Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ralph Breden Jr

Nov. 21, 1928 - July 14, 2008

South Bend Tribune 7/16/2008
OSCEOLA - Ralph Breden Jr., 79, died of natural causes at 4:30 a.m. Monday in his home. He was born on Nov. 21, 1928, in Osceola, to the late Ralph and Addie (Truex) Breden Sr. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert in 1973, a brother, Robert, and two brothers-in-law, Robert and Butch Frazier. He was a welder and carpenter in manufacturing. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of Life Tabernacle Church, an avid hunter and fisherman, and had played in the Milwaukee Braves Baseball Organization at the Triple-A level. He was a member of American Legion Post #308 of Osceola who will conduct military graveside services at the cemetery.

On July 23, 1949, in Mishawaka, he married Dorothy M. Frazier, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Valerie (Charles) Hundt of Austin, TX; sons, William of South Bend, Paul (Cynthia) of Lakeview, Matthew (Kelli) of Osceola and Daniel of Pluffton, SC; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; sisters, Blanche (Gordon) Ivy of Houston, TX, Norma (Dale) Smith of Ft. Smith, AR, Darlene Carls of Elkhart, Sharon (Pete) Brown of Osceola and Linda (Fred) Carls of Alabama; brothers, William (Barbara) of Mishawaka, Cecil (Bonnie) of South Bend and Richard (Jennie) of Columbus, OH; sisters-in-law, JoAnn Yawkey and Viola Weldon, both of Cassopolis; brothers-in-law, Harold (Debbie) Frazier of Edwardsburg and David (Jewel) Frazier of Osceola.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. July 18th in Life Tabernacle Church, 1135 Middlebury St., Elkhart, with Rev. Mark Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in Zimmerman-Inman Funeral Home, 1109 Lincoln Way West, Osceola.