Harry Ranft
1872-April 10, 1938
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 11, 1938, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Harry Ranft, 65, Ill 4 years, Dies
Native of Niles Township Stricken Sunday; Rites Wednesday
Ill for the last four years, Harry Ranft, prominent farmer who had lived in Niles Township all his life died at 5:30 o’clock Sunday morning in his home, four miles northwest of Niles. He was 65 years old.
Mr. Ranft was the son of the late Ernest and Margaret Ranft, pioneer residents of Niles Township. He was married to the former Margaret Shaffer in 1897. The ceremony was performed in St. John’s Evangelical church, Niles, by the late Rev. Rahn.
Beside his wife, Mr. Ranft leaves one sister, Mrs. Oscar Wyant, Niles.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the Price and Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. Theo Eisen of St. John’s Evangelical church, of which Mr. Ranft was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Ranft home until noon Wednesday.