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Lourene “Lou” Darly Ratsch

December 28, 1937 — November 30, 2016

Lourene “Lou” Darly Ratsch, 78, of Moorhead, MN passed away on Wednesday, November 30 at home in Moorhead.
Lou was born on December 28, 1937 to Robert and Ruth Leach Brady. She graduated from Redondo Beach High School in Redondo Beach, California. She was a lifelong California resident, living most of her life in the Monterey Bay area. She loved the ocean, and she enjoyed sailboating the ocean with her husband Al. She also acquired her pilots license and performed a solo run for licensure. She was proud of her license and had it framed and placed on her wall for all to see.
Lourene was an avid frog collector and collected all sorts of different frog items. She had a great sense of humor and was known to be a very strong willed woman.
Lou is survived by her sons, Ron Debbie Melcher Jr. of Moorhead, MN and Bill Melcher of Anchorage, Alaska; Daughters, Charlene Combs of Salinas, California, and Susan “Susie” Lane of Prunedale, California; 15 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; sisters, Kate Brady of El Segundo, California and Rudi Bendiken of Malibu, California and many other loving relatives and friends. She is proceeded in death by her parents; husband, Alden “Al” Ratsch; son, Robert Leonard Melcher.
Services will take place on Saturday, December 10, at 10:30 A.M. at Wright Funeral Home with a visitation 1 hour prior to services. The burial will take place at a later date at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Rochester, MN next to her husband, Al.

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Visitation

Sunday, December 10, 2023

9:30 - 10:30 am (Central time)

Wright Funeral Home - Moorhead

605 2nd Ave S, Moorhead, MN 56560

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Service

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Starts at 10:30 am (Central time)

Wright Funeral Home - Moorhead

605 2nd Ave S, Moorhead, MN 56560

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Grandview Memorial Garden

MN

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