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Ralph Rademaker

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[September 17, 1007]  Ralph Nanke Rademaker, 89, of Lincoln died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. at his home.

His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Mark Thompson officiating.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery.

Mr. Rademaker was a farmer until 1960 and then owned and operated a Dairy Queen in New Braunfels, Texas. In 1972 he moved to Macomb, where he retired from Bower Roller Bearing Corp. in 1983.

He served in the U.S. Army from July 1942 to January 1946 in the Pacific Theater.

He was born May 23, 1918, south of Emden to Nanke John and Bertha Arnold Rademaker. He married Bonita Graham on Jan. 23, 1949, in Emden.

He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Dana Ralph (and Linnea) Rademaker of Cary; three daughters, Rilla (and David) Farley of Houston, Texas, Sylvia (and Alan) Klokkenga of rural Emden and Nila Petersen of Houston, Texas; one brother, Walter Rademaker of Lincoln; three sisters, Ruth (and Lewis) Logeman of Emden, Josephine Rorabaugh of Liberal, Kan., and Rachel Woll of San Jose; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

One brother, Arnold, preceded him in death in 1990.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln.

In the military service, he attained the rank of corporal and received the Victory Medal, American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Victory Ribbon with one Bronze Battle Star, four Overseas Bars and a Good Conduct Medal.

Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln or to the donor's choice