Ralph A. Maltba, 73, of Chub Run community, diesd at 4:05 P.M. on Sunday, Dec. 1, at United Hospital Center.  He was born Sept. 6, 1923, in Valdese, NC, a son of the late Jesse Maltba and Augustine Jacuamin Maltba.

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Surviving are his wife, Mary Louise Norman Maltba; three daughters, Mrs. Mark (Sharon) McCoy, Cumberland, MD, Mrs. Don (Dianne) Douglas, Clarksburg, and Mrs. Richard (Beth) Algood, Lawton, OK; one son, James Ralph Maltba, Grantsville, MD; four grandsons, Christopher Young, Joshua and Jason McCoy, and Drew Maltba; three granddaughters, Kacey Douglas, Sara Algood and Taylor Maltba; two great-grandchildren, Victoria and Cody Young; one brother, Grady Maltba, and one sister, Lydia Morgan, both of Valdese, and several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by two brothers and an infant son.

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Mr. Maltba retired from P.P.G. Glass Company Works No. 12 in Stonewood and was the former owner of Arby's Restaurant at the Meadowbrook Mall.  He was Methodist and a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps.