07/30/1982
Name: Verna Olive (Harrington) Rankin
Birth: Mar. 16, 1895, Marion County, Iowa
Death: Jul. 30, 1982 Des Moines, Iowa
Spouse: Forrest Clarion Rankin (1896 – 1986)*
Children:
Francis Louise Rankin (1923 – 1923)*
Infant Daughter Rankin (1924 – 1924)*
Marilyn Jane Rankin (1934 – 1934)*
Burial: Zion Cemetery Pershing, Iowa
Olive Verna Rankin died July 30, 1982, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Des Moines.
She was born March 16, 1895, in Marion CO., the daughter of T.N. and Eleanor Goodspeed Harrington.
She graduated from Knoxville High School and Capital City Commercial College in Des Moines.
She was married to Forrest Clarion Rankin on July 29, 1922 (b.1896-d.1986).
She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodists Church and was an active worker in her church. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by three infant daughters.
She is survived by her husband, Forrest of the Pleasant Care Nursing Home, Pleasantville, two sons, Herbert of Des Moines and Marvin; Polk City; two daughters, Maxine Crane of Pleasantville and Nancy Vander Pol of Prairie City; 14 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren