Ralph Duane Ade

Ralph D. Ade, MD, 75, of Moline, well-known Moline physician, died Friday, April 15, 2005, at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.

Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, Moline, with The Reverend George Loveland officiating. Burial is in Riverside Cemetery, Moline. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, St. Ambrose University Biology Department, or Quad City Animal Welfare Center.

Ralph Duane Ade was born September 27, 1929, in Moline, the son of Guy William and Sue Alice (Gerstner) Ade. He graduated as Salutarian from Moline High School in 1947, from St. Ambrose College in 1951, received his Masters Degree in Microbiology from the University of Illinois in 1955, and graduated as Valedictorian from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1955. He married Marilyn Jamieson on April 18, 1953, in Moline.

Dr. Ade served an internship at Cook County Hospital from 1955 to 1956, an internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital from 1956 to 1959, and completed a gastroenterology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in 1960. He was a physician in private practice in Moline since 1960, retiring in 1999.

He was an active member of Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, Moline, where he served on the church board for many years. He was Chief of Staff at Moline Public Hospital, President of the Rock Island County Medical Society, and President of the Board of the Rock Island County Humane Society. He served on the Board of Directors of Heritage National Health Plan and Quad City Health Plan. He was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity. He was a registered Illinois Tree Farmer, a member of the British Fern Society since 1943, and a member of the American Fern Society and Walnut Growers Association, and was a Kentucky Colonel. He and his wife enjoyed square dancing, and belonged to the Mississippi Wheelers and the Delightful Squares Square Dance Clubs. He enjoyed trees, ferns, gardening, and history, and was an avid reader.

Ralph is survived by his wife, Marilyn; three children, David T. Ade MD and his wife Sharon Rose Ade of Moline, Thomas D. Ade MD and his wife Kara Ade of Moline, and Amy B. Ferkel DMD and her husband Thomas Ferkel of Rock Island; 12 grandchildren, Sarah, Rachel, Daniel, Timothy, Martha, and Mary Ade, Benjamin, Susan, and Samuel Ade, and Zachary, Audrey and Nichole Ferkel. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Donald Ade, who was killed in Italy during WW II.

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