"In Loving Memory, Richard C RANSOM, born March 8, 1904, Passed Away April 10, 1968, services Schneider-Leucht-Merwin-Cooney Chapel, Saturday April 13, 1968 at eleven O'clock, Rev Joseph M EGAN officiating, interment Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock, Illinois".
1920 Illinois, Lake, Fremont, ED 256, page 4A, HH# 71, with parents & sibs: Edson RANSOM 49; Blanche 44; Harold 23; Howard 22; Louese 20; Richard 15; Robert 10; James 7; Daniel 3; Louise HANDY, motherinlaw, 82, VT
↑ Richard was not tall, but very heavy; he smoked and drank a lot, and died at age 64 of heart problems. --MKR, Dec 1999