Ralph Christ Passe

Rollingstone, Ralph Christ Passe, 88, of Rollingstone died Tuesday January 20th at Sauer Healthcare in Winona. He was born April 15, 1926 in Wabasha to Christ and Luella (Averbeck) Passe. Growing up in Wabasha, Ralph worked pumping gas at the service station before working at Big Joe's Flour Mill. He then farmed near Cochrane, WI for many years, before moving to Rollingstone and working in Winona for Ledebuhr Meats and Sugarloaf Ford. Ralph was married to his first wife Gertrude Grulkowski on May 8, 1956. She died in 1988. On February 28, 1991 Ralph was then married to Marjorie (Senn) Moldenhauer. Ralph loved the farm life. In his retirement he collected International miniature tractors. He enjoyed being outside, reading and playing cards. Survivors include his wife Marjorie, four children; Karen (Dave) Pronschinske of Dodge, WI, Ron Passe of Rollingstone, Suzi (Chaz) Cramp of New Zealand and Marlene (John) Foster of River Falls, WI, six step-children; Robert Moldenhauer of Winona, Linda Frankum of Winona, Dwight Moldenhauer (Karla) of St Charles, Bonita (LeRoy) Mundt of Eyota, Lori (Joe) Schroeder of Dickinson, ND and Jim (Julie) Moldenhauer of Minnesota City, 7 grandchildren, 11 step-grandchildren, 5 step-great-grandchildren and a brother Delbert (Lois) Passe of Wabasha. In addition to his first wife Gertrude, he was preceded in death by a step-son Michael Moldenhauer, step son-in-law Kevin Frankum and step daughter-in-law Kathy Moldenhauer. A Funeral Mass will be 12:30 PM Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Winona with the Reverend James Berning officiating. A reception will follow in the church commons. Burial will follow in Buffalo City Cemetery, Buffalo City, WI. Friends may call from 5-8PM Thursday at Hoff Celebration of Life Center-Goodview. They may also call one hour before services at the church on Friday. There will be a prayer service 7:30 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Please share a memory of Ralph on-line and view his video tribute when it becomes available at www.hofffuneral.com.
Tribute video can be found at: videos.lifetributes.com/561354