{"id":29293,"date":"2012-09-25T16:14:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T21:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=29293"},"modified":"2012-09-26T08:20:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T13:20:24","slug":"ralph-p-royer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/09\/25\/ralph-p-royer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph P. Royer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ralph P. \u201cDoc\u201d Royer, 91, of Marion, Ind., died at 12:39 a.m. Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Marion General Hospital.<\/p>\n

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Ralph P. Royer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was born in Van Wert to the late Ralph and Mamie (Swartz) Royer and had been a resident of Marion since 1955. On July 18, 1942, he married Norma R. (Bebout) Royer, who preceded him in death on June 29, 2000.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mr. Royer was a graduate of Wren High School and was previously employed as a truck driver for Hubbard Milling in Marion for more than 30 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran (sergeant first class) and served in World War II (European Theatre) as a radio specialist.<\/p>\n

He was a former trustee and member of Grace United Methodist Church and a member of American Legion Post 10 in Marion. Ralph was a former Sunnycrest Little League commissioner and played softball for the Decatur (Ind.) Moose lodge and was a Moose 1311 national champion in 1947. He loved to travel and play euchre.<\/p>\n

Ralph was an avid Marion Giants fan and a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a man of integrity who stood firm in his beliefs.<\/p>\n

Survivors include three daughters, Diane Royer of Marion, Nancy J. (Patrick) Ertel of St. Joe, Mich., and Janie D. (Charles) Thompson of Nashville, Tenn.; two sons, Dennis J. (Teal) Royer of Fishers, Ind., and David L. (Catherine) Royer of Swayzee, Ind.; 10 grandchildren, Chad (Stacy) Royer, Craig (Jennifer) Royer, Mallory (Demetri) Baches, Bailey (Wilson Green) Ertel, Morgan Ertel, Shara Thompson, Jeremy Thompson, Abbie Thompson, Aaron (Alisha) Royer and Ryan Royer; 12 great-grandchildren and one on the way.<\/p>\n

A daughter, Lisa Ann Royer; four brothers and four sisters, also preceded him in death.<\/p>\n

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, September 26, at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel, 1341 N. Baldwin Ave. in Marion, with Dr. Tom Mansbarger officiating. Burial will be in Grant Memorial Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calling hours are from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, at the funeral home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preferred memorials: Marion American Legion or Wounded Warriors Project.<\/p>\n

Messages of condolence may be sent to www.nswcares.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ralph P. \u201cDoc\u201d Royer, 91, of Marion, Ind., died at 12:39 a.m. Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Marion General Hospital. He was born in Van Wert to the late Ralph and Mamie (Swartz) Royer and had been a resident of Marion since 1955. On July 18, 1942, he married Norma R. (Bebout) Royer, who preceded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 01:58:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}