Biography

05/30/1921 - 01/18/2009

GARZIA, Ralph A., a Representative from Delaware County; born in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pa., May 30, 1921; graduated. Eddystone High School; served, United States Army; realtor; equipment operator, BP Oil Corporation refinery; member, 1st Precinct Democratic Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1975 and 1977 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1979, 1981, and 1987 terms; elected, council, Brookhaven Borough; elected, mayor, Brookhaven Borough; died, January 18, 2009 in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery, Linwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.