Ralph W. Johnson, 85, of Watervliet, passed away on Wednesday April 27, 2016 at The Willows in St. Joseph.

Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, April 29 at Watervliet Free Methodist Church of which he was a lifetime member.  Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Watervliet.  Visitation will be held Wednesday from 5:00-7:00 PM at Duffield & Pastrick Family Funeral Home in Coloma.

Memorial donations in Ralph's memory may be made to Hospice at Home. Those wishing to leave a message or share a memory with the family may do so by selecting the "Sign the Guestbook" link at the bottom of the page.

Ralph was born January 25, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan to Oscar and Alice Johnson.   He was a veteran of the Army and on August 25, 1956 he married MariLou Hennesey.  He worked at Menasha Corporation as a fork lift operator for over 30 years.  Ralph was a farmer at heart and in his free time he and MariLou loved to travel.  He was the type of person that never met a stranger.

Ralph is survived by his four children Debra (Humayun) Syed of Wyandotte, MI, Kevin (Karen) Johnson of Medford, OR, Kim (Tim) Ertman of Watervliet, and Denise (Dean) Armstrong of Brooklyn, MI. Also surviving are seven grandchildren Janee (Pete) Zimmerman, Kyleen (Scott) Brodie, Natasha, Sidrah and Tarik (Becca Carley) Syed,  Shawn (Kelsi)  Ertman, Brad Ertman and two great grandsons; Nicholas Ertman and Miles Brodie.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, MariLou, on April 24, 2016.