C. Elaine Ranck

May 17, 1923 - September 29, 2020

C. Elaine Ranck, known to her friends as Elaine, 97, passed away peacefully at her home in Carneys Point, NJ on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Elaine is the daughter of Pauline (ne Zebrowski) and Anthony Szalkowski and the wife of the late Eugene F. Ranck. She graduated from Salem High School in 1942. Shortly after the movie, Gone With the Wind came out in 1939, she came in second place for a Scarlet O’Hara look-a-like contest. She worked for a short time for DuPont Chambers Works where she met her husband, married and transferred a short time later to Indiana where they lived for almost twenty years. While there, she was involved in Tri Kappa, a Epsilon Sorority and a Den Mother for her son’s Cub Scout troop. After moving back to NJ, she worked in the Penns Grove/Carneys Point School District; was a member of PEO, a women’s club based in DE; was a sponsor for her older daughter’s YMCA girls club; worked for Strawbridge's Department Store; and was a long time member of the Penns Grove/Carneys Point Women’s Club. She is predeceased by a brother (Ervin) and a sister (Loretta). She is survived by her children Bruce (Christina) of Conn; Dennis (Mary) of IN; Leslie (Dennis) of Pennsville, NJ and a daughter and her family as well as nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, October 2, 2020 at the St Gabriel Archangel Parish- Corpus Christi Church located on 369 Georgetown Road in Carneys Point, NJ at 9:30 AM. Burial will follow at Lawnside Cemetery in Pilesgrove, NJ. www.ashcraftfuneralhomes.com