Ralph Homes Dies (1924)
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Ralph Homes Dies (1924)
From the Portland Advocate newspaper of Portland, Oregon - October 18, 1924.
Ralph Homes, 21, noted colored athlete, son of W.B. Holmes of Portland, died Friday in the Tuberculosis hospital at Troutdale, after an illness contracted while on a trip to South Africa. He attended the Couch grammar school, and later Milwaukie grammar school, after which he was graduated from Franklin high of Portland.
While a student at Franklin he gained much athletic fame for his institution, and for two years he was selected on the all-city interscholastic football team as a halfback and fullback. He also made his monogram in wrestling and track and field sports.
He took a nine months trip to South Africa, arriving home last spring after a strenuous voyage. It was while on this journey that he first felt the symptoms of tuberculosis, but it was not until July that he was forced to take to a hospital. He was doing forest ranger work on the south side of Mount Hood this summer and he was taken ill on the mountainside.
He is survived by his father and by three brothers – Guy Holmes, Roy Holmes and Eugene Holmes, all of Portland. He was born in Oklahoma in 1903 and came to Portland when he was 2 years of age. He was one of the best developed athletes in the Portland Public High School league, but his fast illness tore down his powerful physique to a mere shell of his former self.
The funeral services were held Monday from the East side funeral chapel. Members of Franklin high school, former school mates of the deceased, were pallbearers. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The internment was held at Multnomah cemetery.
Ralph Homes, 21, noted colored athlete, son of W.B. Holmes of Portland, died Friday in the Tuberculosis hospital at Troutdale, after an illness contracted while on a trip to South Africa. He attended the Couch grammar school, and later Milwaukie grammar school, after which he was graduated from Franklin high of Portland.
While a student at Franklin he gained much athletic fame for his institution, and for two years he was selected on the all-city interscholastic football team as a halfback and fullback. He also made his monogram in wrestling and track and field sports.
He took a nine months trip to South Africa, arriving home last spring after a strenuous voyage. It was while on this journey that he first felt the symptoms of tuberculosis, but it was not until July that he was forced to take to a hospital. He was doing forest ranger work on the south side of Mount Hood this summer and he was taken ill on the mountainside.
He is survived by his father and by three brothers – Guy Holmes, Roy Holmes and Eugene Holmes, all of Portland. He was born in Oklahoma in 1903 and came to Portland when he was 2 years of age. He was one of the best developed athletes in the Portland Public High School league, but his fast illness tore down his powerful physique to a mere shell of his former self.
The funeral services were held Monday from the East side funeral chapel. Members of Franklin high school, former school mates of the deceased, were pallbearers. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The internment was held at Multnomah cemetery.