Joseph M. McRaniels, 79, of 308 E. Silver St., Bessemer, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Ironwood.      He was born March 28, 1930, in Bessemer, son of the late Joseph and Angeline (Hamilton) McRaniels, attended school in Mercer,          Wis.,and farmed for a short time on Blue Gill Lake in Mercer.      He then became a Minister in the Church of the Nazarene, pastoring in Menominee, Mich. and in Spooner, Eleva and LaCrosse, Wis. for a    total of 20 years, retiring and moving to Bessemer in 1992.            Joe attended the Range Community Bible Church in Hurley, Wis. He loved gardening and was an active volunteer at the Iron County Farmer's Market in Hurley. He also served in the Wisconsin National Guard for a number of years. He especially loved his family and was very devoted to his church.      On Nov. 15, 1957, he was united in marriage to the former Shirley E. Stuhr in Bessemer. She survives.      Also surviving are four sons, Joseph J. (Amy), LaCrosse, Mark (Tasha), Sparta, Wis., Daniel (Amy), Oklahoma City, Okla., and Nathan (Sue), Sheboygan, Wis.; two daughters, Angela (Doug) Bloomquist, Forest Lake, Minn., and Dorothy (David) Jenkins, Ironwood; 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Hamilton, Iowa, and Cuvella Hamilton, Plainfield, Wis.; brothers-in-law, David (Virginia) Stuhr, Mercer, and Dennis (Lyn) Stuhr, Ironwood Township; and numerous nieces and nephews.      Besides his parents, Joe was preceded in death by two sons, Peter in infancy, and Paul, in 1993; a daughter, Cindy Simplot, in 2002; and three brothers, Richard, Joseph and Robert Hamilton.      Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m., at the Range Community Bible Church in Hurley, with pastors Dr. Neal Schroeter and Rev. Gerald Deppa, co-officiating.      Committal will take place at the church, with luncheon to follow in the church fellowship hall.      Interment will be in the Mercer Cemetery.      Relatives and friends may call at the church one hour prior to the service on Saturday.      Pallbearers will be Roy Speck, Doug Bloomquist, Jerry Rice, Kevin Cox, Dennis Stuhr and Gary Laguna.      To view Joe's obituary online, sign the guestbook and express condolences, visit mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com.      Arrangements are entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home Inc., Ironwood.