Ralph Barragan

OUR BELOVED RALPH BARRAGAN, FATHER, HUSBAND, GRANDFATHER, SON AND BROTHER. RALPH WAS A SHINING LIGHT TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM. HE HAD THE MOST INFECTIOUS SMILE AND WAS TRULY A MAN OF GOD. ANYONE WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW HIM CAN AGREE HE WAS TRULY FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. RISE AND SHINE AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY GLORY WAS HIS PHRASE FOR LIFE. HE OFTEN SPOKE ABOUT LIVING EVERYDAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST, THANKING GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND GIVING HIM THE GLORY. RALPH DEDICATED HIS LIFE SERVING OTHERS IN HIS COMMUNITY, HE WORKED FULL TIME DRIVING THE DISABLED STUDENTS AROUND CAMPUS. RALPH WAS KNOWN TO SMILE AND WAVE ON CAMPUS TO EVERYONE AND REACHED OUT TO MANY WITH WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. AFTER BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STUDENTS MANY SAW HIM AS A FATHER FIGURE AND OFTEN SEEKED HIS ADVICE AND GUIDANCE. RALPH WAS MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE EMERITA FOR 39 YEARS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. HE LEAVES BEHIND A BELOVED FAMILY OF THREE AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. HIS PASSING HAS BEEN HEARTBREAKING FOR EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM. HOWEVER; HIS LEGACY REMAINS IN HOW HE TREATED EVERYONE WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. OUR BELOVED RALPH IS TRULY MISSED BUT WE KNOW HE RESTS WITH OUR LORD IN ETERNAL PARADISE. MAY HIS LIFE BE A CONSTANT REMINDER TO RISE AND SHINE AND GIVE GOD THE GLORRY GLORRY!