ADDINGTON,
Ralph Henry
Ralph Henry Addington joined his beloved wife, Edna, and son Larry in Heaven on January 30, 2004.
Ralph was born on April 13, 1919, in Rocky Fork, Virginia, to Thomas Jefferson and Nora Hopkins Addington. He served in the Navy during WWII.
He is survived by his three daughters Peggy Addington and her three children Dalen Jeffrey, Stephen, and Amy; Joyce Friesen and her four children David, Ruth, Yvonne, and Anita; and Nancy Gamber and her daughter Dennise. He also leaves behind twenty great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
The family asks that memorials take the form of contributions to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY, 10163, by telephone at 1-800-708-7644, or online at www.michaeljfox.org.
Visitation was at A.L. Moore Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 W. Bethany Home Road, Phoenix, AZ. Funeral service was February 03, 2004 at East Resthaven Park Mortuary, 4310 E. Southern Avenue, Phoenix, AZ. www.almooregrimshaw.com
Published in the Arizona Republic on 2/2/2004.