Minnie Lorene Ratzloff's Obituary
Funeral services for Minnie L. Ratzloff, 95, of DeRidder, LA, will be held at 10 AM Friday, March 10, 2017, at Southern Magnolia Mennonite Church in DeRidder. LA, with Ministers Ken Diller and Phillip Classen officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, March 9, 2017, from 6 PM until 9 PM and continue Friday, March 10, 2017, from 9 AM until time of the service, all at the church. Burial will follow in Highland Mennonite Church Cemetery in DeRidder.
Minnie Schmidt Ratzloff was born on September 19, 1921 to Jacob and Nettie Unruh Schmidt in Ingalls, Kansas. She passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017. She was the ninth of eleven children, and was the last survivor. She married Orvall Ratzloff on May 4, 1941, in DeRidder, LA. Orvall passed away on February 8, 1997, leaving Mom very lonely.
To this union were born five children; Lillian (Adin) Holdeman of Brookston, TX, Robert (Dorothy) Ratzloff of Hardinsburg, IN, Ed (Mirian) Ratzloff of DeRidder, Dolores (Carl) Koehn of Chickasha, OK and Karen (Sam) Boyd of Harrison, AR. She was a good cook and baker, a wonderful wife and mother. She has seventeen grandchildren, sixty great grandchildren and fifteen great, great grandchildren
Minnie was preceded in death by her parents, husband Orvall and daughter Lillian.
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