Individual Details

Elizabeth "Bette" June "Bette" Lenhart

(8 May 1925 - 19 Apr 1998)

Courier-Tribune
Seneca, Kansas
May 6, 1998, Page 4

Betty J Ranallo, 72, Wichita, formerly of Wamego, died April 19, 1998, at her home. She had leukemia and had been ill since February.
She was born August 5, 1925, in Harvey, Illinois, the daughter of George and Marie Yantz Linhart. She spent her early life in the Wamego community, where she attended schools. She lived in Wichita from 1952 until 1988, when she returned to Wamego. She returned to Wichita in 1995.

She was a member of All Saints Catholic Church in Wichita, and St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Wamego.

She was married to James Ranallo in February, 1944. He died April 28, 1988. She was also preceded in death by grandson, Kelly Bird, who died October 29, 1994.

Survivors include daughters, Phyllis Harkness, Baileyville, KS; Sandra Goff, Wichita, KS; sister, Margaret Bellinder, Wamego, KS; 10 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.

Services were held at All Saints Catholic Church in Wichita. Burial was in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in the Flush community north of Wamego. 
 

Events

Birth8 May 1925Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Residence1930Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Harvey, Cook, Illinois
Residence1935Rural, Pottawatomie, Kansas
Residence1 Apr 1940Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Louisville, Pottawatomie, Kansas
Marriage1 Feb 1944
Marriage1 Feb 1944James Michael Ranallo
Residence1949Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Death19 Apr 1998Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
BurialFlush, Pottawatomie, Kansas

Families

SpouseJames Michael Ranallo (1918 - 1988)
ChildJoseph George Ranallo
ChildPhyllis Ranallo
ChildSandra Ranallo
FatherGeorge Allen Lenhart (1900 - 1992)
MotherMarie C. Yantz (1905 - 1990)
SiblingShirley Joan Lenhart (1927 - 1985)
SiblingGeorgia Leah Lenhart (1931 - 1985)
SiblingMargaret Mary Lenhart

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