Ralph D. Tharp, 62, of Garrettsville, Ohio, and formerly of Wind Ridge R.D.1, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday, January 19, 1998, in Summit County Hospice Care Center in Akron, Ohio, after being seriously ill for the past year. Mr. Tharp was a resident of Ohio since 1988 after living in New Stanton for 15 years. He was a 1956 graduate of Center Township High School and was a peacetime veteran of the U.S. Army serving as a specialist 3rd class. Mr. Tharp was Protestant. He was a former employee of Ohio Bell, the National Screw Co., Cleveland State University and was employed by the VW plant in New Stanton for 10 years prior to his last employment for eight years with Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland. He enjoyed fishing and hunting at Pymatuning State Park. On March 29, 1965, he married Jacqueline Cullen, who survives. Surviving are three sons, Ralph D. Tharp Jr. of Killbuck, Ohio, Samuel A. Tharp of Madison and Mark C. Tharp of Mayo, S.C.; two daughters, Barbara Jane MacLagan of Alliance, Ohio, and Jacqueline Lee West of Killbuck, Ohio; three brothers, Perry A. and Wayne Tharp, both of Monaca, and James Tharp of Waynesburg; two sisters, Gertrude King of Waynesburg and Jean Whitlatch of Georgetown; 11 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Deceased are a sister, Olive Galloway; and two brothers, Samuel and Thomas Tharp. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Wednesday, January 21, 1998Ralph D. Tharp
Ohio Bell employee enjoyed hunting, fishing
He was born June 10, 1935, in Center Township, a son of Perry Lee and Priscilla Jane "Jennie" Phillips Tharp.