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Obituary:         Elizabeth Lane Rankin
Newspaper:        Washington Herald
Publication Date: Monday, July 23, 1934
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Mrs. Elizabeth Rankin, the mother of Ed Rankin, sheriff of Daviess County,
died at her home, 101 Southside Avenue at 2:40 o'clock this morning, ending
an illness of six years duration.  She had been seriously ill for two
weeks.

Funeral services are to be held at the home at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning
with the Rev. J. E. Henshaw in charge, and interment will be made in Oak
Grove Cemetery.

Mrs. Rankin was 79 years old.  She was born July 14, 1855, the daughter of
Daniel and Mary (Collins) Lane.

She received her early education in Orange County and came to Daviess
County 47 years ago.  Her husband, Daniel R. Rankin, to whom she was
married when a young woman, passed away last January 15.  Although ill for
six years, Mrs. Rankin bore her long illness with cheerfulness and rare
fortitude.  Devoted to her children, it was her ambition to develop them
into upright, honorable and useful citizens, an ambition which she saw
accomplished.  Mrs. Rankin was a member of the Central Christian church.

The surviving children are Ed and Miss Hattie Rankin of Washington, Walter
Rankin of Pittsburg, Calif. and Mrs. A. O. Gilkison of Indianapolis.

Mrs. Rankin was the last of her family.  The body was to be moved from the
Keller mortuary to the Rankin home at 101 Southside Avenue late this
afternoon.

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