WW I Veteran
Occupation: Linotype operator for The Edina Sentinel.
MO d/c 25356
DEATH OF SENTINEL MAN
"Polly" Crank, Head Machine Operator for Quarter Century, Died of Heart Attack Yesterday.
A. B. Crank of The Sentinel, probably better known to more people around town as "Polly" Crank, died unexpectedly yesterday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, of a heart attack. He was 52 years old.
Mr. Crank had worked in Edina as a printer and linotype operator most of his life, or for more than thirty years, and even before then he was at the trade, for he started to work when he was 14 years old at Elsberry, Mo., from which place he came to Edina about 1912.
Mr. Crank was on of the first men to set type by machine in Knox County, The Sentinel purchasing the first machine, and he became chief operator as well as foreman and general plant superintendent ans was such for more than twenty-five years, almost one of the family of the editor of The Sentinel and its newspaper office. He was known as a particular workman and the fastest of operators, as well as setting what is known as a "clean proof."
Leaving the office after work Tuesday evening he was not known to have complained for any especial illness, and for that reason his death yesterday morning was a greater shock to The Sentinel force. He had gone home Tuesday evening and began work in his garden, as was his custom, and he was known generally to have a good one, but not feeling well he became worse after a first attack that evening. He requested Mrs. Frank Hamlin, a neighbor, to call Mrs. Crank home from the Kindina Theatre. She came, and the doctor already called, passed her on the way to the Crank home.
Mr. Crank appeared for a time to be recovering, but another set-back brought the end.
Born on a farm near Elsberry July 10, 1891, a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Crank, he was given the name of Alexander Burton Crank, but after he came to Edina to work at the old Democrat newspaper office he was given the nickname Polly, which thereafter he was generally called.
Coming to The Sentinel before he was married, he was here when he entered the Army in the first World War, and was on the Sentinel force when he was married to Miss Celeste Frobes Feb. 12, 1918. Four children, all surviving, were born, who are: Martha Ruth, Mrs. Victor Ely, Lake City, Ia., Betty Jo, Mrs. Howard F. Myers, of Edina and Macon but now at Columbus, Ga., where Mr. Myers is a private first class in the 176th Infantry at Fort Benning, going into army service while manager of the Lindina Theatre at Edina; and a son, called Buddy, 18, bearing the same name as his father, Alexander Button Crank; and the youngest sister of the three, Carol, now 10 years old. There is also a granddaughter. Mr. Crank's parents, Thomas and Margaret Crank, are both dead, the mother dying in January, 1933, at the age of 85 and the father in 1938 at the age of 92. He leaves four brothers, Gordon Crank, editor of the Elsberry Democrat, also Hurley Crank of the same office, and Otto Crank, Brazil, Ind., and Sherman Crank of Oklahoma, and three sisters, Mrs. Susie Tobin of St. Louis, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt of Kansas City and Mrs. Bessie Simmons of Elsberry.
Being in World War I, he early became a member of the American Legion.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, pending arrival of relatives.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1943
A. B. CRANK FUNERAL IS HELD
Military Burial Is Given Saturday For Sentinel Foreman and Operator.
Funeral services for A. B. Crank, or "Polly" Crank as he was more generally called here, a type setting machine operator at The Sentinel office, who died Wednesday morning of last week at his home of a heart attack, were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence by the Rev. Terence Mullins, pastor of St. Joseph Church.
Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery with military services conducted by the American Legion, of which he had long been a member. Members of the Legion from many surrounding towns were in attendance and were honorary pallbearers. Acting pallbearers were: Junior Endres, Charles Burkhart, Tom Hamlin, W. E. Stewart, Richard Rimer of Edina and Leo Welch of Kansas City.
Relatives of Mr. Crank coming from a distance were his daughters, Mrs. V. L. Ely of Lake City, Ia., and Mrs. H. F. Myers of Columbus, Ga., and Mr. Ely and small daughter and Pfc. Myers; his brothers and sisters and their families: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crank and daughter, Marcella, and Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Crank of Elsberry, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Crank of Brazil, Ind.; Mrs. Susie Tobin, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simmons, Whiteside, Mo., and Mrs. Ross W. Elliott, Evansville, Ind. Others coming were: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Frobes and Leo Welch of Kansas City; Charles Cody of Arkansas; John L. Flynn, Kahoka, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers of Macon.
