Ralph L. Caldin
Ralph L. Caldin
Ralph L. Caldin, 81, long-time resident of Huntington Beach, California, passed away June 2, 2024, at the Santa Ana Health Care Center from two years of declining health. He passed away peacefully at 4:00 AM surrounded by his family.
Ralph was born in Washington, D.C. on September 2, 1942, the son of the late John W. Caldin, Jr. and Lucile Daelhousen Caldin.
He was a 1960 graduate of Warren High School. A member of the football team and the WAHS band playing his beloved trombone. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of Warren he sang in the church choir.
He studied CAD drafting for architectural design at Williamsport, PA. He enjoyed a long career as an architectural draftsman at Boeing Aerospace Manufacturing and Kerr Glass Mfg Co. in Southern California.
Retirement soon opened a second career as an adjunct teacher for drafting computer design at Westminster High School and Santa Ana College.
Ralph was interested in social-cultural anthropology and took pleasure in having traveled to all seven continents.
Ralph married Sandra Mackey in 1965 in Jeanette, Pa. A later second marriage to Peggy Plugh in Pittsburgh.
He is survived by his three children. Two sons: RLC, Jr., Michael Sean; and a daughter, Audra Michelle Palmero. He is survived by 4 grandchildren: Sterling, Storme, Ryan and Aubrey. 2 great-grandchildren, Milana and Calvin; and a sister, Cheryl Anforth. Family spread out residing in Virginia, Wyoming and Huntington Beach.
Memorial contributions in honor of Ralph may be made to Paws Along the River Humane Society, 212 Elm St, Warren, PA 16365, Warren, PA, or to the Warren Public Library, 205 Market St., Warren, PA.