Rev. Dr. Ralph Quellhorst Death | Obituary – United Church Homes is having a remembrance fo a well-known man Rev. Dr. Ralph Quellhorst, a former member of the UCH Board of Directors and resident of its Chapel Hill Community, passed away June 23, 2020.
As a minister and executive for the UCC’s Ohio Conference (now Heartland Conference) from 1993-2003, Ralph served on our Board. But his impact extended far and wide, and it’s impossible to know the exact number of lives he changed.
Ralph’s ministry took him to Hungary, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Guatemala, Belize and throughout the U.S. He was an adjunct theology professor and served on numerous boards and committees, including the Heidelberg University (then Heidelberg College) Board of Trustees for over 30 years.
Ralph received the John Calvin Award for humanitarian work, presented at the 44th World Congress of the Hungarian Reformed Churches in Budapest. Having personally experienced the devastation of a tornado that destroyed the parsonage where his family lived in Bluffton in 1965, he was an advocate for the establishment of the UCC’s Disaster Response Ministry (now Disaster Ministries).
Rev. Dr. Ralph Quellhorst contributed a lot to the community and will forever be remembered as a great giant , father, and a mentor to the younger generation. Rest In Peace.
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