This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lafrenz / Ralfs Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RJB.2ACI/277 Message Board Post: This Word of Remembrance is from the back of the Funeral service hand out. Ann L. Ralfs was born in Germany on August 28, 1906. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Lafrenz. She came to America at the age of six and to Rock County in 1919 . She was united in marriage to George Ralfs at Durant, Iowa, on December 26, 1924. They moved to Luverne in 1940 . Mr. Ralfs passed away in 1950. She is survived by her four children, Helen ; Mrs. L. J. Siebenahler of Hardwick, Harold of Canton, S. D., Velma; Mrs. Vernon Grant of Humboldt, S. D., and Julie; Mrs. Dick Anderson of Madelia, Minn. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, one sister Marie; Mrs. Harley Bell of Luverne, 3 brothers, Hans & Henry Lafrenz of Luverne and Fritz of Sioux Falls. Mrs. Ralfs was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Luverne. ------------ This was my grandmother