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- Ralph A. Dines, 77, a resident of Danville Route 3 for 21 years, died 7:30 a.m. today (Aug. 22, 1979) at the Americana Healthcare Center where he had been a patient two days.
Dines retired in 1974 as a machinist for the Montgomery Machine Shop. He enjoyed reading and baseball and was a Chicago Cubs fan.
Born July 6, 1902, in Alvin, Ill., he was a son of John and Louisa Allison Dines. He married Ercel Watson in Danville, Dec. 2, 1922. She survives. Also surviving are six sons, John, Ralph, Max, Ronald, Donald and Larry Dines, all of Danville; six daughters, Mrs, Caroline Pichon, Mrs. Beverly Mills, Mrs. Barbara Clapp and Mrs. Linda Smith all of Danville; Mrs. Ruth Patton of Plainfield, Ind., and Mrs. Sandra Steinbaugh of Alvin;, a brother, James of Danville; a sister, Mrs. Clara Tucker of Kokomo, Ind., 35 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and nine stepgreat-grandchildren.
A son, two sisters, and two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Barrick & Son Funeral Home. The Rev Darrell Dean will officiate with burial in Gundy Cemetery at Bismarck, Ill. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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