earlier years looked forward to a competitive game of cards. Those who knew Ralph well would see him almost daily on his bicycle journey's tooling around the Klemme area.

Ralph is survived by his sisters, Dorothy Brede of Goodell, Mavis Eckes of Long Prairie, Minnesota, Marie Ver Helst of Klemme and Inez and husband, Bruce Dunbar of Mason City; brothers, Dean Nuehring of Osage and Keith and wife, Wilma Nuehring of Webster City; two sisters-in-law, Margaret Nuehring of Britt and Doris Nuehring of Mason City; brother-in-law, Art Kemp of Colome, South Dakota; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Owen and Blanche; brothers, Lyle and Morris; sisters, Clara, Grace, and Betty; an infant brother, Lorril; brothers-in-law, Warren Bier, Norman Eckes, Ken Van Nurden and Richard Ver Helst; and sister-in-law, Elsie Nuehring.

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