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Ralph Leroy Thoren Sr.

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Ralph Leroy Thoren Sr.

Birth
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Oct 2011 (aged 92)
Solon, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Shueyville, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
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Born Dec. 17, 1918, in Des Moines, Iowa, Ralph was the son of Gilbert and Minnie (Johnson) Thoren. He graduated in 1938 from East High School in Des Moines. Ralph joined the United States Army in 1942. Upon his discharge in 1945, he returned to the Des Moines area and worked for Lambs Dental Lab. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves from 1947 until 1950. Ralph was united in marriage in 1945 to Betty Tucker in Indiana. The couple moved to Hiawatha in 1961 and Ralph went into partnership with his brother Gilbert "Junior" in a denture lab. They later moved to the Solon area. Ralph went to work in maintenance for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1974. Betty died in 1976. Ralph married Melissa "Fern" Kenyon in 1978. Fern died in June 2007.

Ralph was a member of the Shueyville United Methodist Church and was a Free Mason belonging to the Cedar Rapids Mizpah Masonic Lodge 639. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed snowmobiling, square dancing, league bowling and boating with his family.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents; his wives, Betty Thoren and Fern Thoren; son, Rod Thoren; stepson, Bob Kenyon; granddaughter, Kerry Lynn Philipp; stepgranddaughter, Debbie Southern Brown; great-grandson, Drake Whitters; and great-granddaughter, Kylie Thoren. Also preceding him in death were his siblings, Elmer Thoren, Alvin Thoren, LaVerne Thoren, Ruth Webb, twins Ila and Ilene Thoren, Esther Thoren, Ellen Thoren and Ernest Thoren; and brother-in-law, Wendell Travis.
Born Dec. 17, 1918, in Des Moines, Iowa, Ralph was the son of Gilbert and Minnie (Johnson) Thoren. He graduated in 1938 from East High School in Des Moines. Ralph joined the United States Army in 1942. Upon his discharge in 1945, he returned to the Des Moines area and worked for Lambs Dental Lab. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves from 1947 until 1950. Ralph was united in marriage in 1945 to Betty Tucker in Indiana. The couple moved to Hiawatha in 1961 and Ralph went into partnership with his brother Gilbert "Junior" in a denture lab. They later moved to the Solon area. Ralph went to work in maintenance for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1974. Betty died in 1976. Ralph married Melissa "Fern" Kenyon in 1978. Fern died in June 2007.

Ralph was a member of the Shueyville United Methodist Church and was a Free Mason belonging to the Cedar Rapids Mizpah Masonic Lodge 639. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed snowmobiling, square dancing, league bowling and boating with his family.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents; his wives, Betty Thoren and Fern Thoren; son, Rod Thoren; stepson, Bob Kenyon; granddaughter, Kerry Lynn Philipp; stepgranddaughter, Debbie Southern Brown; great-grandson, Drake Whitters; and great-granddaughter, Kylie Thoren. Also preceding him in death were his siblings, Elmer Thoren, Alvin Thoren, LaVerne Thoren, Ruth Webb, twins Ila and Ilene Thoren, Esther Thoren, Ellen Thoren and Ernest Thoren; and brother-in-law, Wendell Travis.

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Same stone as Betty F. (1924-1976)

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