Funeral services for Ralph M. "Dewey" Crain, 47, of Rosendale, band director of Laconia High School for 21 years, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Uecker-Witt Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, Woodhull. He died Tuesday.
The Rev. Francis O'Rourke will officiate, and burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in the Town of Eldorado. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
He was born in Oshkosh on May 8, 1929, a son of the late Ralph and Esther Yanke Crain. He was graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and married Frances Burk at Menasha on Aug. 27, 1955.
Mr. Crain was a veteran of the Korean War and served with the Army Band. He was a member and past president of Rosendale Lions Club, was awarded Outstanding Fond du Lac County Music Teacher Award, was a member of the Fond du lac Military Barnd and played in various band in the Fond du Lac County area. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Eldorado.
Surviving are his widow; a son, Timothy at home; three sisters, Miss Virginia and Miss Patricia Crain and Mrs. Howard (Mary) Schroeder all of Fond du Lac; and four brothers, Robert of Ripon, Donald of Waupun, Richard of Riverdale, Ga., and James of Neenah. A sister preceded him in death.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Laconia High School.
Source: Fond du Lac Reporter-Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Source Date: Wednesday, March 9, 1977
Page: 26
The Rev. Francis O'Rourke will officiate, and burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in the Town of Eldorado. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
He was born in Oshkosh on May 8, 1929, a son of the late Ralph and Esther Yanke Crain. He was graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and married Frances Burk at Menasha on Aug. 27, 1955.
Mr. Crain was a veteran of the Korean War and served with the Army Band. He was a member and past president of Rosendale Lions Club, was awarded Outstanding Fond du Lac County Music Teacher Award, was a member of the Fond du lac Military Barnd and played in various band in the Fond du Lac County area. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Eldorado.
Surviving are his widow; a son, Timothy at home; three sisters, Miss Virginia and Miss Patricia Crain and Mrs. Howard (Mary) Schroeder all of Fond du Lac; and four brothers, Robert of Ripon, Donald of Waupun, Richard of Riverdale, Ga., and James of Neenah. A sister preceded him in death.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Laconia High School.
Source: Fond du Lac Reporter-Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Source Date: Wednesday, March 9, 1977
Page: 26
Funeral services for Ralph M. "Dewey" Crain, 47, of Rosendale, band director of Laconia High School for 21 years, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Uecker-Witt Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, Woodhull. He died Tuesday.
The Rev. Francis O'Rourke will officiate, and burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in the Town of Eldorado. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
He was born in Oshkosh on May 8, 1929, a son of the late Ralph and Esther Yanke Crain. He was graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and married Frances Burk at Menasha on Aug. 27, 1955.
Mr. Crain was a veteran of the Korean War and served with the Army Band. He was a member and past president of Rosendale Lions Club, was awarded Outstanding Fond du Lac County Music Teacher Award, was a member of the Fond du lac Military Barnd and played in various band in the Fond du Lac County area. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Eldorado.
Surviving are his widow; a son, Timothy at home; three sisters, Miss Virginia and Miss Patricia Crain and Mrs. Howard (Mary) Schroeder all of Fond du Lac; and four brothers, Robert of Ripon, Donald of Waupun, Richard of Riverdale, Ga., and James of Neenah. A sister preceded him in death.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Laconia High School.
Source: Fond du Lac Reporter-Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Source Date: Wednesday, March 9, 1977
Page: 26
The Rev. Francis O'Rourke will officiate, and burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in the Town of Eldorado. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
He was born in Oshkosh on May 8, 1929, a son of the late Ralph and Esther Yanke Crain. He was graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and married Frances Burk at Menasha on Aug. 27, 1955.
Mr. Crain was a veteran of the Korean War and served with the Army Band. He was a member and past president of Rosendale Lions Club, was awarded Outstanding Fond du Lac County Music Teacher Award, was a member of the Fond du lac Military Barnd and played in various band in the Fond du Lac County area. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Eldorado.
Surviving are his widow; a son, Timothy at home; three sisters, Miss Virginia and Miss Patricia Crain and Mrs. Howard (Mary) Schroeder all of Fond du Lac; and four brothers, Robert of Ripon, Donald of Waupun, Richard of Riverdale, Ga., and James of Neenah. A sister preceded him in death.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Laconia High School.
Source: Fond du Lac Reporter-Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Source Date: Wednesday, March 9, 1977
Page: 26
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Cpl. US Army Korea / Director Rosendale H.S.B. 1956-1977
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