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Alva Ralph Wing
2 Jul 1925 – 15 Jun 2017
| Birth | 2 Jul 1925 |
| Death | 15 Jun 2017 |
| Cemetery | Lehi City Cemetery Lehi , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Annie Duckett Hundley on 16 Jun 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180429382 |
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Alva Ralph Wing US ARMY | WORLD WAR II 1925 - 2017 Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Alva Ralph Wing, returned to his heavenly home on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at age 91. Ralph was born in the mortuary in Lehi, Utah, on July 2, 1925. He had four younger sisters: Ila Tomlinson, Joyce Forsythe, Lois Littleford, and Reta Greenwood (Ken). Ralph grew up in Lehi and graduated from Lehi High School in 1943, having attended mortuary college in Los Angeles his senior year. Shortly after graduation, Ralph was drafted into the United States Army and served as a medic during World War II. After spending 11 months in the hospital, because of tuberculosis, Ralph was honorably discharged in December of 1945. He married his high school sweetheart, Willa Fay Hadfield, on June 3, 1946, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Ralph took over the family funeral business and he and Willa raised their four children: Lenard Alva (Julia Holmes), Ronald Ralph, Kathryn (Robin Klein), and Charlotte Joanne (Robert Jensen). Ralph served as a counselor and bishop in the Lehi 5th Ward, counselor in the Lehi Stake presidency, branch president at the Missionary Training Center, and Lehi City Councilman. He also served as National President of the Funeral Directors Examining Board. He was on the Sentinel Security Life Insurance Board of Directors. He and Willa served as missionaries in the England London LDS Mission and served as temple workers in both the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples. Ralph loved to fish, travel, spend time at their cabin in Provo Canyon, and enjoy his 16 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Ralph is survived by his wife, sisters, daughters, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is now reunited with his parents, sons, his grandson, Kelly; his great granddaughter, Lily; and many wonderful friends. Services: LDS Chapel | Lehi, Utah Arrangements: Wing Mortuary Interment: Lehi City Cemetery Original obituary published by: © Wing Mortuary | June 2017
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