Ralph Ivan "Ike" Kinney

 Ralph Ivan Ike Kinney, age 97, of Platteville, passed away on July 2, 2009 at Our House Assisted Living Center, Platteville. He was born on August 21, 1911 in  Lancaster,  WI the son of Dr. Ralph H. and Mattie E. (McCormick) Kinney.

Ike graduated from Lancaster High School in 1929 and attended UW Madison and  Platteville  Teachers College. Ralph Ivan married Kathryn Margaret Slowey on September 11, 1939 in Briggsville, WI. Together they raised four children. He was in the Mobil Oil business in Lancaster before being drafted into the Navy in 1944. After military duty he became the general manager of the Lancaster Ford dealership until opening his own Ford dealership in Platteville in 1949. Ike also owned a Mobil Oil distributorship and service station in Platteville from which he retired in 1977.

He was a member of the Platteville & Lancaster Country Clubs, Elks Club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and a Boy Scouts of America leader.

Ivan is survived by his sons: Ralph V. (June) Kinney of Pewaukee, WI and Richard (Barbara) Kinney of Fort Worth, TX; his daughters, Mary (Bill) Hake of Edmend, OK and Ann (Steve) Dudzinski of Cary, NC; Nine Grandchildren: Debra Kinney-Howard (Jason), David Kinney (Jean), Angie McMahon (Bernie), Debra Balow (Michael), Christa Cowan (Clint), Brian Hake (Jana), Steven Dudzinski (Angie), Sara Dudzinski and Paul Dudzinski; 16 Great-grandchildren: Caitlin Kinney-Howard; Aaron, Andrew and Aiden Kinney; Maguire, Foley and Braden McMahon; Sophia, Elena and Maria Balow; Alexis, Olivia, Carter and Elijah Cowan; Tanner Hake and Brooke Dudzinski.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn M. (Slowey) Kinney and his sister L. Naidiene Kinney.

Memorial Services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the Martin Schwartz Funeral Home in Platteville with Teri A. Hanson officiating. Burial was in the Kinney plot in the  Hillside  Cemetery in  Lancaster. Friends called from 9:30 a.m. until time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.