Ralph Edward Wade, 82 of Columbus,formerly of Flat Rock passed away at 6:12 a.m. Monday
Oct. 17, 2011 at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Mr. Wade had been a program specialist for ASCS for 32 years and retired in 1984. He was a
member of Flat Rock United Methodist Church, Member of Farmer's Masonic Lodge , Flat Rock Order Of
Eastern Star, and Amateur Trapshooting Assoc.
He loved trapshooting , flower and vegetable gardening and spending time with his grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Norman Funeral Home in Hope with Rev. Leslie Fix
officiating. Calling hours will be today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. A masonic memorial service
will be conducted at 8:00 p.m. today. Burial will be at Flat Rock Cemetery in Flat Rock, IN.
Memorial s may be given to Flat Rock United Methodist Church thru the funeral home.
Mr. Wade was born Sept. 21, 1929 in Bartholomew Co. He was the son of Walter and
Mamie Bell Snider Wade. He married Joanna Lawless on Jan. 21, 1951 at the Flat Rock United Methodist
Church and she survives.
Other survivors include a son Logan Ralph Wade of Flat Rock and a daughter Mary Bell (Rusty)
Smiley of Flat Rock; grandchildren Jesse Wade (Rochelle) Mathena of Greenwood, Donnell Edward (Lenora)
Mathena of Shelbyville, and Joseph Wayne (Kayla) Mathena II of Westport; great-grandchildren Jesse Mathena Jr.,
Devon Mathena, Wade Mathena, Annabelle Mathena and Josey Mathena; a brother, Lawrence Edgar Wade
of Cookeville, Tenn. and a nephew Larry Wade.
Mr. Wade was preceded in death by his parents Walter and Mamie Bell Wade.