Ralph is linked to his parents.
He attended school in Maryville, then after high school he began college at Northwest Missouri State University in pre-med.
On Auguest 24, 1940 in Council Bluff, Iowa he maried Married Marjorie Goode, who he met at college.
In The Maryville Daily Forum, Missouri newspaper on May 13, 1942 it talked of them visiting his parents after he finished Navy Aviation Medical School in Pensacola, FL and were on their way to visit her parents in Council Bluff. Then they would be making their home in Iowa City, Iowa. Saying he would be connected to the Pre-Flight Training School at Iowa University.
He was in the U.S. Marines, from July 5, 1941 until September 8, 1947. During that time he had 3 tours over seas. December 5, 1943 to October 10 1944, December 25, 1945 to June 8, 1946 and June 29, 1946 to June 27, 1947, and had made rank of Commander.
After getting out of the service even though an M.D., he returned to school to become a Specialist in Ear, Nose and Throat.
On Nov. 13, 1951, a write up in local newspaper said his parents had been visiting Ralph and family in Iowa, as he and his family were all recovering from an Auto Accident.
At some point after that they moved to Oregon where he work at a VA hospital, they got their SS cards there.
Born to them were 5 sons and one daughter.
Here is his obituary from the Maryville Daily Forum on 19 Feb 1962:
Dr. Ralph Westfall Dies in Vancouver
Dr. Ralph Westfall, 48, Formerly of Maryville, died Saturday at Vancouver, Washington, where he had been residing.
He was born July 28, 1913, at Maryville, the son of the late Walter and Mary Weaver Westfall.
Survivors include his wife: five sons, Gary, Donald, Ralph Lee, Bruce and Gail and a daughter Beverly., all of Vancouver, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Tomey, St, Louis.
Rites will be conducted at Vancouver and the body will be brought later to Maryville for Burial.
(Thanks to James Dale Peterson for sending me the copy of his Obituary. Jim is also a 1st cousin 1x removed to Ralph)
Bio by WLS.
He is a 1st cousin 1x removed to Eugene Murray Simmons.
4/05/16: Per a cousin of his, we were told his middle name was Newton, after his grandfather, since all records found said only Ralph N. Westfall. Just found military records, with birthdate and place of birth saying his middle name (which he signed) is Norman. So have changed here and in family trees.
He attended school in Maryville, then after high school he began college at Northwest Missouri State University in pre-med.
On Auguest 24, 1940 in Council Bluff, Iowa he maried Married Marjorie Goode, who he met at college.
In The Maryville Daily Forum, Missouri newspaper on May 13, 1942 it talked of them visiting his parents after he finished Navy Aviation Medical School in Pensacola, FL and were on their way to visit her parents in Council Bluff. Then they would be making their home in Iowa City, Iowa. Saying he would be connected to the Pre-Flight Training School at Iowa University.
He was in the U.S. Marines, from July 5, 1941 until September 8, 1947. During that time he had 3 tours over seas. December 5, 1943 to October 10 1944, December 25, 1945 to June 8, 1946 and June 29, 1946 to June 27, 1947, and had made rank of Commander.
After getting out of the service even though an M.D., he returned to school to become a Specialist in Ear, Nose and Throat.
On Nov. 13, 1951, a write up in local newspaper said his parents had been visiting Ralph and family in Iowa, as he and his family were all recovering from an Auto Accident.
At some point after that they moved to Oregon where he work at a VA hospital, they got their SS cards there.
Born to them were 5 sons and one daughter.
Here is his obituary from the Maryville Daily Forum on 19 Feb 1962:
Dr. Ralph Westfall Dies in Vancouver
Dr. Ralph Westfall, 48, Formerly of Maryville, died Saturday at Vancouver, Washington, where he had been residing.
He was born July 28, 1913, at Maryville, the son of the late Walter and Mary Weaver Westfall.
Survivors include his wife: five sons, Gary, Donald, Ralph Lee, Bruce and Gail and a daughter Beverly., all of Vancouver, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Tomey, St, Louis.
Rites will be conducted at Vancouver and the body will be brought later to Maryville for Burial.
(Thanks to James Dale Peterson for sending me the copy of his Obituary. Jim is also a 1st cousin 1x removed to Ralph)
Bio by WLS.
He is a 1st cousin 1x removed to Eugene Murray Simmons.
4/05/16: Per a cousin of his, we were told his middle name was Newton, after his grandfather, since all records found said only Ralph N. Westfall. Just found military records, with birthdate and place of birth saying his middle name (which he signed) is Norman. So have changed here and in family trees.
