Ralph Creel - Obituary

alph W. Creel, Jr. of Edgewater Maryland and previously of Silver Spring, Maryland, passed away on Wednesday September 9th, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1927 to the late Ralph W. Creel Sr. and Elizabeth H. Creel, Ralph was a career D.C. firefighter and a paratrooper at the end of WWII. Ralph was predeceased by his loving wife of 67 years Norma E. Creel and survived by two sons; Michael W. Creel of Hagerstown and Ralph W. Creel and his wife Karen of Severna Park; two daughters, Stephanie Creel of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and Nancy Bean of Olney, Maryland; six grandchildren, Richard Krick Jr. of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, James Krick of Selbyville, Delaware, Craig Krick of Lewes, Delaware, Sam Creel of Severna Park, Ashley Wood and Laura Oliver, both of Hagerstown, Maryland; ten great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Friends are invited to visit with Ralph's family on Sunday, September 13th from 2-4pm at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, Maryland. A funeral service will be held on Monday September 14th at 10:30am at the funeral home. Interment private. An online guestbook is available at www.kalasfuneralhomes.com