----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 07/01/1981

Thwing, Ralph (1897 - 1981)

Ralph Thwing, 84, died Thursday evening, June 11, 1981, at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley.

He was born Jan. 17, 1897, near Briggsville, Columbia County, to Willamette and Clara Thwing. They moved to Clark County in 1899. He attended La Tart School.

He served in France during World War I, He farmed in the Townships of Beaver and Warner, later moving to the Stanley Area, where he farmed before entering the Stanley Nursing Home. He was never married.

Preceding him in death were his parents and two brothers, David and Myron.

Surviving are two brothers, Rufus of Havana, N.D., and Henry of Clintonville two sisters, Ruth Stowe of Abbotsford and Mrs. Albert (Bernice) Ehlert of Owen, and 11 nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were June 15 at 1 p.m. at Plombon Funeral Home, Stanley. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.