Ralph A. Krebs

Ralph A. Krebs, age 86 Albany March 8, 2010 – March 1, 1924 Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Church of Seven Dolors in Albany, MN for Ralph A. Krebs, age 86, who died Monday at the Assumption Nursing Home in Cold Spring. Burial will be in the Parish Cemetery, Albany. Relatives and friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Friday morning in the at the Parish Center of Seven Dolors Church, Albany. Parish Prayers will be at 4:30 p.m. Arrangements were entrusted with the Wenner Funeral Home, Richmond. Ralph was born in Albany, MN to Jacob J. and Alice E. (Sperl) Krebs. He graduated from Albany High School in 1941 and attended St. John’s Univ. for a year. He bought a chicken farm which he managed for several years. He married Elsie Thober on Jan. 25, 1947 in Mpls. Ralph worked for Keystone Reading Service out of Dallas/Ft. Worth for several years selling magazines (with the assistance of 2 sales crews) throughout the United States – mainly in the South. In the early 50’s he moved to Mpls. and worked for Benson Investment Co. selling businesses. He then transferred to Cardel Business Brokers in 1957. He became a broker, and in 1959 created Globe Business Brokers with partner Robert J. Carlson, which dissolved at a later date. He divorced; and then married Anita Faye McCoy September 16, 1970 in Watertown, SD. He started THE LOCATERS, INC. (another business brokerage) in 1977. During this period of time, he started buying and selling contracts-for-deed on homes in the Twin City area and continued doing so until 2003. He moved to Richmond, MN in 1986 where he and his wife had built their retirement home. Ralph loved hearing a good story and enjoyed retelling it even more! He loved RV’ing, meeting new friends, photography, fishing, and reading “anything historical”. Survivors include his loving wife of 39 years, Anita of Cold Spring; sister, Myrtle (Art) Vierkant of Wadena; daughters, Diane (Larry) Brastad of Buffalo, and Jacqueline Molloy of Hampton, VA; grandsons, Brian Brastad and Jason (Sheila) Brastad; great-grandchildren, Katherine, Mitchell, Sidney, Ella, Ethan, Wyatt, and Kelsey and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Victor and Vern; sisters, Leona and Evelyn (Henry) Schiffler.