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L. C. Ringhaver married Elaine Smith while still living in Ohio. He and Elaine had two sons together, Lance and Randy, who both followed their father into his business. After
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L.C. Ringhaver was born in
Cleveland, Ohio and attended Cleveland schools. According to the 1920 US Census, his father and mother were born in Holland, immigrated in 1906, and became naturalized citizens in 1913. His father was Gerrit Ringhaver, born in 1884, and worked as a machinist. His mother was
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Christian was working as a salesman for a Steel Company. L.C. was no longer living at home and his mother had died early in 1940.
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Flagler's Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1976. Ring Power also established the L.C. Ringhaver Scholarship in his name once he had passed away.
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Wilhelmina in 1906. L.C. was 19 and working as an office clerk for a wholesale meat company.
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Ringhaver died in 1976 while hospitalized for heart problems. His oldest son Lance became the president of Ring Power, and applied to
Caterpillar for their
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Florida in 1947.
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engines, and in 1957, Ringhaver became the sole owner of DESCO. He was named an official engine dealer for
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franchise. In 1986, the younger son Randy took over as president when Lance was approved for that franchise. Lance moved to Tampa and formed the
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Ringhaver. His family made memorial donations for the park's initial development. Ringhaver had served as a
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