In Loving Memory RALPH GEORGE STRUVE

Service TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2000, 2:00 PM TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MANILLA, IOWA
Officiating PASTOR TIMOTHY GEITZ
Music “HOW GREAT THOU ART” MARLENE JAHN, VOCALIST
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES” “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS” CONGREGATION
BONNIE LORENZEN, ORGANIST
Interment MANNING CEMETERY
Casketbearers: ALLAN DOANE, KURT BARRY, LYNN BARRY, BRIAN BAKER, CURT STRUVE, KYLE JENSEN
Honorary Casketbearers: D. LYNN BAKER, BRENDA & KARL MEYER, KELLI & JASON FINERAN, MEGAN BARRY, DANA & SHAWN HILL, Bobbie J. BARRY

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.
DRIVERS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSIONA MUST TURN ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS, DRIVE IN A CLOSE FORMATION AND BE ALERT.

Ralph George, son of George and Dora (Gruhn) Struve, was born April 19, 1915, near Manning, Iowa. He attended rural school near his home and then went to school in Manning, graduating from high school in 1932. Following his graduation he continued to work with his father in the purebred Shorthorn cattle business on the family farm.

On November 2, 1941, Ralph was united in marriage with Velma Datwyler at Winterset. They lived with his parents on the family farm for a short time and then moved to a farm southeast of Manning for five years. When his parents retired, they moved back to the home place where he farmed and raised purebred Shorthorn cattle with his brother Glen. In 1957 the family moved and Ralph started his career as a herdsman for various Angus cattle breeders. In 1965 he received the prestigious John Sheets Herdsman Award for being the outstanding herdsman of the year. From 1965 to 1979 he lived and worked on the SuperCross hybrid seed corn farm east of Manilla. When he retired in 1979, they moved into their new home in Irwin.

Ralph was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla. He was also a member of Iowa Angus Breeders Association and the American Angus Association. In his retirement years he enjoyed woodworking, both refinishing and building new furniture.

Ralph lost his battle with cancer and died on Saturday, May 20, 2000, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, Iowa, at the age of 85 years, 1 month and 1 day.

He is preceded in death by his parents, a sister Irene Doane, and a brother Glen Struve.

He is survived by his wife Velma Struve of Irwin; three children: Glenda and her husband Clarence Baker of Pittsview, AL; Galen Struve and his wife Elaine of Blue Springs, MO; and Janene and her husband Pat Barry of Irwin; seven grandchildren: Brian Baker and his wife D. Lynn; Brenda and her husband Karl Meyer; Kelli and her husband Jason Fineran; Kurt Barry; Megan Barry; Lynn Barry and his wife B.J.; and Dana and her husband Shawn Hill; six great-grandchildren: Nicholas Carazo; Jacob Baker; Shayla Hill; and Courtney, Dillon and Kira Barry; sister Fern and her husband Kenny Jensen of Manning; sister-in-law Lois Struve of Manning; brother-in-law Sam Doane of Davenport; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.