IN MEMORY OF RALPH MASTERSON

I heard today at 11am from my dad that a great friend of ours past away lastnight and he was found dead in his bathroom this morning. Ralph was married to Trudy Dyste and they had three boys: Joshua, Jesse, and Jeremia(sp). They also had a little girl that was born before Josh (she would be the same age as me) who would have been there oldest child but she sadly past away 5 days after birth due to a heart defect. Ralph and his family lived across from us in Churchs Ferry. I remember him as being a very nice, funny, and pleasant man. Ralph loved hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and camping. He was active in the town and involved with the Mason's Lodge there. He worked effortlessly at his job at the Crossroads where he worked for MANY years. When you would go to the Crossroads, he would smile as you asked him to change the oil in your vehicle and would even clean the windows and vaccum the inside interior when he was done. He divorced Trudy and then was married to Barb Henderson. Barb had four children of her own: Dawn, Jeremey, Billy Jo, and Tony. Ralph really loved and enjoyed his grandson A.J. I am glad that Ralph lived long enough to see him and partake in A.J.'s first birthday. Ralph wasn't old and there was still so much more in life that he should be around for like Jeremia's high school graduation next year, the mariges of Josh, Jesse, Mia, and Tony and all of the grandchildren yet to come. Even though since I have gotten older, married and moved away, I want to cry when I think of all the good memories of him. He was an oustanding man who will be greatly missed and never forgotten. I hope God takes good care of him and that Ralph can now spend a lot of time with his daughter.