Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ranney-Zibell, Mollie Jane January 14, 2004
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown
Mollie Jane Ranney Zibell, 83, of South Haven died Wednesday, January 14, 2004 
at South Haven Community Hospital.  

She was born June 10, 1920 in Holland to Thomas and Elizabeth (Grow) Olinger.  
Mollie married George Frederick Ranney on June 6, 1940 in Grand Rapids.  
Mollie raised her children and also did some modeling.  Fashion and looking 
good were always important to Mollie.  She was also an artist known for her 
portraits in water colors, pastels, pen and ink.  Mollie was very happy living 
at the River Ridge Retirement Village and considered the residents and staff 
part of her family.  

She is preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, George F. 
Ranney Sr. who died in 1981; her second husband, Blair Zibell who died in 
1987; three children, an infant daughter, Patricia, and sons Thomas and Robert 
Ranney; two brothers, Lawrence and Theodore Olinger and two sisters, Betty 
Smith and Lorraine Brown.

She is survived by a daughter, Nancy Mulick of South Haven and a son, George 
Ranney Jr. of Agura, California; five grandchildren, Edward Allen (Vickie) 
Mulick, Carrie (Nick) Kovach, Stephanie Mulick, Matthew Ranney and Mark 
Ranney; and four great-grandchildren, Marissa, Paige, Kelsey and Trevor.

Funeral services are 2:30 p.m. today at River Ridge Retirement Village with 
Rev. Harold F. Filbrandt officiating.  Burial will take place at Otisco 
Township Cemetery near Belding.  Memorial contributions can be made to River 
Ridge Activity Fund, 706 Kentucky Avenue, South Haven, Michigan 49090.   The 
family is being helped by the Filbrandt Family Funeral Home of South Haven 
(269) 637-0333.


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