Obit: Ralph Tomlinson

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Ralph G. Tomlinson, 89, of Wilton, died on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.

Visitation was held on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 2 until 4 p.m. at Bentley Funeral Home in Wilton.

Funeral services were held on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

Interment took place at the Durant Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, the Durant Ambulance or the First Baptist Church in Muscatine in his memory.

Online condolences may be left at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com.

Ralph was born in Sabula, Iowa on April 15, 1929 to Jesse and Helen (Werner) Tomlinson. He graduated from Packwood High School in 1947. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.

Ralph married Kathleen D. Holmes on Nov. 17, 1957 in Walcott.

Ralph retired in 1991 from Occidental Petroleum Company in Buffalo. In early years he was a depot agent for the Rock Island Railroad.

Ralph is survived by his wife Kathleen; children: Debbie (Dan) Jarrard of Nichols, Linda Schoonover of McCausland, June (Pete) Smith of Wilton, Michael (Annette) Tomlinson of Eldridge and Amy (Tom) Niergarth of Holland, Michigan; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son-in-law Brian Schoonover; sisters: Arlene Spinker and Gwen Wyman; and brothers: Frank, LaMoine and Edwin Tomlinson.

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