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Robert
L Ratcliff Robert
L. "Bob" Ratcliff, 50, of 821 S. 13th Ave. E. died of cancer Saturday,
Sept. 29, at Skiff Medical Center In Newton. Funeral services will be at 1:30
p.m. at the Lynnville Friends Church In Lynnville with Pastor Marvin Miller
officiating. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery. Wallace Family Funeral
Home In Newton is handling arrangements. Friends may call today at the church
where family will be available from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials wilt be accepted to
Hospice of Jasper County. The
son of Roy R. Ratcliff and Lois J. Brand, he was born April 24, 1951, in Newton.
He was a graduate of Newton Senior High School in 1969 and a graduate of
Marshalltown Community College. He grew up In the Newton and
Killduff areas. He served In the United States Air Force during the Viet Nam
War. On May 5, 1973, he married Thelma J. "T. J." Kimberlin, in
Newton. He lived In Europe from 1973 to 1976 and later lived in Salt Lake City,
Utah, Pleasantville, Belmond, and Lynnville. Mr. Ratcliff worked for Axtell
Ford & Chrysler in the financing and human resources department. He was a
member of the Newton Optimist Club and the First United Methodist Church In
Newton. Survivors
include his wife; a son, Tyler of Newton: three daughters, Jennifer of Oskaloosa
and Heather and Amy, both of Newton; his father, Roy Ratcliff of Ocala, Fla.;
his mother and step-father, Lois and Charles R. Harrington of Newton; two
brothers and sisters-in-law, Randall and Wanda of Newton and Scott and Patsy of
Sully; and a sister, Angle Nichol of Newton. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, October 1, 2001 |
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