COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - Ralph E. Oak, 84 of Columbus Junction, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
According to his wishes, there will be no visitation or services. A private family interment service will be held at the Indian Creek Cemetery. Honts Funeral Home in Winfield is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established for the benefit of the Columbus Junction United Presbyterian Church.
Ralph was born on January 31, 1924, in Columbus Junction, the son of Henry J. and Lenora Dorrell Oak. He married Darlene M. Snyder on March 6, 1946, in Columbus Junction. She preceded him in death on February 21, 1997.
He served in the U.S. Air Force for six years during World War II.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction; a member of the Allen Wright Hanft Post No.100 of the American Legion in Columbus Junction; a member of the Masonic Lodge No.107 A.F. & A.M. in Columbus City; a member of the Kaaba Shrine and the Davenport Consistory.
He worked in earlier years in construction, the restaurant and grocery businesses, and in later years in sales at the Mincer Ford auto dealership, all in the Columbus Junction community.
He is survived by two daughters, Denise Wasik and husband, Ralph, of Cedar Rapids and Diane Goode and husband, Lisle, of Des Moines; four grandchildren; and one sister, Helen Clark of Columbus Junction;
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two brothers and a sister.