Funeral service for Mrs. Alma (Edward W.) Rahn, 82, of Lanark will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Brethren Church, The Rev. David Cooksey officiating. Burial will be in Lanark Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 p.m. To 9 p.m. Sunday at Frank Funeral Home. A memorial has been established in her name for the First Brethren Church. She was dead on arrival Friday morning at Freeport Memorial Hospital, following a short illness. She was a country schoolteacher in the Lanark area before her marriage and later served 20 years as dietician for the Lanark schools. She was a member of the Lanark First Brethren Church and Order of the Eastern Star. She was born October 24, 1899 in Mount Carroll, a daughter in Harry and Elizabeth (Legel) Force. She married Edward Rahn Oct. 11, 1924. He died in 1951. Survivors include two sons, Joel of Omaha, Neb., and Ronald of Lanark; a daughter, Mrs. Delores (William) Wenzler of Milwaukee, Wis., 12 grandchildren, and a great grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter and two sisters.
Contributed by Alice Horner to genealogytrails.com
Contributed by Alice Horner to genealogytrails.com
Funeral service for Mrs. Alma (Edward W.) Rahn, 82, of Lanark will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Brethren Church, The Rev. David Cooksey officiating. Burial will be in Lanark Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 p.m. To 9 p.m. Sunday at Frank Funeral Home. A memorial has been established in her name for the First Brethren Church. She was dead on arrival Friday morning at Freeport Memorial Hospital, following a short illness. She was a country schoolteacher in the Lanark area before her marriage and later served 20 years as dietician for the Lanark schools. She was a member of the Lanark First Brethren Church and Order of the Eastern Star. She was born October 24, 1899 in Mount Carroll, a daughter in Harry and Elizabeth (Legel) Force. She married Edward Rahn Oct. 11, 1924. He died in 1951. Survivors include two sons, Joel of Omaha, Neb., and Ronald of Lanark; a daughter, Mrs. Delores (William) Wenzler of Milwaukee, Wis., 12 grandchildren, and a great grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter and two sisters.
Contributed by Alice Horner to genealogytrails.com
Contributed by Alice Horner to genealogytrails.com
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