Submitted by Linda Braden Gray  

South Bend Tribune, 9 Feb 1969  

Ralph Wordinger  

Ralph Wordinger, 76, of Rt. 1, North Liberty, died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital after a month-long illness.  He was born in Marshall County on May 15, 1892, and on Sept. 25, 1915, he married Edna Fox who survives.  Also surviving are two sons, Wilbert of Osceola and Harold of North Liberty; a daughter, Mrs. Armando Nicolini of Mishawaka; eight grandchildren; two brothers Edward of Osceola and Buford of South Bend, and two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Smith of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Warren Townsend of Osceola.  Friends may call after 7 p.m. Sunday at the Bubb Funeral Chapel.  Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the New Apostolic Church, Crumbstown, with David L. Hob presiding.  Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.