Barbara Ann Ralston

Barbara Ann Ralston, 93, of College Station passed away on Saturday, Jan. 22, at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan.

She was born on Aug. 14, 1928, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Ellsworth and Bernice Ames Wilson.  

Barbara graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1946.  She worked in Waterloo for Rath Packing until moving to Los Angeles, California where she met her husband Albert Cecil Ralston.  

She married Albert Cecil Ralston of Rogers on Dec. 9, 1967, at St. Edward’s Church in Waterloo, Iowa. 

Barbara worked for Boeing Aerospace in Los Angeles where she retired in 1984.  After retirement she moved with her family to Academy.  During retirement she worked part-time for Cash-In-A-Flash in Temple.

Barbara is preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother; her sister and brother-in-law, Delores and Paul Koch; and her husband, Albert Cecil Ralston.

She is survived by her son, Scott Ralston and two granddaughters, Bethany and Emily Ralston of College Station; sister-in-law, Doris Law of Temple; brother-in-law, Marvin Ralston of Holland; nieces, Paula Todd of St. Peters, Mo., and Cathy Podhajsky of Olathe, Kansas; and nephews, Dan Koch of Waterloo, Iowa, and Steve Koch of Palm Harbor, Fla.

Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron is in charge of arrangements.  

There will be a visitation on Thursday, Jan. 27, from 12:30-2 p.m. with a service at the Val Verde Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at Val Verde cemetery in Holland.