Ralph Collings Hatch, 82, passed away at his Bountiful, Utah home after a long battle with kidney failure.

Ralph was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 30, 1939, to True Bradford (deceased, 1963) and Leah (Collings) Pack (deceased, 1985) Hatch. He was the only child of his mother's, but had eleven older step-siblings through his father and his first wife who had died two years earlier.

STEP-SIBLINGS (11):
Annie "Nan" Peterson (Raymond Barnes) Lindorff (deceased, 2001);
Clare Judd Hatch (deceased, 1924);
Dereal Kent Hatch (deceased, 2017);
Florence (R.) Walker (deceased, 1999);
Ford Barlow Hatch (deceased, 1942);
Gwendolyn (George) Blanch (deceased, 1983);
Israel Barlow Hatch (deceased, 1980);
Therice B. Hatch (deceased, 1982);
True Bradford Hatch, Jr. (deceased, 1994);
Venice B. Hatch (deceased, 1964)

Ralph was raised and educated in Bountiful.

MARRIED: Deon Jackson
DATE: August 28, 1959
PLACE: Salt Lake Temple

CHILDREN (4): Lori (Jim) Murray, Mark (Sherri) Hatch, Mike (Angela) Hatch; and Rebecca (Steve) Chapman, of Kaysville, Utah; sixteen grandchildren (Brooke Hart, deceased); and nineteen great-grandchildren.

Ralph was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had served in many leadership roles and had served alongside his bride, Deon on two full-time missions where they got to assists the full-time missionaries.

He was a wonderful husband and father and loved spending time with his family. Ralph was a generous man who always looked for ways to serve.

His family appreciates the staff of Inspiration Hospice for their loving care of him.

Graveside services will be held in the Bountiful City Cemetery, 2224 South 200 West, at 2 P.M., on Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Lindquist's Mortuary of Bountiful.