Submitted by: Dan Rich

Marylou Rankel

Jan. 14, 1930 - June 19, 1999

South Bend Tribune 8/22/1999

Marylou Rankel, 69, of Mishawaka, Ind., passed away on Saturday, June 19, in Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Ind. Marylou was born on Jan. 14, 1930, in Westmoreland, Tenn., to Albert H. Williams and Hettie May Duffer. On Dec. 18, 1984, she married George J. Rankel in Mishawaka. She is survived by her loving husband; seven children, Peggy Vincent of North Vernon, Ind., Carol Yard of Kokomo, Ind., Margaret Ann Hackard of Frankfort, Ind., Doris Mae Langenderfer of South Bend, Nancy Jo Mann of Mishawaka, Adamaria LaCluyse of Mishawaka and Larry Lee Eidson of Sheridan, Ind. Stepchildren include Terry Rankel of Spokane, Wash., James Rankel of Buchanan, Mich., and Richard Rankel of Dowagiac, Mich. She is also survived by a brother, David Williams of Anaheim, Calif.; two sisters, Mildred Schull of Tipton, Ind., and Margaret Wyatt of Mesa, Ariz.; and by 21 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Rankel was a member of America Legion Auxiliary Post #308 in Osceola, Ind., as well as a member of the Mishawaka Moose.