- Date Of Death: December 5, 2011
- State: Idaho
Ralph Heiner
Ralph Schwab Heiner, 85, died Dec. 5, 2011 at his home in Bedford after a lengthy illness. Ralph was born March 22, 1926 in Afton, the oldest child of Carl Gottfied and Frances Lottie Schwab Heiner.
Ralph attended grade school in a four-room schoolhouse in Bedford and high school in Afton. His youth was spent learning the value of work on his family farm.
Following graduation, Ralph was drafted into the United States Navy. He was 18 years old. He was assigned to a construction battalion in the Philippines Islands. He always had deep feelings of reverence and admirations for the flag and the country it represented.
On June 4, 1947, Ralph married Gwen Robinson of Freedom in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were married by president Joseph Fielding Smith, President of the Salt Lake Temple. Ralph and Gwen bought a farm in Bedford and raised four boys as they cleared and worked the land and operated a dairy.
