My great-uncle Ralph's name was Aubrey* Ralph Adkisson, but he always signed it as "Ralph A. Adkisson."
He was a graduate of Wheat High School in Roane County, Tennessee, in 1926 and was working on the Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, Montana, when he met Aunt Martha. They were married on December 31, 1938, in Wolf Point, Montana.
OBITUARY (source is unknown):
"Ralph A. Adkisson
"Ralph Adkisson, 89, passed away peacefully on June 4, 1996 at his home in Brisbane, CA, with his wife at his bedside after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Martha of 58 years and son Charles and wife Connie, dear grandsons, Matthew, David and Jonathan and stepsons [step-grandsons] Dustin and Richard Riechmann [Rieckmann] all of Las Vegas. Ralph was employed by Michelle [Michel] & Pheffer [Pfeffer] in South San Francisco over 25 years before his retirement in 1972. He will be missed by his nephews, Lt. Col. Harry H. Porch [Poarch] and family of Tulsa, OK, Ralph Haynes and family of Florida, Larry Bunch and family and niece Carol Jackson and family all of Coalfield, TN. Brothers[-] and sisters[-]in-law, Nick and Ada Sekulich of Seattle and Paul and Minerva Sekulich of South San Francisco and Ann Sekulich, Alice Hanley and daughter Gail Hanel and family of Roundup, MT, Lorraine Sekulich and family of Snohomish, WA[,] and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was laid to rest at Palm Valley View Memorial Park in Las Vegas, NV, June 9, 1996."
Some personal memories of Great-Uncle Ralph and -Aunt Martha:
One could see San Francisco Bay from their living room window in Brisbane, and they always liked to watch the Lawrence Welk Show. When they would visit my maternal grandparents (his sister and brother-in-law) in Davis, they would always bring my siblings and me a Cracker Jack box.
(*His first name is incorrectly listed as "Audrey" on his delayed birth certificate via Ancestry.)
He was a graduate of Wheat High School in Roane County, Tennessee, in 1926 and was working on the Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, Montana, when he met Aunt Martha. They were married on December 31, 1938, in Wolf Point, Montana.
OBITUARY (source is unknown):
"Ralph A. Adkisson
"Ralph Adkisson, 89, passed away peacefully on June 4, 1996 at his home in Brisbane, CA, with his wife at his bedside after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Martha of 58 years and son Charles and wife Connie, dear grandsons, Matthew, David and Jonathan and stepsons [step-grandsons] Dustin and Richard Riechmann [Rieckmann] all of Las Vegas. Ralph was employed by Michelle [Michel] & Pheffer [Pfeffer] in South San Francisco over 25 years before his retirement in 1972. He will be missed by his nephews, Lt. Col. Harry H. Porch [Poarch] and family of Tulsa, OK, Ralph Haynes and family of Florida, Larry Bunch and family and niece Carol Jackson and family all of Coalfield, TN. Brothers[-] and sisters[-]in-law, Nick and Ada Sekulich of Seattle and Paul and Minerva Sekulich of South San Francisco and Ann Sekulich, Alice Hanley and daughter Gail Hanel and family of Roundup, MT, Lorraine Sekulich and family of Snohomish, WA[,] and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was laid to rest at Palm Valley View Memorial Park in Las Vegas, NV, June 9, 1996."
Some personal memories of Great-Uncle Ralph and -Aunt Martha:
One could see San Francisco Bay from their living room window in Brisbane, and they always liked to watch the Lawrence Welk Show. When they would visit my maternal grandparents (his sister and brother-in-law) in Davis, they would always bring my siblings and me a Cracker Jack box.
(*His first name is incorrectly listed as "Audrey" on his delayed birth certificate via Ancestry.)
My great-uncle Ralph's name was Aubrey* Ralph Adkisson, but he always signed it as "Ralph A. Adkisson."
He was a graduate of Wheat High School in Roane County, Tennessee, in 1926 and was working on the Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, Montana, when he met Aunt Martha. They were married on December 31, 1938, in Wolf Point, Montana.
OBITUARY (source is unknown):
"Ralph A. Adkisson
"Ralph Adkisson, 89, passed away peacefully on June 4, 1996 at his home in Brisbane, CA, with his wife at his bedside after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Martha of 58 years and son Charles and wife Connie, dear grandsons, Matthew, David and Jonathan and stepsons [step-grandsons] Dustin and Richard Riechmann [Rieckmann] all of Las Vegas. Ralph was employed by Michelle [Michel] & Pheffer [Pfeffer] in South San Francisco over 25 years before his retirement in 1972. He will be missed by his nephews, Lt. Col. Harry H. Porch [Poarch] and family of Tulsa, OK, Ralph Haynes and family of Florida, Larry Bunch and family and niece Carol Jackson and family all of Coalfield, TN. Brothers[-] and sisters[-]in-law, Nick and Ada Sekulich of Seattle and Paul and Minerva Sekulich of South San Francisco and Ann Sekulich, Alice Hanley and daughter Gail Hanel and family of Roundup, MT, Lorraine Sekulich and family of Snohomish, WA[,] and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was laid to rest at Palm Valley View Memorial Park in Las Vegas, NV, June 9, 1996."
Some personal memories of Great-Uncle Ralph and -Aunt Martha:
One could see San Francisco Bay from their living room window in Brisbane, and they always liked to watch the Lawrence Welk Show. When they would visit my maternal grandparents (his sister and brother-in-law) in Davis, they would always bring my siblings and me a Cracker Jack box.
(*His first name is incorrectly listed as "Audrey" on his delayed birth certificate via Ancestry.)
He was a graduate of Wheat High School in Roane County, Tennessee, in 1926 and was working on the Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, Montana, when he met Aunt Martha. They were married on December 31, 1938, in Wolf Point, Montana.
OBITUARY (source is unknown):
"Ralph A. Adkisson
"Ralph Adkisson, 89, passed away peacefully on June 4, 1996 at his home in Brisbane, CA, with his wife at his bedside after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Martha of 58 years and son Charles and wife Connie, dear grandsons, Matthew, David and Jonathan and stepsons [step-grandsons] Dustin and Richard Riechmann [Rieckmann] all of Las Vegas. Ralph was employed by Michelle [Michel] & Pheffer [Pfeffer] in South San Francisco over 25 years before his retirement in 1972. He will be missed by his nephews, Lt. Col. Harry H. Porch [Poarch] and family of Tulsa, OK, Ralph Haynes and family of Florida, Larry Bunch and family and niece Carol Jackson and family all of Coalfield, TN. Brothers[-] and sisters[-]in-law, Nick and Ada Sekulich of Seattle and Paul and Minerva Sekulich of South San Francisco and Ann Sekulich, Alice Hanley and daughter Gail Hanel and family of Roundup, MT, Lorraine Sekulich and family of Snohomish, WA[,] and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was laid to rest at Palm Valley View Memorial Park in Las Vegas, NV, June 9, 1996."
Some personal memories of Great-Uncle Ralph and -Aunt Martha:
One could see San Francisco Bay from their living room window in Brisbane, and they always liked to watch the Lawrence Welk Show. When they would visit my maternal grandparents (his sister and brother-in-law) in Davis, they would always bring my siblings and me a Cracker Jack box.
(*His first name is incorrectly listed as "Audrey" on his delayed birth certificate via Ancestry.)
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