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OBITUARY: Appeared in Monroe Legacy newspaper, 22 July 1993
Funeral services for Myra Isabelle Valentine Visser, 72, of Hrvey, a former longtime resident of Monroe, were held Saturday, July 17, 1993, at the Monroe United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Karen Merrill, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. Jane Schroyer, pastor of the Harvey Assembly of God, and Sister Elizabeth De Greef of Newton, conducted services.
Burial was in Silent City Cemetery in Monroe.
Memorials to the Monroe United Methodist Church or the John Stoddard Cancer Fund will be accepted.
Mrs. Visser died Wednesday, July 14, 1993, at the Pella Community Hospital.
Survivors are her husband, John; 11 children, Darlene Palm of Bondurant, Judy Brungardt of Newton, Alice Kapping of Rockford, Martha Faye Nicholson of Knoxville, Shirley Caberea of Mason City, Chuck Rankin of Monroe, Margaret Ball of Roanoke, Texas, Jerald Rankin of Knoxville, Dean Rankin of Pella, Roberta Ford of Monroe and Carolyn Moses of Alamosa, Colorado; 25 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two brothers, Maurice Valintine of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Bernard Valentine of Newton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a sister, brother, a granddaughter, and a great-grand daughter.
Mrs. Visser was a member of the Monroe Methodist Church.
The daughter of Mark and Millicent Shaw Valentine, she was born December 20, 1920, in Kimball, S.D., and at the age of five moved to Monroe with her parents.
She was a 1938 graduate of Monroe Community High School.
She married to Harold Rankin and after his death in 1981 to John Visser September 28, 1988.
The couple resided in Harvey after their marriage.
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OBITUARY: Appeared in Monroe Legacy newspaper, 22 July 1993
Funeral services for Myra Isabelle Valentine Visser, 72, of Hrvey, a former longtime resident of Monroe, were held Saturday, July 17, 1993, at the Monroe United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Karen Merrill, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. Jane Schroyer, pastor of the Harvey Assembly of God, and Sister Elizabeth De Greef of Newton, conducted services.
Burial was in Silent City Cemetery in Monroe.
Memorials to the Monroe United Methodist Church or the John Stoddard Cancer Fund will be accepted.
Mrs. Visser died Wednesday, July 14, 1993, at the Pella Community Hospital.
Survivors are her husband, John; 11 children, Darlene Palm of Bondurant, Judy Brungardt of Newton, Alice Kapping of Rockford, Martha Faye Nicholson of Knoxville, Shirley Caberea of Mason City, Chuck Rankin of Monroe, Margaret Ball of Roanoke, Texas, Jerald Rankin of Knoxville, Dean Rankin of Pella, Roberta Ford of Monroe and Carolyn Moses of Alamosa, Colorado; 25 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two brothers, Maurice Valintine of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Bernard Valentine of Newton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a sister, brother, a granddaughter, and a great-grand daughter.
Mrs. Visser was a member of the Monroe Methodist Church.
The daughter of Mark and Millicent Shaw Valentine, she was born December 20, 1920, in Kimball, S.D., and at the age of five moved to Monroe with her parents.
She was a 1938 graduate of Monroe Community High School.
She married to Harold Rankin and after his death in 1981 to John Visser September 28, 1988.
The couple resided in Harvey after their marriage.
Family Members
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Velva Darlene Wearmouth Palm
1939–2022
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Julia Joyce "Judy" Wearmouth Brungardt
1940–2020
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Alice M Rankin Kapping
1942–1997
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Martha Faye Rankin Nicholson
1945–2011
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Shirley A. Rankin Caberea
1946–2020
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Charles Hugh "Chuck" Rankin
1947–2014
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Burton Dean Rankin
1951–2022
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Roberta Eileen "Bobbi" Rankin Ford
1952–2005
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