Ralph Herbert Hadley
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Ralph Herbert Hadley was born July 5, l925, the son of Herbert and Eliza Lydian Rose Hadley. He was the second child and only son. He and his sister, LaRue Rose, born four years earlier, grew up the best of friends.
As a young man, Ralph served in the United States Navy and also served an L.D.S. mission in the Southern States. It was there he met his future wife, Dorothy. She was born April 15, 1929 in Liberty, Mississippi, the daughter of Willie Cleveland and Nora Lee Plemmons Blalock. They were married April 1, l949 in the Salt Lake Temple. From that time forward, they lived for the most part in Roy, Utah. There home is located at 2910 West 6000 South, a part of the original homestead of Samuel Hadley. Five children were born to Ralph and Dorothy: Michael Ralph, Ralph Lowell, Diane, Richard Lynn, and Dale Mark. Ralph worked for Utah Power and Light Company in Ogden and retired after many years of faithful service. In retirement, Ralph and Dorothy served a mission to Calgary, Canada and a temple mission at the Ogden Temple. Both were very active in church work and have strong testimonies of the truthfulness of the gospel. After Dorothy died in March 2000, Ralph remarried a year later. His second wife is Ona Beus, originally of Hooper. They enjoy gardening and church work and family. by Diane Hadley Ellsworth, daughter
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