Ralph Junior Lansing, 84, of Fort Dodge and formerly of Perry passed away Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22 at First United Methodist Church in Perry. Burial will be in Beaver Cemetery in Beaver. Pallbearers are Alex Lansing, Tom Lowe, Derek Turner, Al Huebsch, Spencer Tracey and Sayer Tracey. Visitation will be Sunday, Oct. 21 from 2-5 p.m. at Murdock Funeral Home in Perry, with family present.
Ralph Junior was born June 20, 1934, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Ralph Clayton and Mary Elma (Chambers ) Lansing.
He attended school in Ogden and graduated in 1953.
That summer he started working for Northern Natural Gas Co., later known as Enron.
On Oct. 25, 1953, he married Evelyn Smalley at the Church of the Brethren in Beaver. They made their home in the Perry community until 1965, at which time they moved to Vincent, Iowa, until their return to Perry in 1977.
Ralph continued to work in the Vincent and Perry/Redfield locations for 42 years. He retired in 1993 as an underground well technician but continued to work for Enron as a consultant for two more years.
Ralph was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where he served as a MYF leader.
He served his community as a Boy Scout leader, a member of the Vincent Lion’s Club and was an EMT on the Vincent Volunteer Fire Department.
Ralph could often be found spending his time outdoors as an avid hunter and fisherman. He and Evelyn, along with family and friends, spent many memorable times at Anglers Bay Resort on Spirit Lake.
Ralph was a devoted husband and loving father. In 2013, when Evelyn’s health began to fail, they moved to Fort Dodge to be near family.
Left to cherish Ralph’s memory are his children, Mary (Leland) Dencklau of Vincent, Russell (Janet) Lansing of Fort Dodge and David (Collette) Lansing of Fort Dodge; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Charlene Pepper of Ogden and Eva Bayless of St. Louis, Mo.
Memorials will be directed in Ralph’s name to Friendship Haven and may be sent to Murdock Funeral Home, 1420 Warford St., Perry, IA 50220. Online condolences may be left at murdock funeralhome.net
