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Bill Hauser
July 13, 2025
On this Sunday , 7/13/2025 , I want you to know that you are loved and missed everyday ! Family is everything ! RIP my " Big Brother " ( the oldest of Mom's 5 boys !) s/ Bill " Chip " Hauser
dana farrar
November 24, 2024
Hi. I just acquired this amazing painting by Ralph. I love it. it needs some love and reframing. i promise to take good care of it. I was sad to hear of his passing when I looked up his information. What a talent.
Bill Hauser
July 16, 2024
Brother Ralph , You are loved and missed by the entire family . Its been almost 5 years , July 13 , 2020 . You died within 1 year of our Mother passing , July 21 , 2019 . I will always remember the Good Old Days growing up together. You were the oldest of Mom's 5 boys , and I always admired your abilities as an artist ! RIP Bro . Until we meet again . s/ Bill Hauser 7/15/2024
Suzann
July 13, 2024
Cant believe that it has been 4 years, Miss seeing you around town,always walking around. Still enjoying some of your beautiful artwork around town. You were so very talented. Rest In Peace Ralph
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Bill Hauser
July 13, 2023
Ralph was the oldest of our Mom , Shirley Hauser , 5 boys . All of us looked up to Ralph who truly was an artistic genius ! He would patiently sit for hours and teach me personally to draw and paint . I wrote down all his sage advice so as never to forget it ! I even recorded many of our painting sessions ! He was an old soul , and on this 3rd anniversary of his passing in 2020 - within one year of our mother's passing ! Ralph is missed . The family is not complete . The world is not the same . Love ya Bro ! s/ Bill Hauser
Bill Hauser
July 19, 2022
It's been 2 years since you've been gone Bro . I miss you and think about you every day . To my oldest brother , RIP .
Bill Hauser
July 13, 2021
My oldest Brother Ralph : You are missed on this day , 7/13/21 , one year after your passing . And Bro you are remembered ! Your " presence " is very strong today , and I texted OUR Brothers Eddie and Kevin to let them know this was the one year anniversary of your passing . As the oldest brother , I always looked up to you ! You taught me a lot about art and encouraged me in my drawing and painting . I love and miss ya Bro ! s/ Chip
J anet
October 4, 2020
In loving memory of a wonderful person. He was a friend and an amazing artist. Often I would see him walking around Barberton. Many of his awesome murals are on buildings around town. My prayers are with your family
Audrey Hightower
September 18, 2020
I am Ralphs niece and I will miss him very much. My mom and aunts were the best people Ralph could ever have had.
Ed Hauser
September 13, 2020
Peace Brother.
Ed Hauser
September 13, 2020
Peace Brother Ralph.
Bill Hauser
September 13, 2020
I am Ralph's brother , Bill Hauser , in Michigan . No mention was made in the obit of his 3 brothers and family in Michigan , as well as his daughter Naomi and his grandchildren ! I always admired my oldest brother ! We worked on many art projects together , and he always encouraged me . He always felt his destiny was first and foremost to be a painter, an artist ! And he was a prodigy at this from day 1 ! So many good times my Brother ! You will be missed . LOVE and LIGHT ! Your brother Chip .
Lori Byrnes
July 30, 2020
Hello. I knew Ralph as a fellow student at Norton. I'm sorry to have heard only just today of his passing. I would have liked to participated in his memorial service. Though I did not know Ralph well, I always felt a kindness with him. My sympathies to his family. I will continue to think of him with great kindness.
Lorie Jackson
July 25, 2020
Ralph was a very talented artist. His paintings remain throughout the area. He painted the most beautiful religious wall murals while I worked at Busson Photography in Barberton. He painted some of the murals still seen in some of Akron's Italian restaurants. He was a kind soul, the true "starving artist" for a time, but instead found his richness in his artwork that he so lovingly created. Although I only knew Ralph for a short time, he left his lifelong impression for all to "follow your dreams". Rest well, dear friend...
Gary Rafferty
July 22, 2020
I always remember Ralph as being such a kind person. His artistic talent was truly remarkable. May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bless and keep you Ralph!
Robert Magier
July 21, 2020
I am saddened to hear of Ralph's passing. He was truly an iconoclast. I recall giving him a ride many years ago and as we drove he told me about this old man that he had met and befriended in Barberton. Soon I realized that the old man he had befriended was my grandfather - another wandering soul. Godspeed Ralph.
Robert Magier
July 21, 2020
I'm so sorry to hear of Ralph's passing. I remember him as a true iconoclast. I recall giving him a ride many years ago and as we drove along he told me about an old man in Barberton whom he had met on the street and befriended. The old man turned out to be my grandfather, who was another wandering soul. Godspeed Ralph.
Suzanne Crane
July 20, 2020
Ralph was a great guy,I loved his art work. I always brought his notebook to Santrock school. I dropped off my son and he dropped off his daughter. He would show me what drawings he was working on. I will miss seeing him around Barberton. He will be missed. But we still have some of his beautiful art that he painted around the city to enjoy.Ralf you will be missed.
Russ Henderson
July 19, 2020
Our deepest sympathies
Russ and dorothy Henderson
Russ was a classmate
MaryEllen Fernwalt Smith
July 19, 2020
Dear Family & many Friends, Please accept my sincere sympathies and know my prayers are with you.
Although many years have passed, Ralph was always a staple in our city.
A gentle, kind and very tenderhearted soul. He'd buy a burger from McD's and eat some and share with the stray animals, He loved people and animals. His art as well, He enjoyed making people happy and giving what he could.
He painted for our mother back in the early 70's, a portrait of a cowboy wearing a sombrero, lasso up in the air on a stallion bucking up . The painting hung proudly on her living room wall until her death in 2012. He painted it thinking she was from Spanish or Mexican heritage, Although he was mistaken she loved the gift and cherished him and the painting. We still have the painting in the family. Ralph will be missed.
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