Extracted from The Ruston Daily Leader (Ruston, LA)
Monday, December 4, 1978

Ralph Lenning Died Sunday

Mr. Ralph H. Lennig, 68, of Ruston died Sunday at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston following a sudden illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston with Dr. Merlin Merrill officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Ruston under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.

Mr. Lennig was the owner and operator of the Modern Shoe Shop in Ruston, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, and a resident of Ruston for 35 years. He was a native of Newcastle, Pennsylvania.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Birdie Lennig of Ruston; one son, Joe Madden of Natchitoches; one brother, Carl Lennig of El Monte, Calif.; one sister, Alice Burks of Riverside, Calif.; and two granddaughters.