Ralph is linked to his parents.
He attended school in Maryville, then after high school he began college at Northwest Missouri State University in pre-med.
On Auguest 24, 1940 in Council Bluff, Iowa he maried Married Marjorie Goode, who he met at college.
In The Maryville Daily Forum, Missouri newspaper on May 13, 1942 it talked of them visiting his parents after he finished Navy Aviation Medical School in Pensacola, FL and were on their way to visit her parents in Council Bluff. Then they would be making their home in Iowa City, Iowa. Saying he would be connected to the Pre-Flight Training School at Iowa University.
He was in the U.S. Marines, from July 5, 1941 until September 8, 1947. During that time he had 3 tours over seas. December 5, 1943 to October 10 1944, December 25, 1945 to June 8, 1946 and June 29, 1946 to June 27, 1947, and had made rank of Commander.
After getting out of the service even though an M.D., he returned to school to become a Specialist in Ear, Nose and Throat.
On Nov. 13, 1951, a write up in local newspaper said his parents had been visiting Ralph and family in Iowa, as he and his family were all recovering from an Auto Accident.
At some point after that they moved to Oregon where he work at a VA hospital, they got their SS cards there.
Born to them were 5 sons and one daughter.
Here is his obituary from the Maryville Daily Forum on 19 Feb 1962:
Dr. Ralph Westfall Dies in Vancouver
Dr. Ralph Westfall, 48, Formerly of Maryville, died Saturday at Vancouver, Washington, where he had been residing.
He was born July 28, 1913, at Maryville, the son of the late Walter and Mary Weaver Westfall.
Survivors include his wife: five sons, Gary, Donald, Ralph Lee, Bruce and Gail and a daughter Beverly., all of Vancouver, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Tomey, St, Louis.
Rites will be conducted at Vancouver and the body will be brought later to Maryville for Burial.
(Thanks to James Dale Peterson for sending me the copy of his Obituary. Jim is also a 1st cousin 1x removed to Ralph)
Bio by WLS.
He is a 1st cousin 1x removed to Eugene Murray Simmons.
4/05/16: Per a cousin of his, we were told his middle name was Newton, after his grandfather, since all records found said only Ralph N. Westfall. Just found military records, with birthdate and place of birth saying his middle name (which he signed) is Norman. So have changed here and in family trees.
He attended school in Maryville, then after high school he began college at Northwest Missouri State University in pre-med.
On Auguest 24, 1940 in Council Bluff, Iowa he maried Married Marjorie Goode, who he met at college.
In The Maryville Daily Forum, Missouri newspaper on May 13, 1942 it talked of them visiting his parents after he finished Navy Aviation Medical School in Pensacola, FL and were on their way to visit her parents in Council Bluff. Then they would be making their home in Iowa City, Iowa. Saying he would be connected to the Pre-Flight Training School at Iowa University.
He was in the U.S. Marines, from July 5, 1941 until September 8, 1947. During that time he had 3 tours over seas. December 5, 1943 to October 10 1944, December 25, 1945 to June 8, 1946 and June 29, 1946 to June 27, 1947, and had made rank of Commander.
After getting out of the service even though an M.D., he returned to school to become a Specialist in Ear, Nose and Throat.
On Nov. 13, 1951, a write up in local newspaper said his parents had been visiting Ralph and family in Iowa, as he and his family were all recovering from an Auto Accident.
At some point after that they moved to Oregon where he work at a VA hospital, they got their SS cards there.
Born to them were 5 sons and one daughter.
Here is his obituary from the Maryville Daily Forum on 19 Feb 1962:
Dr. Ralph Westfall Dies in Vancouver
Dr. Ralph Westfall, 48, Formerly of Maryville, died Saturday at Vancouver, Washington, where he had been residing.
He was born July 28, 1913, at Maryville, the son of the late Walter and Mary Weaver Westfall.
Survivors include his wife: five sons, Gary, Donald, Ralph Lee, Bruce and Gail and a daughter Beverly., all of Vancouver, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Tomey, St, Louis.
Rites will be conducted at Vancouver and the body will be brought later to Maryville for Burial.
(Thanks to James Dale Peterson for sending me the copy of his Obituary. Jim is also a 1st cousin 1x removed to Ralph)
Bio by WLS.
He is a 1st cousin 1x removed to Eugene Murray Simmons.
4/05/16: Per a cousin of his, we were told his middle name was Newton, after his grandfather, since all records found said only Ralph N. Westfall. Just found military records, with birthdate and place of birth saying his middle name (which he signed) is Norman. So have changed here and in family trees.
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