Portrait of Ralph Waldo Cole

Obituary · Silver Spring, MD

Ralph Waldo Cole

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Ralph will be deeply missed by all who loved them.

"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through."
— Eskimo proverb

After a life of love and quiet grace, Ralph Waldo Cole of Silver Spring, MD has passed.

A life is more than dates on a stone; here is a small portion of his story.

Memory has a way of softening time.

Ralph W. Cole was born on April 8, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended college in Washington, DC, where he received his bachelor’s degree. He married Ann V. Sutton in 1975, and gave birth to a daughter named Sydney in 1991. Ralph worked in Price WaterHouse Cooper in the 80s-90s. Ralph W. Cole leaves behind his daughter, Sydney V. Cole , and other family members in the Cole family in Chicago, IL and all over .

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