This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/374.381.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Ransom and his wife did die very close together. There deaths were just unfortunately close in time. There was no accident or contagious illness that I know of. My interest in R. E. Olds is through his contribution to the automobile industry in Lansing, Michigan. I do not have any genealogy data. Good luck with your research. Dave Pfaff