Donald Erwin Ransom

1929 - 1992  (63 years)

• Name	Donald Erwin Ransom
  Born	11 Apr 1929	Jackson Co. MI
  	Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Name: Donald Erwin Ransom SSN: 365261815 Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 11 Apr 1929 Birth Place: Jackson Jack, Michigan Father Name: Dana J Ransom Mother Name: Leanora C Harrington Death Date: 14 Dec 1992 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Oct 1943: Name listed as DONALD ERWIN RANSOM; 22 Dec 1992: Name listed as DONALD E RANSOM
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Dec 1992	Staunton, VA
  	Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. Name: Donald Erwin Ransom Death Date: 14 Dec 1992 Death Place: Staunton, VA Social Security Death Index Name: Donald E. Ransom SSN: 365-26-1815 Last Residence: 24401 Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia BORN: 11 Apr 1929 Died: 14 Dec 1992 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951)
  Buried	Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Augusta Co. VA
  	Grave location and obituary: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106020499&ref=acom
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1940 Census Name: Donald Ransom Age: 10 Estimated birth year: abt 1930 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Michigan Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1940: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan House Number: 702 Inferred Residence in 1935: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: No Attended School or College: Yes Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade Household Members: Name Age Dona Ransom 41 Christine Ransom 38 H Eugene Ransom 13 Donald Ransom 10 Robert Ransom 8 Kenneth Ransom 6 Doris Ransom 2 OBITUARY Donald E. Ransom, 63, of 205 Foxhill Place, died at 7:15 am Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1929 in Jackson, Mich., a son of the late Dana June and Christine Leonard Harrington Ransom. Before retirement he was employed by the Museum of American Frontier Culture. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and a past deacon of Linden Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Staunton Masonic Lodge No 13 AF&AM and also of the Lynchburg Scottish Rite Bodies, the Consistory ACCA Temple of Richmond and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He was an Army Air Force and Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and the Korean Conflict. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Fansley Kenney Ransom, four daughters; Ms. Cheri Ann Ransom of Waynesboro, Mrs. Susan Leonors Morris of Fresno, Calif., Miss Janet Lynn Ransom of Raleigh, NC and Ms Lois Kay Clatterbaugh of Las Vegas, New.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Helen Kenney Riddle of Stuarts Draft and John Andrew Kennedy of Waynesboro; three brothers, Harry Eugene Ransom of Brentwood, Tenn., Robert Raymond Ransom of St. Peters, MO., and Kenneth Alan Ransom of Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Eileen Hawkins of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhn of Rives Junction, Mich.; and eight grandchildren, Nancy Marion, Chad Clatterbaugh, Veronica Riddle, Scottie Riddle II, John David Kenney, Andrew Nathan Kenney, Armanda Morris and Jefrey Morris. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Anne Gaylor Ransom, on July 22, 1981 and a son, Byron Tate Ransom on Sept. 26, 1973. A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Temple D. Myers. Burial will follow in Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, with rites by Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and military honors will be conducted by Bolling United States Air Force of Washington, DC. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 this evening in the Henry Funeral Home. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 224 Taylor St., Staunton, VA 24401.
  Person ID	I32102	Master File
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2015

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Galyor,   b. 10 Mar 1936, Lexington Rockbridge Co. VA ,   d. 22 Jul 1981, Waynesboro, VA  (Age 45 years)
  Married	05 Jul 1952	Northampton Co. VA
  Children	1. Byron Tate Ransom,   b. 31 Mar 1953, Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Sep 1973, Waynesboro, VA  (Age 20 years)   2. Lois Kay Ransom   3. Janet Lynn Ransom   4. Cheri Ann Ransom   5. Susan Ransom
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F13466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart