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Orthelia Mae Rankin of the Belle Vernon Apartments,died Tuesday,Dec.30,1980,at 1:20 p.m. in the Monongahela Valley Hospital,Carroll Twp. She was 77. Mrs.Rankin was born Dec.23,1903,in Fayette City,a daughter of the late James and Annie Shoack Anderson. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon and had lived in Belle Vernon the last 20 years. She previously lived in Cleveland,Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband,Earl Rankin,in 1961. Mrs.Rankin is survived by two brothers,Howard Anderson of Wadsworth,Ohio,and Charles Anderson of McKeesport,and two sisters,Lillian Sisley of Toronto,Ohio,and Florence White of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home,700 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon,where services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.,with the Rev.Charles Colas,pastor of First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon,officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson,funeral director,in charge of arrangements.

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