Ralph B. Piper

Ralph was like a grandfather to me. He was the first person to ever hold me and feed me a bottle. I grew up in his office at Zion L.C. and thought of him like a close family member. I'm glad to know that he was happy to the end. I've thought a lot about him and I've sent many prayers to him and his family. Barry and Pam all of my love to you. I loved your dad. He will be greatly missed, but never out of my heart. I wish that I could be present at the memorial service. I will definitely be...

Pastor Piper was not only special to the Zion Congregation but a very special friend to me and my family. We have so many wonderful memories of the fun times. He will be deeply missed but always in our cherished memories.
Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family.

Pastor Piper was a very special person and special to us as a family. He married us in December of 1958, baptized our three daughters: Linda Marie in 1959, Martha Anne in 1962 and Loretta Sue in 1964. He also performed the burial service for John's mother, Sophie. It was nice to have him come back in 1992 to serve Zion. Also, in that year he performed the funeral of our very favorite Aunt Erma Beuerle, who was the last Aunt in our family. We are very sorry that we will not be in Ann Arbor to...

We will be forever grateful we had Ralph as our pastor, and friend. We have many, many great memories to cherish of our long association with him. We loved him dearly. Our deepest sympathies to his family.

So sorry to hear of your fathers death-I knew him from my years working at Muehlig's- Bob Rogers