By Staff
The Reverend Ralph O. Pletcher, 85, of Edgewater Drive, Edwardsburg, formerly of Hoyt Drive, Niles, died at the home of his son at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, of an extended illness.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Coulter's Chapel Church of God in Niles. Burial will follow at the Silverbrook Cemetery, also in Niles, where Military Rites will be presented by the American Legion Post No. 51, Buchanan.
The family will receive relatives and friends for visitation from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the church.
Memorial contributions in the memory of the Rev. Ralph O. Pletcher may be made to the Children's International Lifeline, 16106 Brookwood Drive, Buchanan, MI, 49107 or to Hospice at Home.
Funeral arrangements were made by Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.