STROHBECK, Ralph Yates

Birth     : 8 OCT 1900 Brighton, Macoupin, IL
Bapt      : 
Death     : 16 SEP 1990 Godfrey, Madison, IL
Burial    : 19 SEP 1990 Fosterburg Cemetery, Fosterburg, Madison, IL

Father    : STROHBECK, George Adolph
Mother    : DECK, Amy Lucinda


Spouse(1) : KRUMMELBEIN, Ameila
Marriage  : 17 MAR 1926


Spouse(2) : THOMPSON, Gaila Bernice
Marriage  : 11 AUG 1943


Notes     : OBITUARY - Alton Telegraph - 17 Sep 1990; pg A7, col 4

            Ralph Strohbeck

                ALTON--Ralph Yates Strohbeck, 89, died at 6:10 p.m. Sunday, 
            Sept. 16, 1990, at D'Adrian Convalescent Center in Godfrey.
                He was a self-employed farmer.
                Born in Brighton, he was the son of the late George and Amy 
            (Deck) Strohbeck.
                His first wife, the former Amelia Kruemmelbein, died in 1936.  
            In 1943 he married the former Bernice Thompson, and she survives.
                Also surviving are a son, Virgil Strohbeck of Alton; a daughter, 
            Lois Harrelson of Brighton; a stepdaughter, Aldyth Gail Summers of 
            Jerseyille; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a 
            sister, Esther Boker of Alton.
                Preceding him in death were two grandchildren; three brothers, 
            Theodore, Victor and Walter Strohbeck; and a sister, Edna Graul.
                Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Elias-Smith Funeral 
            Home in Alton, where services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday.  The 
            Rev. Ross Doyel will officiate.
                Burial is in Fosterburg Cemetery.
                Memorials may be made to the memorial fund of Zion Presbyterian 
            Church in Fosterburg, where he was a member.

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