Edward Carlyle "Bud" Rankin and Helen Jane Bunnell

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Husband Edward Carlyle "Bud" Rankin ¹

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           Born: Abt 1914 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1952 1
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Charles M. "Charley" Rankin (1872-1949)
         Mother: Vallie Boyd (1885-1954)

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       Marriage: 31 Aug 1937 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1 2

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Wife Helen Jane Bunnell ¹

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           Born: 9 Nov 1917 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Aug 1977 - near Reno, Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Leon Lamont Bunnell (1884-1964) 3
         Mother: Lena Mandanna Barber (1887-1963) 3

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Children

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1 F Nancy Rankin ¹

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           Born: 9 Dec 1942 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Linehan (      -      ) 1

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2 M Gerald Lee Rankin ⁴

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           Born: 19 Sep 1945 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Melanie Smith (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Wife - Helen Jane Bunnell

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She was killed instantly in an auto accident near Reno, Venango County. She had been tax collector for Cornplanter Township for five terms.

Possible SSDI: HELEN RANKIN 9 Nov 1917 Aug 1977 59 (not specified) Irwin, Westmoreland , PA 15642 Pennsylvania 209-32-5177

1 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 16.

2 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #20777.

3 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 13.

4 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 17.