Ralph J. Harms April 21, 2001

Ralph J. Harms Ralph J. Harms, 89, formerly of Minonk, Chicago and Cape Coral, Fla., died at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday (April 21, 2001). There will be a memorial service Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minn. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Peterson-Stohlberg Chapels in Minneapolis, Minn., is handling arrangements. Memorials may be made to his church, Brookdale Covenant Church of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Harms was born March 12, 1912, at Panola, a son of John Henry and Hedwig Kark Harms. He married Minnie Kettwich on June 30, 1934, at Minonk. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Betty (Ron) Benson, Salem, Ore.; and Joan (Paul) Erickson, St. Paul, Minn.; four sisters, Marie May and Elsie Baumann, both of Minonk; Anne (Franklin) Hammond, Brookings, Ore.; and Ruth Olsen, McAllen, Texas; a brother, Glenn Harms, Lexington; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Esther; and three brothers, John, Roy and Clarence.