Funeral services for Ralph C. Roso, age 71, of Lemmon, will be 10:30am Tuesday, September 26, at the Prairie Hills Church of God in Lemmon. Pastor Steve Thomas will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery.


A family service will be held at 7:30pm on Monday evening at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.


Special music will be provided by Pat Peterson, organist and Marcia Klitzke, pianist, Marvin Roso & Darrel Klitzke soloists, and a trio of Jasmine Thomas, Deanna McDaniel, and Dan Nelson.


Serving as casketbearers are Ernest Schafer, Duane Rub, Luther Schoon, Jeff Ellison, Charles Clark, and Kelvin Horst. All friends are considered
honorary bearers.


RALPH C. ROSO was born January 21, 1935 at Dupree, SD to Conrad and Goldie (Peterson) Roso. The Roso family moved from Dupree to his grandparent's farm north of Thunder Hawk in 1939. Ralph attended Menz School and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1954. He then attended Northwest Bible College in Minot where he met Wanda Horst. They were united in marriage on July 31, 1955 in Lemmon. Ralph and Wanda moved to Stanley, ND where he worked in oil fields near Tioga. In April of 1962,they moved to the family farm where they farmed for many years and raised their four children, Sherry, Marvin, Julie, and Tammy. In addition to his farming operation, Ralph drove truck for Walter Atkinson. He also drove route and activity bus for the Lemmon School District. He truly enjoyed the relationships he formed with many of the students. He also drove for Harlow's Bus Service, especially enjoying trips to the Hostfest in Minot.


Ralph truly loved farming. In the later years of his farming career, he especially enjoyed assisting Jeff Ellison.


Ralph also enjoyed attending auction sales, hunting, and in the last few years, learning to use the computer and finding a wealth of email friends!


He was a member of the Prairie Hills Church of God. Ralph was involved in music early on in his life and played the baratone and tuba. Starting in college, Ralph and Wanda sang in churches and in prison ministries and as their children came along, they sang together as a family. Ralph loved visiting with people and very openly shared his love for his Lord and Savior.


Ralph and Wanda moved to Lemmon in September 2005. Following six weeks of hospitalizations, he passed from this life on Thursday evening, September 21, at Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon with his family at his side at the age of 71 years, 8 months.


Keeping him in their fondest memories are his wife Wanda, Lemmon; one son and daughter-in-law, Marvin and Becky Roso, Aberdeen, SD; three daughters and sons-in-law, Sherry and Terry White, Atlanta, GA; Julie and David Loper, Bismarck, ND; Tammy and Mark Hemming, Ellendale, ND; 7
grandchildren; Kira Roso Crim, Kristi Roso Smith, Jason White, Dillon Loper, Holli Tollefson, Brendan Roso, April Tollefson; one sister and brother-in-law, Lelia and Lowell Martinson, Minot, ND; and a host of friends.


Ralph was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Gordon Roso.


A memorial has been established.