Individual Details
Ralph Waldo Hosier
(6 Dec 1898 - 2 May 1986)
On the World War I draft registration Ralph Waldo Hosier appears. He is 19 and employed by Howard Cook as a farmer. His nearest relative is his mother Mrs. W. E. Craig of Aurora, Iowa. Ralph is short, medium build, with blue eyes and light brown eyes. He signed the form on Sept. 12, 1918 at Manchester, Iowa. His address is 108 S. Wayne St., Manchester, Iowa.
Ralph W. Hosier appears with grandfather F. N. Frentress and grandmother Francis Virginia Frentress on the 1920 census of Delaware Co., Iowa. Ralph is 21, born in Iowa. ED 101, sheet 1, Line 43. Address is 108 Wayne St., Manchester, Iowa. Ralph's occupation is sales in a general store.
On the U. S. Census of 1930 Honey Creek, Delaware Co., Iowa Dist. 20, Ralph age 31 and his wife Pansy age 24 appears. Ralph's occupation is labor at odd jobs.
Social Security Death Index:
Individual: Hosier, Ralph
Birth date: 6 Dec 1898
Death date: May 1986
Social Security #: 481-46-2785
Last residence: IA 50650
State of issue: IA
Obituary from The Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Friday, May 2, 1986, page 21: Lamont, Iowa---Ralph W. Hosier, 87, of Lamont, died Friday morning at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Manchester, Iowa. Arrangements are pending at Fawcett Funeral Home, Lamont.
Ralph W. Hosier appears with grandfather F. N. Frentress and grandmother Francis Virginia Frentress on the 1920 census of Delaware Co., Iowa. Ralph is 21, born in Iowa. ED 101, sheet 1, Line 43. Address is 108 Wayne St., Manchester, Iowa. Ralph's occupation is sales in a general store.
On the U. S. Census of 1930 Honey Creek, Delaware Co., Iowa Dist. 20, Ralph age 31 and his wife Pansy age 24 appears. Ralph's occupation is labor at odd jobs.
Social Security Death Index:
Individual: Hosier, Ralph
Birth date: 6 Dec 1898
Death date: May 1986
Social Security #: 481-46-2785
Last residence: IA 50650
State of issue: IA
Obituary from The Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Friday, May 2, 1986, page 21: Lamont, Iowa---Ralph W. Hosier, 87, of Lamont, died Friday morning at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Manchester, Iowa. Arrangements are pending at Fawcett Funeral Home, Lamont.
Events
| Birth | 6 Dec 1898 | Greeley, Delaware Co., Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Feb 1930 | Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa - Pansy I. Tinkey | | ||
| Death | 2 May 1986 | Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa | |||
| Burial | Oakhill-Campton Cemetery, Buchanan Co., Iowa | |
Families
| Spouse | Pansy I. Tinkey (1905 - 1962) |
| Father | Walter W. Hosier (1874 - 1962) |
| Mother | Sabra Dibel Frentress (1876 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Frederick Elwood Hosier (1897 - 1984) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 212.
2. Delaware County Recorder.
3. 1930 Census Delaware Co., Iowa.
4. Ancestry.com Iowa Marriage Records 1923-1937.
5. U. S. Gen Web Site.