Ralph Dennis Kane ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: L1HF-41B.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Fairmount News: Joan Nave and Ralph Kane Wed Friday Evening, 20 May 1948, Fairmount, Grant, IN. ⁷ Joan Nave and Ralph Kane Wed Friday Evening
In a double ring ceremony performed at 8:00 p. m. Friday at the Christian church, Miss Joan Nave, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nave, became the bride of Ralph Kane, son of Mrs. Hattie Kane, Alexandria. Rev. Noel P. Irwin, brother-in- law of the groom, of the First Baptist church of South Bend, officiated in the ceremony before an altar decorated with palms and mixed bouquets. "Clair de Lune," by DeBussy, "Indian Love Call'" by Friml, and "Always" by Irving Berlin were played by Mrs. Clyde Gossett before the ceremony. Following the wedding march, "Liebestraum" by Liszt was played during the ceremony. The bride was attired in a soft grey suit with pink and white ac cessories and a corsage of pink rosebuds. She carried a white Bible with white streamers and pink rosebuds. Miss Rachel Grindle, bridesmaid, wore a grey suit with green accessories and a corsage of yellow rosebuds. Harold Miller, Alexandria, friend of the groom, served as best man. Mother of the bride wore navy and old rose and a corsage of pink rosebuds and blue lilies of the valley. Mrs. Kane wore navy and grey and a corsage of American Beauty roses. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents for the bridal party, immediate families and a few close friends. A three-tiered wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom, centered the serving table. Decorations were in pastel colors. Mrs. Kane, a graduate of Fairmount High School, had been employed in the office of Farnsworth Radio Corp. at Marion. Mr. Kane, a graduate of Alexandria High School, is now employed at the Aladdin Lamp Corp. at Alexandria.

2. Census in 1950 in Alexandria, Madison, IN. ⁸ The 1950 census recorded Ralph D. Kane, bookkeeper at electrical lamp factory, 29, living with wife Margaret J., 22; son Dennis M., 1; and Nancy A., born in February 1950. Everyone was born in Indiana.

3. Residence: on 16 Feb 1950 in Alexandria, Madison, IN. ⁶

4. Residence: on 17 Nov 1971 in Alexandria, Madison, IN. ³

5. Obituary: Times-Tribune: obituary of Ralph Dennis Kane on 10 Nov 1999 in Alexandria, Madison, IN. ⁴ Ralph Dennis Kane, 78, Alexandria, died Thursday, Nov. 4, at his residence following an extended illness. Born Jan. 28, 1921, in Alexandria to Edward "Ed" and Hattie (Dunlap) Kane, he was a 1939 graduate of Alexandria High School who retired from Guide Lamp of General Motors in 1982 after 33 years of employment. Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Margaret Joan (Nave) Kane; a son, Dennis (wife Janae) Kane, Daleville; three daughters, Nancy (husband Tom) Beher, Summitville, Emily (husband Jeff) Friend, Alexandria, and Becky (husband Frank Timothy) Hermaik, Summitville; a sister-in-law, Barbara Kane, Alexandria; two brothers-in-law, John (wife Joan) Nave, Fairmount, and Wayne (wife Trudy) Nave, Markleville; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his parents; three sisters, Zelpha McCarty, Mildred Irwin and Olive Simmons; and two brothers, Melvin and Robert Kane.

Ralph married Margaret Joan Nave on 14 May 1948 in Fairmount, Grant, IN. (Margaret Joan Nave was born on 10 Feb 1928 in Fairmount, Grant, IN,¹ died on 16 Jan 2009 in Anderson, Madison, IN ¹ and was buried on 19 Jan 2009 in Summitville: Vinson Memorial Park, Madison, IN ¹.)