Dave Rank’s Mother With the Lord
Posted by Terry White on July 31, 2009
Word has been received of the passing of Arlene Rank, mother of Dave Rank of Winona Lake, Indiana. Dave Rank is the music/worship pastor at the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church and is also coordinator of the Momentum youth conference sponsored by CE National. Here is the obituary:
Arlene J. Sherman Rank, 79, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at ECC Retirement-StoneRidge Campus in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, following her courageous 35 year battle with MS.
She was born September 6, 1929, in Lebanon, PA, to the late Aaron and Verna Gettle Sherman. She was a member of New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, Myerstown. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, baking and singing in the church choir. She worked in a knitting mill.
Surviving is her husband, David E. Rank of Lebanon, to whom she was married 58 years; daughter, Bonnie and husband, David Long of Lebanon; sons, David H. and wife, Sherilyn Rank of Warsaw, Ind., and Eugene and wife, Laura Rank of Lebanon; brothers, Paul E. Sherman of Lebanon, and Boyd Sherman of N.C.; sisters, Violet Shenk of Lebanon, and Grace Kaylor of Annville; grandchildren, Jeremy Long of Pittsburgh, Janelle Long, Tamara Rank, and Courtney Rank, all of Lebanon, Ashton Rank and Abby Rank, both of Warsaw, Ind. She was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Sherman.
A viewing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2009, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, 430 E. Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown. The service will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the church. Burial will be at Kochenderfer’s ‘Zion’ Cemetery.
Memorials can be sent to, New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, 430 E. Lincoln Ave., Myerstown, PA 17067. Create a LifeMemory at www.christmanfuneralhome.com.
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