DEATH CLAIMS LOCAL PRINTER
After an illness of 6 weeks with sinus infection, Rassie Emil Ranard, age 26, died at 12:15 PM Sunday at the local hospital. He underwent 2 operations during his illness and for a time was believed to be improving, but sleeping sickness developed and hope was abandoned by the doctors then.
He was a printer by trade and was regarded as one of the most promising young men in his trade. He was steady and reliable in his work, agreeable to his associates and was very well liked by all with whom he dealt. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Unionville and of the Red Men, Hay Makers and Pocahontas. After graduating from the Bloomington High School, he attended Indiana University for a time.
Surviving relatives are the widow, who was formerly Miss Margie Fielder, daughter of Cornelius Fielder; the mother, Mrs. Ida Ranard; and one brother, William Ranard. His father, Daniel Ranard, died in 1930.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon (4/1)at 2 o'clock from the First Baptist Church in this city and interment will be in the Old Unionville Cemetery. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Ray Brooks of Bedford and the Salem quartet will sing.
Active pallbearers: Byron Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram,Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams and Thomas Isbell, all of the Red Men. Flower bearers: Mabel Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fannie Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Elizabeth Gillespie.
Final tribute was paid Rassie E. Ranard, well known printer, in funeral rites held this afternoon at two o'clock from the First Baptist Church. The services were largely attended by members of the newspaper, fraternity and family friends.
The Rev. Ray Banks of Bedford was in charge of the services and a mixed quartet composed of Miss Alice McHenry, Mrs. Clyde McHenry, Walter F. Woodburn and Wallace Franklin sang, accompanied by Mrs. Wallace Franklin on the organ. The sections were: "Asleep in Jesus," "Going Down the Valley," and "No Disappointment in Heaven."
Interment was in the Old Unionville Cemetery.
The following members of the Red Men lodge, of which the deceased was a member, acted as honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams, and Thomas Isbell. Those who served as active pallbearers were: Bryon Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram, Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Flower bearers: Mable Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fanny Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Lizzie Gillespie.
Margie Fielder Ranard later married the Rev. Coleman Albert Brown. At Rev. Brown's death in 2000, Margie had Rassie reburied in Rose Hill Cemetery.
After an illness of 6 weeks with sinus infection, Rassie Emil Ranard, age 26, died at 12:15 PM Sunday at the local hospital. He underwent 2 operations during his illness and for a time was believed to be improving, but sleeping sickness developed and hope was abandoned by the doctors then.
He was a printer by trade and was regarded as one of the most promising young men in his trade. He was steady and reliable in his work, agreeable to his associates and was very well liked by all with whom he dealt. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Unionville and of the Red Men, Hay Makers and Pocahontas. After graduating from the Bloomington High School, he attended Indiana University for a time.
Surviving relatives are the widow, who was formerly Miss Margie Fielder, daughter of Cornelius Fielder; the mother, Mrs. Ida Ranard; and one brother, William Ranard. His father, Daniel Ranard, died in 1930.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon (4/1)at 2 o'clock from the First Baptist Church in this city and interment will be in the Old Unionville Cemetery. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Ray Brooks of Bedford and the Salem quartet will sing.
Active pallbearers: Byron Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram,Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams and Thomas Isbell, all of the Red Men. Flower bearers: Mabel Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fannie Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Elizabeth Gillespie.
Final tribute was paid Rassie E. Ranard, well known printer, in funeral rites held this afternoon at two o'clock from the First Baptist Church. The services were largely attended by members of the newspaper, fraternity and family friends.
The Rev. Ray Banks of Bedford was in charge of the services and a mixed quartet composed of Miss Alice McHenry, Mrs. Clyde McHenry, Walter F. Woodburn and Wallace Franklin sang, accompanied by Mrs. Wallace Franklin on the organ. The sections were: "Asleep in Jesus," "Going Down the Valley," and "No Disappointment in Heaven."
Interment was in the Old Unionville Cemetery.
The following members of the Red Men lodge, of which the deceased was a member, acted as honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams, and Thomas Isbell. Those who served as active pallbearers were: Bryon Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram, Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Flower bearers: Mable Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fanny Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Lizzie Gillespie.
Margie Fielder Ranard later married the Rev. Coleman Albert Brown. At Rev. Brown's death in 2000, Margie had Rassie reburied in Rose Hill Cemetery.
DEATH CLAIMS LOCAL PRINTER
After an illness of 6 weeks with sinus infection, Rassie Emil Ranard, age 26, died at 12:15 PM Sunday at the local hospital. He underwent 2 operations during his illness and for a time was believed to be improving, but sleeping sickness developed and hope was abandoned by the doctors then.
He was a printer by trade and was regarded as one of the most promising young men in his trade. He was steady and reliable in his work, agreeable to his associates and was very well liked by all with whom he dealt. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Unionville and of the Red Men, Hay Makers and Pocahontas. After graduating from the Bloomington High School, he attended Indiana University for a time.
Surviving relatives are the widow, who was formerly Miss Margie Fielder, daughter of Cornelius Fielder; the mother, Mrs. Ida Ranard; and one brother, William Ranard. His father, Daniel Ranard, died in 1930.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon (4/1)at 2 o'clock from the First Baptist Church in this city and interment will be in the Old Unionville Cemetery. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Ray Brooks of Bedford and the Salem quartet will sing.
Active pallbearers: Byron Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram,Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams and Thomas Isbell, all of the Red Men. Flower bearers: Mabel Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fannie Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Elizabeth Gillespie.
Final tribute was paid Rassie E. Ranard, well known printer, in funeral rites held this afternoon at two o'clock from the First Baptist Church. The services were largely attended by members of the newspaper, fraternity and family friends.
The Rev. Ray Banks of Bedford was in charge of the services and a mixed quartet composed of Miss Alice McHenry, Mrs. Clyde McHenry, Walter F. Woodburn and Wallace Franklin sang, accompanied by Mrs. Wallace Franklin on the organ. The sections were: "Asleep in Jesus," "Going Down the Valley," and "No Disappointment in Heaven."
Interment was in the Old Unionville Cemetery.
The following members of the Red Men lodge, of which the deceased was a member, acted as honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams, and Thomas Isbell. Those who served as active pallbearers were: Bryon Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram, Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Flower bearers: Mable Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fanny Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Lizzie Gillespie.
Margie Fielder Ranard later married the Rev. Coleman Albert Brown. At Rev. Brown's death in 2000, Margie had Rassie reburied in Rose Hill Cemetery.
After an illness of 6 weeks with sinus infection, Rassie Emil Ranard, age 26, died at 12:15 PM Sunday at the local hospital. He underwent 2 operations during his illness and for a time was believed to be improving, but sleeping sickness developed and hope was abandoned by the doctors then.
He was a printer by trade and was regarded as one of the most promising young men in his trade. He was steady and reliable in his work, agreeable to his associates and was very well liked by all with whom he dealt. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Unionville and of the Red Men, Hay Makers and Pocahontas. After graduating from the Bloomington High School, he attended Indiana University for a time.
Surviving relatives are the widow, who was formerly Miss Margie Fielder, daughter of Cornelius Fielder; the mother, Mrs. Ida Ranard; and one brother, William Ranard. His father, Daniel Ranard, died in 1930.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon (4/1)at 2 o'clock from the First Baptist Church in this city and interment will be in the Old Unionville Cemetery. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Ray Brooks of Bedford and the Salem quartet will sing.
Active pallbearers: Byron Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram,Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams and Thomas Isbell, all of the Red Men. Flower bearers: Mabel Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fannie Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Elizabeth Gillespie.
Final tribute was paid Rassie E. Ranard, well known printer, in funeral rites held this afternoon at two o'clock from the First Baptist Church. The services were largely attended by members of the newspaper, fraternity and family friends.
The Rev. Ray Banks of Bedford was in charge of the services and a mixed quartet composed of Miss Alice McHenry, Mrs. Clyde McHenry, Walter F. Woodburn and Wallace Franklin sang, accompanied by Mrs. Wallace Franklin on the organ. The sections were: "Asleep in Jesus," "Going Down the Valley," and "No Disappointment in Heaven."
Interment was in the Old Unionville Cemetery.
The following members of the Red Men lodge, of which the deceased was a member, acted as honorary pallbearers: Theodore Treadway, Ancil Sare, John Fisher, Dow Brock, B. R. Adams, and Thomas Isbell. Those who served as active pallbearers were: Bryon Shawver, Vernon Stover, John Neal, Elmer Abram, Warren Fielder and Henry Alexander. Flower bearers: Mable Crites, Wilma Beachler, Fanny Jackson, Maggie Brock, Betty Abrams and Lizzie Gillespie.
Margie Fielder Ranard later married the Rev. Coleman Albert Brown. At Rev. Brown's death in 2000, Margie had Rassie reburied in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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