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CPL Ralph Marshall Todd

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CPL Ralph Marshall Todd Veteran

Birth
Gause, Milam County, Texas, USA
Death
8 Mar 1996 (aged 80)
Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Gause, Milam County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.78768, Longitude: -96.72195
Memorial ID
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AUSTIN -- Ralph M. Todd, 80, of Oakland, Minn., who owned Todd's Grocery Store in Oakland, died Friday (March 8, 1996) at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.

He was born Oct. 6, 1915, in Gause, Texas, and married Violet Esterby on April 3, 1948, in San Antonio, Texas. They later moved to Oakland. Mr. Todd worked for Petran Farms, Rotsford Lumber and for Hormel for 33 years. He retired from Hormel in 1978. He also owned the grocery store. He was sexton for the Fairview Cemetery for many years, a member of the Oakland Midway Lutheran Church, VFW, National Rifle Association and a past member of the Moscow Gun Club. He loved hunting, fishing, golfing and gardening.

Mr. Todd is survived by his wife; a daughter, Deloris (Mrs. Jerry) Schewe of Oakland; a son, Robert of Oakland; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Oakland Midway Lutheran Church with the Rev. Natanael Lizarazo officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and at the church an hour before the service.
AUSTIN -- Ralph M. Todd, 80, of Oakland, Minn., who owned Todd's Grocery Store in Oakland, died Friday (March 8, 1996) at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.

He was born Oct. 6, 1915, in Gause, Texas, and married Violet Esterby on April 3, 1948, in San Antonio, Texas. They later moved to Oakland. Mr. Todd worked for Petran Farms, Rotsford Lumber and for Hormel for 33 years. He retired from Hormel in 1978. He also owned the grocery store. He was sexton for the Fairview Cemetery for many years, a member of the Oakland Midway Lutheran Church, VFW, National Rifle Association and a past member of the Moscow Gun Club. He loved hunting, fishing, golfing and gardening.

Mr. Todd is survived by his wife; a daughter, Deloris (Mrs. Jerry) Schewe of Oakland; a son, Robert of Oakland; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Oakland Midway Lutheran Church with the Rev. Natanael Lizarazo officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and at the church an hour before the service.

Inscription

CPL US Army Air Corps
World War II

Gravesite Details

This gravesite is a cenotaph. Actual burial at Fairview Cemetery, Oakland, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA. See Memorial # 13447178. See Obit in bio section above.



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