Harold Ranly

Wind Advisory issued October 18 at 10:22PM EDT until October 19 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to noon EDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Harold Ranly

Harold J. Ranly, 80, 110 Caldwell St., Fort Recovery, died at 4:25 p.m. Oct. 30, 2009, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater.

He was born April 23, 1929, in Fort Recovery to Christian and Pauline Fink Ranly. On Sept. 3, 1951, he married Mary Lou Klenke, who died Oct. 22, 1955. On May 11, 1957, he married Joan Ganger, who survives.

Other survivors are five sons, Mike (Sherri) Ranly, Manchester, John (Carol) Ranly, Fort Recovery, Dale (Carol) Ranly, Coldwater, George (UnChu) Ranly, Dunkirk, Md., and Fred (Sharon) Ranly, St. Henry; a daughter, Martha (Terry) Vogel, Celina; two brothers, Tom (Jackie) Ranly, Charleston, S.C., and Wilfred (Ruth) Ranly, Fort Recovery; a sister, Mary Lou (Bob) Nieberding, Maria Stein; a brother-in-law, Vernon (Arlene) Hartings, Maria Stein; 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Deceased are three brothers, Clarence, Carl and Mark Ranly; and three sisters, Esther Ranly, Alberta Ranly and Irene Reitz.

He retired from the Union City Body Co., Union City, Ind., and operated Ranly Brothers Upholstery, Fort Recovery. He was a member and served as assistant fire chief of the Fort Recovery Fire Department and on the Board of Public Affairs of Fort Recovery. He also was a member of Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Fort Recovery.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church, the Rev. Charles Mullen officiating. Burial is at St. Marys Cemetery, Fort Recovery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Monday and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery.

Archive of
October 31st, 2009

Buy this E-Edition

Additional obituaries on this date

Debra Brown

Debra Brown, 55, 118 S. Wentz St., Wapakoneta, died Oct. 30, 2009, at her daugh [More]

Ernest Adams

Maria Stein native Ernest L. Adams, 88, of Englewood, died Oct. 30, 2009, at Hospice of Dayton. [More]

Frank Feltz

Frank H "Pat" Feltz, 92, 1937 Cassella-Montezuma Road, Cassella, died at 3:13 p.m. Oct. 30, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]

Frederic Grimm

Celina native Frederic O. Grimm, 72, of Mount Vernon, died Oct. 30, 2009, at Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon. [More]

Edward Jones

Edward O. Jones, 76, of Van Wert, died at 7 a.m. Oct. 28, 2009, at Van Wert County Hospital. [More]

Hilda Lutz

Hilda M. Lutz, 82, of Bloomington, Ind., died Oct. 29, 2009, at Bloomington Hospital. [More]

Roger Selby

Roger G. Selby, 84, 1602 Meadowview Drive, Celina, died at 9 a.m. Oct. 30, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]