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Obituary
Ralph, 93, died August 20, 2018, at his home in Anchorage, Alaska. He was born into a family of six children on March 22, 1925 in Hubbard, Oregon. "I was raised on a farm, in a sawmill, and in the Zion Mennonite Church. Ralph was drafted into Civilian Public Service in October 1943 and headed to a camp in Lapine, OR. In 1945 he joined the CPS-103 smokejumper group training at Nine Mile and being assigned to McCall where he made seven fire jumps during a busy season. "My short tenure in smokejumping was one of the highlights of my life. This experience did much to mold my entire life." After the war, Ralph had a successful career in logging before moving to Palmer, Alaska to work in a Children's Home. He pastored churches in North Pole, Sitka and Anchorage from 1959-84. Ralph served as an elected official in the denominations Alaska District Office from 1984 until retirement in 1996.
Identifier
Miller_Ralph-Menno_McCall_1945
Publication Date
February 2020
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Miller, Ralph Menno (McCall 1945)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 529.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/529
