Ralph E. Sydow

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Jan. 21, 1945 - Oct. 4, 2009

KINGWOOD, Texas -- Ralph E Sydow, 64, of Kingwood, Texas died Sunday (Oct. 4, 2009) while working in Florence, S.C.

He was born in McCook, Jan. 21, 1945, to Robert F and Inez R Sydow. He attended high school at the University of Nebraska's school for agriculture in Curtis and Kearney State College.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1969, serving during the Vietnam War. He worked at the University of Colorado before returning to the family farm south of Trenton in 1996. He moved to Kingwood in 2006.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda Sydow, his children, Vicki Squires and Travis Sydow, both of Atascocita, Texas, two brothers, Victor and David Sydow; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Friday at Kingwood Funeral Home in Kingwood.

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