Ninth Generation

674. Mary Jane FRY²⁰⁶ was born on 8 March 1924. She died on 18 November 2005 at the age of 81.

Ladonia News: Friday, 21 Jul 1939 Miss Mary Jane Fry left Sunday for Como where she will be the guest of the Liston Fry's.

Graduation from Ladonia High School in Class of 1940; May 30, 1947 Ladonia News. Harold Rattan is in same graduating class.

1947 Dallas TX City Directory
Rattan, J. Harrill (Mary) emp. Terry Auto Supply. home - 2014 Bernard Place

1950 Census. Ladonia, Fannin Co, TX, Hh 21
John Rattan, 30, b. TX, Trucking, Construction Co
Jane M., wife, 27, b. TX, Bookkeeper, Welding Works
Anita J., dau, 4, b. TX

Social Security lists last residence as Elizabeth, Elbert Co, Colorado.
Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery, Castle Rock, Douglas Co, Colorado.

Mary Jane FRY and John Harill RATTAN were married on 21 June 1942 in Garland, Dallas County, Texas. John Harill RATTAN was born on 24 December 1920 in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas.²³⁰ He died on 6 January 1995 at the age of 74 in Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado.²³⁰

The Denver Post (CO) - Monday, January 16, 1995

John Harrill Rattan of Sedalia, an aircraft mechanic, died Jan. 6 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was 74.
A funeral service was Wednesday at Andrews Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home in Castle Rock.
He was born Dec. 24, 1920, in Honey Grove, Texas. On June 21, 1942, he married Mary Jane Fry in Garland, Texas.
Rattan served in the Navy during World War II.
He was employed at TEMCO and E-Systems as an aircraft mechanic and worked on the missile program.
He was a member of the Methodist Church in Ladonia, Texas.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Nita Lehnerz, Sedalia; two sisters, Lillian Muncy, San Antonio, Texas, and Bobbie Cromwell, Dallas; two brothers, Bill and Harles, both of Arlington, Texas; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Rocky Mountain News (CO) - Sunday, February 5, 1995
JOHN HARRILL RATTAN, 74, of Sedalia died Jan. 6. Services were Jan. 11 at Andrew Caldwell Gibson Funeral Home. The body was cremated. Mr. Rattan was born Dec. 24, 1920, in Honey Grove, Texas. He married Mary Jane Fry June 21, 1942, in Garland, Texas. He served in the Navy. He was an aircraft mechanic. He was a member of the Methodist church in Ladonia, Texas. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Nita Lehnerz of Sedalia; two sisters, Lillian Muncy of San Antonio, Texas, and Bobbie Cromwell of Dallas; two brothers, Bill and Harles, both of Arlington, Texas; four grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren.

Mary Jane FRY and John Harill RATTAN had the following children: