RALPH PASSED AWAY AT HOME ON JULY 12 TH, 2013 WITH HIS LOVED ONES AROUND HIM.
RALPH WAS BORN IN QUEENS, NYC TO BARBARA AND RALPH BEUTER. HE ATTENDED LOWELL UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. HE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AND RETIRED AS A LT. COLONEL FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES.
HE LOVED THE OUTDOORS, BUILDING TWO CABINS WHICH THE FAMILY STILL OWN. HE LOVED THE NATIONAL PARKS AND TOOK HIS CHILDREN TO MANY OF THEM. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS BELOVED WIFE CATHERINE, SONS MIKE MINDT, RANDY BEUTER, JEFF MINDT, ERNST BEUTER, MAX BEUTER, AS WELL AS HIS DAUGHTER WENDY BONHAM.
HE LIKED TO TRAVEL AND SPENT TIME IN PUERTA VALLARTA, MEXICO EVERY WINTER. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF OVERLAKE PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BELLEVUE. RALPH WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO LOVED HIM