Person:Howard Ranum (1)

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Howard Romaine Ranum
b.1911
d.1991
  1. Howard Romaine Ranum1911 - 1991
  2. Kenneth Edwin Ranum1912 - 1968
  3. Frances Willard Ranum1914 - 1988
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Name Howard Romaine Ranum
Gender Male
Birth? 1911
Marriage to Irma Arline Miller
Death? 1991 Y
Other? Howard Romaine Ranum was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. The oldest of three children to Septer Nine (buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado) and Margaret (Chmela) Ranum (buried next to Howard). Brothers were Kenneth Edwin and Francis Willard (both buried at Fairmount Cemetery). Played cornet and toured with a big band (I believe it was Verge Campbell) in the 1930s. He married Irma Arline Miller on 24 Feb 1940 in Columbus, Nebraska. Along with working for the Volunteer Fire Department he was also a bookkeeper. They had three children: Donald Milton, Margaret Rachael, and Robert Howard. Howard died three days after his 80th birthday. At that time he also had 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Misc