Kenton Lee Ratzlaff
Kenton Lee Ratzlaff, 51, of Fairview,
Okla., died on July 22, 2010, in Pine Bluff, Ark.
He was born on June 1, 1959, in Newton
to Arlin Dee and Janora May Becker Ratzlaff of North Newton.
He is a graduate of Osawatomie High
School in Osawatomie.
He was united in marriage to Shelly
Kessinger in Fairview, Okla., on Dec. 1, 1992.
He worked as a project manager for
Ewbank Geo in Fairview.
Kenton was a loving husband and father,
a jack-of-all-trades and a master of many.
He loved people, especially those
around him, his wife, his sons, his granddaughter, his family and
those he worked with. He put his heart into everything he did.
He was a man who greatly loved many and
was loved and will be missed by many.
He is survived by his wife, Shelly of
the home; his sons, Dustin Lee Ratzlaff of Fort Worth, Texas, Chase
D. Ratzlaff of Ringwood, Okla., Bricen Kessinger of Weatherford,
Okla., and Tyler Kessinger of Marlow, Okla.; one granddaughter,
Kimber Kessinger; his parents, Arlin and Janora Ratzlaff of Newton;
one brother, Jay Ratzlaff of Paola; and one sister, Ann Hiebert of
Goessel.
Services were July 25, followed by
burial in the Saron Mennonite Cemetery in Orienta, Okla.
Memorials honoring Kenton's life may be
made to a charity of the donor's choosing.
Remembrances may be shared with the
Ratzlaff family by signing the online guest book at
www.nicholsfuneral.com.
