Robert Rufus Rank

1894 - 1965  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Rufus Rank
  Birth	17 Nov 1894	Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1965	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Saint John's Hains Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I5039	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry Rank,   b. Pennsylvania, USA
  Mother	Emma Dubbs,   b. Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F3067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Salome Groff,   b. 9 Oct 1895, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 May 1977, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Dorothy Amelia Rank,   b. 30 Jan 1916, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 Aug 1996, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years) + 2. Raymond Robert Rank,   b. 9 Apr 1917, Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Sep 2005, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 88 years)   3. Infant Son Rank,   b. 21 Jan 1921   d. 21 Jan 1921 (Age 0 years) + 4. Helen Pauline Rank,   b. 6 Apr 1922, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Nov 2006, Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years)   5. Richard H Rank,   b. 15 Feb 1926, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Feb 1948, Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F3048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Wernersville, March 29 - Robert R. Rank, 70, of 60 W. Penn Ave., this borough, died yesterday in the Reading Hosptial, where he had been a patient for three days. Born in Berks County, a son of the late Henry and Emma (Dubbs) Rank, he had been employed as a painter by the Textile Machine Works, Inc., before retiring. A part-time patrolman in this borough, Rank was a member of St. John's (Hain's) United Church of Christ, and of the Citizens' Hose Co., both of this borough. He also was a life member of the Pioneer Hose Co., Robesonia, and Post 6668, Veterans of Foreign Wars, this borough. Rank is survived by his widow, Florence S. (Groff) Rank; a son, Raymond R. of this borough; two daughters, Dorothy A., wife of Herman C. Klopp, this borough, and Helen P., wife of Frederick C. Gaul, Sinking Spring R.D. 1; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Shanely, Pottstown and Mrs. Ella Schoener, Myerstown. Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lamm & Witman Funeral Home here, the Rev. Wayne A. Lutz officiating. Burial will follow in Hain's Church Cemetery. Published in The Reading Eagle - Monday, March 29, 1965.

  
  

• Sources

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