8/12/1913 - 9/6/1974
Brother of Geneva resident dies at 61
Funeral services were held
at 10:30 a.m. this morning at the Holy Trinity Catholic church, Trinity,
Ind., for Ralph M. Muhlenkamp, 61, of Celina, O., a former Berne employee
and brother of Cornelius Muhlenkamp, Geneva.
He died at 11:15 a.m.
Friday at Community hospital, Coldwater, O., of pneumonia, a complication
resulting from 2 ½ months illness.
He was born Aug. 2, 1913 in Mercer
county, O., the son of the late Henry and Frances Hess Muhlenkamp. He
married Juletta Wenning Nov. 26, 1938 in Philothea, and she survives with
his stepmother, Mrs. Leona Muhlenkamp, Celina, O.; four children; Mrs.
George (Alma) Zibrun, Romeoville, Ill.; Mrs. John (Margie) Ronnebaum,
Chickasaw, O.; Mrs. Eddie (Esther) McElroy, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.;
and Tom Muhlenkamp, Coldwater, O.; nine brothers and sisters; Mrs. Herman
(Vera) Dietring, Tucson, Ariz.; Cleo, Harold, Mrs. Edward (Mary) Kriegel and
Mrs. Richard (Doris) Moeller, all of Celina; Victor, Fort Recovery;
Cornelius, Geneva, Ind.; Paul, Coldwater and Urban, Cartagena; and 11
grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, two brothers, and
two grandchildren.
Mr. Muhlenkamp retired last June due to ill health
from the Berne Furniture Store, Berne, Ind. He was a member of Holy Trinity
Catholic Church, Trinity, Ind., it’s St. Joseph Holy Name Society and the
Catholic Order of Foresters.
Decatur Daily Democrat,
Adams County, Indiana; Monday, September 9, 1974
Contributed by Janice
Vasilovski
Buried in Holy Trinity Cemetery