FRANKLIN — James Richard Ransom, 64, of Franklin died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at Franklin County Memorial Hospital in Franklin.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Franklin with the Rev. Roger Frederick officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery near Franklin. Hutchins Funeral Home in Franklin is in charge of the arrangements.
He was born in Kearney on Oct. 11, 1950, to Gene and Bonnie (Montgomery) Ransom. He graduated from Kearney High School in 1969.
Jim married Ruth Falk on Aug. 31, 1975, in Kearney and to this union three children were born: Jennifer, Patricia and Terri. He grew up in and lived in Kearney until 1980 when he moved for his job with the phone company to Franklin, where he made his home.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Franklin Rural Fire Department and Emergency Medical Technician service, the Franklin Country Club, and Boy Scouts and was an Eagle Scout. Jim was a charter member of the Blaze Blasters and also won the Morris Shelton Lacroix Award while with the phone company for saving a man from a burning house.
Jim enjoyed the outdoors, especially deer and goose hunting, and fishing. He loved to entertain and was especially good at telling stories and jokes. Above all, he loved spending time with his grandchildren.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 39 years, Ruth; his children and their husbands, Jennifer and Jerry Trompke, Patricia and Ed Schurman and Terri Wenninghoff and Chris Wenninghoff, all of Franklin; brother, John Ransom of Kearney; and sister, Jackie Mercer and husband Steve of Kearney.
Those also left to cherish his memory are his grandchildren, Cheyenne and Sheridan Trompke, Andrea, Katy, Brookelyn and Emily Schurman and Morgan, Lane, Callen, Tinley and Gunner Wenninghoff; and numerous nieces, nephews, family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother.
FRANKLIN — James Richard Ransom, 64, of Franklin died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at Franklin County Memorial Hospital in Franklin.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Franklin with the Rev. Roger Frederick officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery near Franklin. Hutchins Funeral Home in Franklin is in charge of the arrangements.
He was born in Kearney on Oct. 11, 1950, to Gene and Bonnie (Montgomery) Ransom. He graduated from Kearney High School in 1969.
Jim married Ruth Falk on Aug. 31, 1975, in Kearney and to this union three children were born: Jennifer, Patricia and Terri. He grew up in and lived in Kearney until 1980 when he moved for his job with the phone company to Franklin, where he made his home.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Franklin Rural Fire Department and Emergency Medical Technician service, the Franklin Country Club, and Boy Scouts and was an Eagle Scout. Jim was a charter member of the Blaze Blasters and also won the Morris Shelton Lacroix Award while with the phone company for saving a man from a burning house.
Jim enjoyed the outdoors, especially deer and goose hunting, and fishing. He loved to entertain and was especially good at telling stories and jokes. Above all, he loved spending time with his grandchildren.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 39 years, Ruth; his children and their husbands, Jennifer and Jerry Trompke, Patricia and Ed Schurman and Terri Wenninghoff and Chris Wenninghoff, all of Franklin; brother, John Ransom of Kearney; and sister, Jackie Mercer and husband Steve of Kearney.
Those also left to cherish his memory are his grandchildren, Cheyenne and Sheridan Trompke, Andrea, Katy, Brookelyn and Emily Schurman and Morgan, Lane, Callen, Tinley and Gunner Wenninghoff; and numerous nieces, nephews, family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother.
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