The family will receive friends from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 28 at Memorial Funeral Chapel in College Station. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Parkway Baptist Church, 1501 Southwest Parkway, College Station with Pastor Chris Snidow and Dr. Jim Adams officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Cemetery of College Station, 3800 Raymond Stotzer Parkway.
Ralph was born September 15, 1946 to Ernst Sr. and Alice Engelmann in Austin, Texas. He graduated from Pflugerville High School in 1964 and attended Texas A&M University as a Corps of Cadet member his freshman year. Ralph graduated in the class of 1968 and received his Veterinary Degree from Texas A&M in 1969. After Ralph’s military service as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, he worked for the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service for 35 years.
Ralph loved God with all his heart and was a member of Parkway Baptist Church. He also loved working in the yard, but his three beautiful granddaughters (who called him “Pappy”) were the light of his life.
Ralph is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ernst Engelmann, Jr.; and a brother-in-law, Kenneth Schults.
Ralph leaves behind his loving wife of 45 years, Cindy Engelmann; son, Mark Engelmann; daughter, Michelle Jackson and husband Ken; daughter, Lisa Cowan and husband Jay; granddaughters, McKenna Jackson, Hailey Cowan and Hannah Jackson; sister, Rose Janke and husband Gene; sister, Margaret Schults; and sister-in-law, LaVerne Engelmann.
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