Ralph Ramonda was born February ninth, 1921, in Osage City and died March second in Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Ill., after suffering a heart attack.
He graduated from the Osage City High School in 1939 and served in the US Army during WWII in the Pacific Theatre. On August 29, 1945, he married Jean Featherstone of Villa Park, Ill., in Osage City.
He had been employed by the Chicago Title and Trust Co., in Wheaton, Ill., for 24 years.
Mr Ramonda was preceeded in death by his parents, Mr and Mrs Peter Ramonda.
He is survived by his wife, of the home, three daughters and one son who are Mary Francis, Carol Anne, Jane Louise and Joseph Arthur, three sisters and two brothers who are Alfred Ramonda and Mrs Albert Reed of Osage City; Mrs John DiSante and Mrs Loderick Troilo of Wichita; and Robert Ramonda of Sykesville, Maryland.
Funeral services were held at St Alexander's Church in Villa Park with burial in the Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois.
The following was written about Ralph Ramonda: For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on February 1st 1944 during the Kivajalein operation. The leading assault platoon, of which Private First Class Ramonda was a member, was being held up by a strong enemy emplacement which was endangering the troops moving forward off the beach. Private First Class Ramonda, though under enemy fire and in an exposed position, drove several members of this fortification out in the open by his accurate fire of his m1 Grenade Launcher. Although wounded by machine gun fire shortly thereafter, it was mainly through Private First Class Ramondas actions that this strong enemy emplacement was nullified and the advance begun. His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.
He was discharged from the Army May 5, 1945.
He graduated from the Osage City High School in 1939 and served in the US Army during WWII in the Pacific Theatre. On August 29, 1945, he married Jean Featherstone of Villa Park, Ill., in Osage City.
He had been employed by the Chicago Title and Trust Co., in Wheaton, Ill., for 24 years.
Mr Ramonda was preceeded in death by his parents, Mr and Mrs Peter Ramonda.
He is survived by his wife, of the home, three daughters and one son who are Mary Francis, Carol Anne, Jane Louise and Joseph Arthur, three sisters and two brothers who are Alfred Ramonda and Mrs Albert Reed of Osage City; Mrs John DiSante and Mrs Loderick Troilo of Wichita; and Robert Ramonda of Sykesville, Maryland.
Funeral services were held at St Alexander's Church in Villa Park with burial in the Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois.
The following was written about Ralph Ramonda: For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on February 1st 1944 during the Kivajalein operation. The leading assault platoon, of which Private First Class Ramonda was a member, was being held up by a strong enemy emplacement which was endangering the troops moving forward off the beach. Private First Class Ramonda, though under enemy fire and in an exposed position, drove several members of this fortification out in the open by his accurate fire of his m1 Grenade Launcher. Although wounded by machine gun fire shortly thereafter, it was mainly through Private First Class Ramondas actions that this strong enemy emplacement was nullified and the advance begun. His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.
He was discharged from the Army May 5, 1945.
Ralph Ramonda was born February ninth, 1921, in Osage City and died March second in Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Ill., after suffering a heart attack.
He graduated from the Osage City High School in 1939 and served in the US Army during WWII in the Pacific Theatre. On August 29, 1945, he married Jean Featherstone of Villa Park, Ill., in Osage City.
He had been employed by the Chicago Title and Trust Co., in Wheaton, Ill., for 24 years.
Mr Ramonda was preceeded in death by his parents, Mr and Mrs Peter Ramonda.
He is survived by his wife, of the home, three daughters and one son who are Mary Francis, Carol Anne, Jane Louise and Joseph Arthur, three sisters and two brothers who are Alfred Ramonda and Mrs Albert Reed of Osage City; Mrs John DiSante and Mrs Loderick Troilo of Wichita; and Robert Ramonda of Sykesville, Maryland.
Funeral services were held at St Alexander's Church in Villa Park with burial in the Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois.
The following was written about Ralph Ramonda: For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on February 1st 1944 during the Kivajalein operation. The leading assault platoon, of which Private First Class Ramonda was a member, was being held up by a strong enemy emplacement which was endangering the troops moving forward off the beach. Private First Class Ramonda, though under enemy fire and in an exposed position, drove several members of this fortification out in the open by his accurate fire of his m1 Grenade Launcher. Although wounded by machine gun fire shortly thereafter, it was mainly through Private First Class Ramondas actions that this strong enemy emplacement was nullified and the advance begun. His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.
He was discharged from the Army May 5, 1945.
He graduated from the Osage City High School in 1939 and served in the US Army during WWII in the Pacific Theatre. On August 29, 1945, he married Jean Featherstone of Villa Park, Ill., in Osage City.
He had been employed by the Chicago Title and Trust Co., in Wheaton, Ill., for 24 years.
Mr Ramonda was preceeded in death by his parents, Mr and Mrs Peter Ramonda.
He is survived by his wife, of the home, three daughters and one son who are Mary Francis, Carol Anne, Jane Louise and Joseph Arthur, three sisters and two brothers who are Alfred Ramonda and Mrs Albert Reed of Osage City; Mrs John DiSante and Mrs Loderick Troilo of Wichita; and Robert Ramonda of Sykesville, Maryland.
Funeral services were held at St Alexander's Church in Villa Park with burial in the Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois.
The following was written about Ralph Ramonda: For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on February 1st 1944 during the Kivajalein operation. The leading assault platoon, of which Private First Class Ramonda was a member, was being held up by a strong enemy emplacement which was endangering the troops moving forward off the beach. Private First Class Ramonda, though under enemy fire and in an exposed position, drove several members of this fortification out in the open by his accurate fire of his m1 Grenade Launcher. Although wounded by machine gun fire shortly thereafter, it was mainly through Private First Class Ramondas actions that this strong enemy emplacement was nullified and the advance begun. His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.
He was discharged from the Army May 5, 1945.
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