Summary
John J. Ranger, age 45 of Swartz Creek, was a 1946 General Motors Institute of Technology engineering graduate and a field engineer for Tre-Ad Heating Company of Chicago, according to the June–July 1970 Beaver Beacon. He died on June 5 after a plane accident near Flint and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
The obituary supplies an address, age, education, occupation, family summary, accident context, and burial attestation. It does not establish Ranger’s birth date, aircraft or pilot role, civil identity beyond the obituary, or a complete professional history.
Open questions
- Which civil, aviation, or accident-investigation records identify the plane and flight?
- What is Ranger’s relationship, if any, to the 1913 Beaver Island rescuer Roy Ranger?
See also
- Death of John J. Ranger in plane accident (1970)
- Roy Ranger (Lucie A. rescuer, 1913)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June–July 1970, “Islanders Pass On: John J. Ranger.”Identifies Ranger as age 45 of Swartz Creek, a 1946 General Motors Institute engineering graduate and Tre-Ad Heating Company field engineer, and reports his June 5 death after a plane accident and Holy Cross Cemetery burial.