To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 4/30/14 • Approved: 5/1/14 • Last Updated: 5/4/14 • R997026-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
July 20, 1928 - October 11, 2011
*Obituary
arkansasonline.com
Published: October 14, 2011
Ralph Howard Hosto, 83, went home to Heaven to join his wife, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was born July 20, 1928 in Waldenburg to the late Arnor and Martha Hosto. He was a farmer and a member of the Zion Lutheran Church. Mr. Hosto was an avid rock collector and a man of vast knowledge. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Evelyn Archer Hosto. Survivors include three daughters, Susan Ewald Helka of Leander, Texas, Debra House (David) of Biloxi, Mississippi and Loura Lea Scoggins (Dennis) of Weiner; eight grandchildren, Trey Ewald, Timothy Ewald, Valerie Stephens, Arick House, Ira House, Jenifer Fralia, Nathan Scoggins and Anna Scoggins; six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held be Thursday, October 13, 2011 at the Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro. A celebration of his life will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Waldenburg with Rev. Albert Quoss officiating under the direction of Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church in Waldenburg.
Contributed on 4/30/14 by hawkinsdonna
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 997026