Age 87, Oklahoma City - Graveside service will be 9:00 AM Saturday in the Fort Sill National Cemetery with Chaplain (MAJ) Paul Andreasen, Fort Sill, officiating. Mr. Relph died Wednesday in Edmond, Oklahoma. Burial with military honors will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born on January 24, 1921 in Minco, Oklahoma to Thomas and Geneva (Ross) Relph. After high school, he attended Kansas University. He served in the US Army and was a veteran of World War II. He also had tours to the Philippines and Australia. He was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant and received numerous awards including the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one bronze service star, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Soldier's Medal and the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque. He married Katharine Horner in Concordia, Kansas on June 19, 1947. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an Engineering Degree in 1962. He received his MBA in 1989 from Oklahoma City University. He worked as a consulting engineer until his retirement. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion and St. Pauls Episcopal Church. He served on the Oklahoma State Board of Engineers and Surveyors. Survivors include his wife of the home; three daughters, Gene Ellen Chappell, Rosalind Meyer and Mary Relph Montgomery, all of Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, Aaron, Gabriel, Lisa, Zachery and Sarah; six great grandchildren, Brandy, Sydney, Michele, Jacob, Ian and Klohe; a great great granddaughter, Sophie Jane; two brothers, Joe Relph of Fredonia, Kansas, and Frank Relph of Arizona; and many other nieces and nephews. A granddaughter, Hannah, three brothers, Kenneth, Gene and William, and a nephew, Steve, preceded him in death.