Ralph J. Bieghler

July 19, 1925 - February 13, 2020

Ralph J. Bieghler, age 94, of Huntington, died at 9:26 a.m. Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Heritage Pointe of Huntington. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral and Masonic services will immediately follow at 12 p.m. Tuesday at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Pastor Brian Cobb officiating. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery in Huntington County with military graveside rites performed by VFW Post #2689 of Huntington. Preferred memorials are to The Open Door, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Ralph was born on July 19, 1925 in Peru, the son of Rollie and Coral (Bright) Bieghler. He attended Huntington Township High School and served in the Battery C 202nd Antiaircraft Artillery AW Battalion in the United States Army during World War II, earning the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon and a Bronze Star. He married Mae E. Hoover on October 21, 1943 in Huntington; she preceded him in death on June 19, 2017. Ralph retired after 40 years as a chemist at Schacht Rubber and Lydall Company. He was a lifetime member of VFW Post #2689 of Huntington, a member of Disabled American Veterans, and a member of Amity Masonic Lodge #483 F&AM and the Scottish Rite Valley of Fort Wayne. He was a craftsman and loved building furniture and cabinets. Survivors include a son, Philip W. (Sylvia) Bieghler of Fishers, a daughter, Susan (Mark) Christman of Andrews, eight grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a son, Norman Bieghler, brothers William Russell Bieghler and Richard Rollie Bieghler, and a sister, Virginia Bieghler.