Rankin, Harold E. 1906-1991

RANKIN, HOLMES, KEETON, FUNK, VASEY, CLYNE, CARSON, LICHENWALTER, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 7/26/2007 at 20:12:18

Harold E. Rankin

REASNOR - Harold E. Rankin, 85, of Rt. 1, Box 110, Reasnor, a longtime resident of Jasper County and resident of rural Reasnor since 1934, died Saturday afternoon, Oct. 12, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines after suffering a heart attack.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton.

The Rev. Robert Waters, pastor fo St. Andrew's Lutheran Church west of Sully, will conduct services. Burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Memorials in his name may be left at the funeral home.

Survivors are his wife, Beatrice; two sons, Richard H. and Ron E., both of Reasnor; three daughters, Phyllis (Mrs. Bob) Holmes of Newton, Sandy (Mrs. Larry) Keeton of Mansfield, Texas, and Janet (Mrs. Kenny) Funk of Newton; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Francis, and three sisters, Vera Vasey, Verla Clyne and Zelma Carson.

Mr. Rankin, a retired farmer, was a member of the St. Andrew's Lutheran Church.

The son of Montgomery and Cora Lichenwalter Rankin, he was born Jan. 17, 1906 in Bartlesville, Okla. He attended rural schools.

He was married to Beatrice Schultz Dec. 22, 1928 at Kellogg. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, October 1991