Jessie Marie Guthrie Rankin, 86, of Smithfield, Pa. died September 17, 2008, at her home. She was born August 20, 1922, in Brandonville, W. Va., daughter of the late Earl Guthrie and Myrtle Rosenberger Guthrie.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her loving husband of 68 years, Robert Hamilton Rankin, whom she was very devoted to, brothers, Clyde Guthrie and wife,Virginia, Fred Guthrie and wife, Mildred, Glenn Guthrie and wife, Janet, sisters, Matha Riggin and husband, Charles, Dorothy Pluto and husband, Joe, Mable Riggin and husband, Paul and Lucy Eutsey, daughter-in-law, Alice Rankin and brother-in-law, Charles Vansickle and Jess Hartman.
She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and sister. She will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by her sons, Fred Rankin and friend, Shirley, Uniontown, Pa., Robert Rankin and wife, Meredith, Granite City, Ill. and Harold Myers and wife, Luann, Smithfield, Pa.; grandchildren: Rob Rankin and fiancée, Dawn, Uniontown, Pa., Virginia Voithofer and husband, Ed, Smithfield, Pa., Tammy Porterfield and husband, Jim, Hopwood, Pa., Kenneth Rankin, Connellsville, Pa., Joann Swan and friend, Ken, Uniontown, Pa., Edward Maust, Jr. and fiancée, Chaelene, Granite City, Ill., Dawn Maust and fiancée, Jay and Mary Watson and husband, Joshua both of Connellsville, Pa., Brian Myers, Jason Myers, Amy Myers and Steven Myers and friend, Heather all of Smithfield,Pa.; 16 great-grand-children; five great-great-grandchildren; brothers, JR Guthrie and wife, Lois and James Guthrie and friend, Judy all of Smithfield, Pa.; sisters, Betty Vansickle, Farmington, Pa. and Donna Jean Hartman, Smithfield, Pa.; brother-in-law. Harold Eutsey, Wooddale, Pa.; many loving nieces and nephews and her loving canine, Spencer.
The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa. today, from 2 to 9 p.m. and on Sunday, September 20, 2008 until 11 a.m. the hour of service with Rev. Paul Lesher officiating.
Interment: will follow in Brown Cemetery, Elliottsville, Quebec Rd., Wharton Twp., Fayette County, Pa., USA
Jessie Marie Guthrie Rankin, 86, of Smithfield, Pa. died September 17, 2008, at her home. She was born August 20, 1922, in Brandonville, W. Va., daughter of the late Earl Guthrie and Myrtle Rosenberger Guthrie.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her loving husband of 68 years, Robert Hamilton Rankin, whom she was very devoted to, brothers, Clyde Guthrie and wife,Virginia, Fred Guthrie and wife, Mildred, Glenn Guthrie and wife, Janet, sisters, Matha Riggin and husband, Charles, Dorothy Pluto and husband, Joe, Mable Riggin and husband, Paul and Lucy Eutsey, daughter-in-law, Alice Rankin and brother-in-law, Charles Vansickle and Jess Hartman.
She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and sister. She will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by her sons, Fred Rankin and friend, Shirley, Uniontown, Pa., Robert Rankin and wife, Meredith, Granite City, Ill. and Harold Myers and wife, Luann, Smithfield, Pa.; grandchildren: Rob Rankin and fiancée, Dawn, Uniontown, Pa., Virginia Voithofer and husband, Ed, Smithfield, Pa., Tammy Porterfield and husband, Jim, Hopwood, Pa., Kenneth Rankin, Connellsville, Pa., Joann Swan and friend, Ken, Uniontown, Pa., Edward Maust, Jr. and fiancée, Chaelene, Granite City, Ill., Dawn Maust and fiancée, Jay and Mary Watson and husband, Joshua both of Connellsville, Pa., Brian Myers, Jason Myers, Amy Myers and Steven Myers and friend, Heather all of Smithfield,Pa.; 16 great-grand-children; five great-great-grandchildren; brothers, JR Guthrie and wife, Lois and James Guthrie and friend, Judy all of Smithfield, Pa.; sisters, Betty Vansickle, Farmington, Pa. and Donna Jean Hartman, Smithfield, Pa.; brother-in-law. Harold Eutsey, Wooddale, Pa.; many loving nieces and nephews and her loving canine, Spencer.
The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa. today, from 2 to 9 p.m. and on Sunday, September 20, 2008 until 11 a.m. the hour of service with Rev. Paul Lesher officiating.
Interment: will follow in Brown Cemetery, Elliottsville, Quebec Rd., Wharton Twp., Fayette County, Pa., USA
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