RALPH WILFORD OLINGER
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RALPH WILFORD OLINGER PASSED AWAY AUGUST 27 TH 2022 AT THE AGE OF 89.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT VETERANS CEMETERY JACKSONVILLE MO
WITH MILITARY HONORS. INTERNMENT WILL FOLLOW.
RALPH WAS BORN ON MAY 31, 1933 IN OWATONNA MN TO GLENN W. AND KATHERINE OLINGER.
HIS FATHER DIED IN 1934. HIS MOTHER MARRIED JOHN OTT IN 1941 AND BOTH ARE DECEASED.
RAPLH MARRIED IDELLA (TOOTIE) OLINGER IN 1979 AND SHE SURVIVES IN BOONVILLE, ALONG WITH HIS CHILDREN HELEN K. PARKER (RON) OF COLUMBIA, MO AND GLENN J. OLINGER (CYD) OF ROCHEPORT, MO.
RALPH HAD THREE GRANDSONS, TREVOR J. OLINGER (ROBYN), ZAK RODGERS, AND BLAISE PARKER (KRISTEN), AND THREE GREAT- GRAND CHILDREN, PORTER OLINGER, OLIN OLINGER AND ILLYANA PARKER.
RALPH SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE FROM 1953-1961 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.
HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE VFW AND THE AMERICAN LEGION.
HE JOINED THE WEATHER BUREAU (NOAA) AND SERVED FOR 36 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1988.
RALPH LOVED TO FISH AND HUNT AND SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO CENTRAL MISSOURI HONOR FLIGHT OR ST. JUDES CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.