Surnames: RALPH KORTH OLSON STERNITZKY BARTH

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co, Wis.) 07/19/1982; P 7

Ralph, Margaret L. (12 Apr 1923 - 17 Jul 1982)

Neillsville--Mrs. Margaret L. Ralph, 59, Fall Creek, formerly of Neillsville, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gesche Funeral Home Neillsville, with the Rev Herbert Prohl of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Eau Claire , Officiating. Burial will be in the Neillsville Cemetery.

Friends May call from 5-9 today and until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.

The former Margaret L Korth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo (Louise) Korth, was born April 12, 1923 at Neillsville, where she received her education. She lived and worked in Minnesota for several years before moving to Beloit in 1951. She returned to Neillsville in 1975 to care for her parents for a period of time, and then moved to Fall Creek in 1980.

Her first marriage was to Eric Olson in 1951. He died in 1965. She later was married to Homer Ralph Sr. in February 1977. He died in January 1981. She was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Eau Claire.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Karen) Sternitzky, Fall Creek; three sons, Howard Olson, Neillsville, Harlo Olson St Louis and Dennis Olson Beloit; four stepsons Homer Ralph Jr, Lancaster, David Ralph, Eau Claire, Joseph Ralph, Stoughton and T. J. Ralph, San Antonio, Texas; a sister Mrs. Raymond (Gretchen) Barth, Whitewater; her parents Mr. and Mrs. Leo Korth, Neillsville; 10 grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

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Re: Obit: LeClaire, Elsie G. (1883 - 1925)
Contact: Archie Thomas
Her tombstone and daughter report she was Susie Genevive Smythe LeClaire - not Elsie.