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Ralph Junior Ruder
1923 2014

Ralph Junior Ruder

October 29, 1923 — December 14, 2014

Ralph Ruder, 91, of Cheyenne, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at home with his family at his side.
Ralph was born on October 29, 1923 in Ney, Ohio to Lesley and Ethel Ruder. He lived in Ney where he attended school and upon graduating from high school continued on to college. At his first opportunity, he entered the U.S. Navy where he became a pilot flying the Avenger at the end of WWII. After the war, he married Betty Albright and began his family of five children, Vicki, John, Michael, Joseph, and Julie.
He had a life career in the electrical field as a journeyman lineman hanging lines across the West. Later he married Cleo Hopka of Pine Bluffs who preceded him in death a few years later. In 1975, he met and married Alice Hurt. From this marriage he gained a stepson, Allen Theobald, and a daughter, Johnna Ruder. After he retired he lived in several cities in Wyoming and Idaho before coming back to Cheyenne after the death of Alice.
Ralph was a very gentle wonderful man who loved WWII history, cowboy movies, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and his family.
He will be missed by a sister, Ruth Hale of Bryan, Ohio; children, Vicki Lehmkuhl of Loveland, Colorado, John and Michael Ruder, both of Meeker, Colorado, Joseph Ruder and Julie Weimer, both of Fort Morgan, Colorado, and Johnna Ruder of Cheyenne; stepson, Allen Theobald of Ocoee, Florida; 19 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He has been reunited with his parents; his wives, Betty Albright Ruder, Cleo Hopka Ruder, and Alice Hurt Ruder; sister, Rosemary; granddaughter, Michelle Lehmkuhl; and grandson, Nicolas Ruder.
Cremation has taken place and services will be announced at a later date.
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