RAMIE LEE FRANKLIN
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Ramie L. Franklin, 77, of Muscatine, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at University of Iowa.
A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Murray, Kentucky. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com.
Ramie was born on December 13, 1942, in Golden Pond, Kentucky, the son of Luke Garrett and Audra Elizabeth Crump Franklin. He married Shirley Outland on June 29, 1963, in Murray, Kentucky.
Ramie worked at John Deere as an auditor for 30 years. He enjoyed playing golf.
Ramie is survived by his wife, Shirley; two children, Lea Braun and her husband, Matt, of Sycamore, Illinois, and Jana Garcia and her husband, Dave, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; four grandchildren, Ashleigh, Kassandra, and Amber Braun, all of Sycamore, Illinois and Levi Braun of Colorado Springs, Colorado; one brother, Blenard Franklin of Melrose Park, Illinois; and one sister, Ruth Lyons of Murray, Kentucky.
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