Ralph Ivy

Mary and the rest of the Ivy family, I am sorry for you loss!

I just heard of Dr. Ivy’s passing. I am so sorry. I have been struggling with what to say, so I would like the privilege of traveling back in time and telling him what I would had I been able to speak with him once again before he made his final journey. Dr. Ivy, A few hazy years ago, when one of your friends passed, I penned some lines about the “Last Mesa Ride,” a tribute to another Catholic dentist I never knew. I was, however, fortunate enough to know you, briefly, in my twentieth year,...

Dear Ivy Family, I grieve for your loss and mine. Your father was always so kind to me. He took care of me when I needed to be taken care of and he never asked for anything in return. He is an example to me of what a good and decent man should be.
Respectfully,

Dearest Cathy,

May you and your entire family embrace the lovely memories of your father who has now joined your beloved mother in heaven. With love,respect,& deepest sympathy for your loss, you remain in my thoughts and prayers.

Your friend & high school classmate, Cindie Madrid Flaack

The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God.

Dear Patty,
My sincere condolences and deepest sympathy to you and your family for the loss of your precious father. What a wonderful family he has to carry on his legacy! Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Pops, it was an honor to have known you.
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

As a boy, growing up at St. Joseph's School in the 1950s and early 1960s, there certain families that were special, that we wished we had, that were, indeed, about as special as special could be. The Ivys were one of those families.

Dr. Ivy's death brings back a flood of memories, of being a part of a children's choir singing a Requiem Mass upon the death of a baby, of having a terrible crush on a daughter, of being invited to a pool party on Tyler Street in 1961 as a...