Ernst Ringer, 69, a native of Fuerth, Germany, and a resident of Lillian, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
He came to the United States at the age of 23, and was a resident of New York. He then moved to Gulf Breeze, Fla., and in 1995 became a resident of Lillian. He was the owner and operator of Gulf Coast Machinery.
Survivors include his wife, Laura Ringer of Lillian; sister, Gerlinde Siegel of Germany; cousin, Helga (Jim) Pelfrey of Pensacola, Fla.; second cousin, Gerlinde Hammond of Cantonment, Fla.; friend, Charles Russell of Gulf Breeze, Fla.; other relatives and close friends.
Visitation begin at 10 a.m. with funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 26 from the chapel of Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home, Foley. Interment will follow at Elberta Public Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.
