77, Oblong, Illinois
Visititation: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013 ~ Pulliam Funeral Home, Oblong, Illinois
A Celebration of Ronnie’s life will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013, with Pastor Phil Boyd officiating at the Pulliam Funeral Home, Oblong, Illinois
Military Rites will be conducted by the Ste. Marie American Legion Post #932.
The family requests expressions of sympathy may take the form of a contribution to the Crawford County V. F. W. Post #4549 or Ste. Marie American Legion Post #932 with envelopes at or may be mailed to Pulliam Funeral Home, P.O. Box 121, Oblong, Illinois 62449.
Ronnie J. Gangloff, 77, Oblong, Illinois passed away at 1:56 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson, Illinois.
Born in Ste. Marie, Illinois on June 17, 1935, he was the son of Charles J. “Charlie” Gangloff and Edna M. (Shryock) Gangloff. Ronnie graduated from Oblong High School ~ Class of 1954. He retired in 1984 from the U. S. Navy where he served in the Submarine Corp. during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War; later he was an over the road truck driver. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Oblong, Illinois; Crawford County V. F. W. Post #4549 and Ste. Marie American Legion Post #932. Ronnie enjoyed working on cars and home remodeling.
Ronnie is survived by a son, Russell Lee Gangloff; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Gaylord R. Gangloff and Lee Allen & Joetta Gangloff; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Angelita M. & Richard Seamon and Patricia A. Moore and several nieces and nephews.
Ronnie was preceded in death by his parents and six brothers, Charles F. “Buddy” Gangloff, Jack James Gangloff, Emanuel “Jim” Gangloff, Arthur Wayne Gangloff, Norman Lewis Gangloff and his Ronnie’s twin brother, Donald Dean Gangloff.
Ronnie’s wish was to be cremated. Cremation rites have been accorded with burial in Ste. Marie Cemetery at a later date.
