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Submitted: 9/20/09 • Approved: 9/20/09 • Last Updated: 4/1/18 • R31469-G31467-S3
Family monument:
North side: JOSEPH C. RANCK
1844 - 1926
REBECCA FROST RANCK
1855 - 1920
South side:
SAMUEL E. RANCK
JAN. 9, 1834
JAN. 27, 1923
BARBARA A.
WIFE OF
SAMUEL E. RANCK
OCT. 27, 1831
APR. 28, 1903
RANCK
East side:
EMILY FRANCES
HIGGINS-RANCK
1845 - 1870.
C. H. & J. F. SONS OF
J. C. & E. F. RANCK
ELMINA E. RANCK
1875 - 19 [blank]
West side:
MARGARET RANCK
AGED 83 YS, 5MS, 28 DS.
CATHERINE M.
WIFE OF SAMUEL E. RANCK
AGED 28 YS, 3 MS, 7 DS.
MAR. 27, 1867
MARY C.
DAU. OF S. E. & C. H. RANCK
AGED 1 YR, 8 MS, 11 DS.
MAR. 16, 1865
Note: The name MILLER is inscribed in small letters on the base of the monument, presumably the name of the stonemason or monument company that created the monument.
Individual marker:
RITZENTHALER
MOTHER
EFFIE C.
NEE RANCK
JULY 7, 1865
DEC. 16, 1935
FATHER
HENRY W.
OCT. 19, 1855
JUNE 24, 1945
Note: Buried on the west side of the family monument.
Section 3
Contributed on 9/20/09 by pasteffen99
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