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Obituary - Ralph Brangenberg

Ralph J. "Jerry" Brangenberg, 73, died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis.

A son of the late Joseph Robert and Otelia (Goetz) Brangenberg, he was born Sept. 11, 1931, in Kampsville.

He and the former Lura Mooney were married on Jan. 8, 1955, in Pittsfield. She survives.

The Korean Army veteran retired as a grain and livestock farmer. He served on the R.E.A. board of directors for six years and served one term as Calhoun County Commissioner.

Besides his wife, surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and Jane Brangenberg and Gary and Mary Brangenberg, all of Kampsville; two daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Bill Klunk of Brighton and Connie and Terry Roundcount of Fieldon; seven grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; two brothers, Kenneth Brangenberg of Kampsville and Harold Brangenberg of Jacksonville.

He was also preceded in death by a brother, Paul E. Brangenberg; and a sister, Evelyn Lynn.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hanks-Gubser Funeral Home in Hardin, where Brother Wilson Ramsey will officiate at funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

Burial, with full military rites, will follow at Summit Grove Cemetery in Kampsville.

Memorials may be given to a charity of one’s choice.


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