ONAGA – Ralph Hugh Ballentine, 79, of Onaga, went home to Eternal Life with his Lord on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at the Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born December 22, 1941 the son of Russell Hugh and Abbie Pauline Cooley Ballentine.  Ralph attended the Laclede Country School and Onaga Grade School, and graduated from Onaga High School in 1959.

Ralph was baptized at the Havensville Christian Church in 1978, at the same time as his daughter Bridget.  He was a member of several saddle clubs and won the National OMOSKE Devil's Cowhide Race & Pony Express Relay.  He loved hunting, fishing and target shooting, but attending his kids' and grandkids' activities was his favorite pastime.

Ralph had several occupations.  He was a farmer, a superintendent of construction, having helped build multiple McDonald's buildings and he was an Onaga School bus driver. He also owned and operated a gun shop in Wamego, was a vendor at gun shows, and sold Registered Paint horses.

He married Jacquline "Jackie" Marié Riley on September 10, 1961 at Wamego.  She survives, of the home.

Ralph was preceded in death by his parents.

Other survivors include two daughters, Kathleen Louise Wendland (Brian), St. John, KS and Bridget Ann Turner, Onaga; two brothers, Russell Lee Ballentine and Joseph Alexander Ballentine (Diane), both of Onaga; six grandchildren, Aaron (Kirsten), Destiny, Daniele (Jordan), Andrew, Cheyenne and Rex, three great grandchildren, Holton and Katrin, and Brian is on the way, and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 9 ^th at the First Congregational Church, UCC in Onaga.  On-line condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com