One brother, Sherman Crank, who was thought her to have been in Oklahoma but who had left there a few years ago and gone to Alabama, and a sister, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt, of Kansas City were unable to come.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 29, 1943
Occupation: Linotype operator for The Edina Sentinel.
MO d/c 25356
DEATH OF SENTINEL MAN
"Polly" Crank, Head Machine Operator for Quarter Century, Died of Heart Attack Yesterday.
A. B. Crank of The Sentinel, probably better known to more people around town as "Polly" Crank, died unexpectedly yesterday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, of a heart attack. He was 52 years old.
Mr. Crank had worked in Edina as a printer and linotype operator most of his life, or for more than thirty years, and even before then he was at the trade, for he started to work when he was 14 years old at Elsberry, Mo., from which place he came to Edina about 1912.
Mr. Crank was on of the first men to set type by machine in Knox County, The Sentinel purchasing the first machine, and he became chief operator as well as foreman and general plant superintendent ans was such for more than twenty-five years, almost one of the family of the editor of The Sentinel and its newspaper office. He was known as a particular workman and the fastest of operators, as well as setting what is known as a "clean proof."
Leaving the office after work Tuesday evening he was not known to have complained for any especial illness, and for that reason his death yesterday morning was a greater shock to The Sentinel force. He had gone home Tuesday evening and began work in his garden, as was his custom, and he was known generally to have a good one, but not feeling well he became worse after a first attack that evening. He requested Mrs. Frank Hamlin, a neighbor, to call Mrs. Crank home from the Kindina Theatre. She came, and the doctor already called, passed her on the way to the Crank home.
Mr. Crank appeared for a time to be recovering, but another set-back brought the end.
Born on a farm near Elsberry July 10, 1891, a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Crank, he was given the name of Alexander Burton Crank, but after he came to Edina to work at the old Democrat newspaper office he was given the nickname Polly, which thereafter he was generally called.
Coming to The Sentinel before he was married, he was here when he entered the Army in the first World War, and was on the Sentinel force when he was married to Miss Celeste Frobes Feb. 12, 1918. Four children, all surviving, were born, who are: Martha Ruth, Mrs. Victor Ely, Lake City, Ia., Betty Jo, Mrs. Howard F. Myers, of Edina and Macon but now at Columbus, Ga., where Mr. Myers is a private first class in the 176th Infantry at Fort Benning, going into army service while manager of the Lindina Theatre at Edina; and a son, called Buddy, 18, bearing the same name as his father, Alexander Button Crank; and the youngest sister of the three, Carol, now 10 years old. There is also a granddaughter. Mr. Crank's parents, Thomas and Margaret Crank, are both dead, the mother dying in January, 1933, at the age of 85 and the father in 1938 at the age of 92. He leaves four brothers, Gordon Crank, editor of the Elsberry Democrat, also Hurley Crank of the same office, and Otto Crank, Brazil, Ind., and Sherman Crank of Oklahoma, and three sisters, Mrs. Susie Tobin of St. Louis, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt of Kansas City and Mrs. Bessie Simmons of Elsberry.
Being in World War I, he early became a member of the American Legion.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, pending arrival of relatives.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1943
A. B. CRANK FUNERAL IS HELD
Military Burial Is Given Saturday For Sentinel Foreman and Operator.
Funeral services for A. B. Crank, or "Polly" Crank as he was more generally called here, a type setting machine operator at The Sentinel office, who died Wednesday morning of last week at his home of a heart attack, were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence by the Rev. Terence Mullins, pastor of St. Joseph Church.
Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery with military services conducted by the American Legion, of which he had long been a member. Members of the Legion from many surrounding towns were in attendance and were honorary pallbearers. Acting pallbearers were: Junior Endres, Charles Burkhart, Tom Hamlin, W. E. Stewart, Richard Rimer of Edina and Leo Welch of Kansas City.
Relatives of Mr. Crank coming from a distance were his daughters, Mrs. V. L. Ely of Lake City, Ia., and Mrs. H. F. Myers of Columbus, Ga., and Mr. Ely and small daughter and Pfc. Myers; his brothers and sisters and their families: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crank and daughter, Marcella, and Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Crank of Elsberry, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Crank of Brazil, Ind.; Mrs. Susie Tobin, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simmons, Whiteside, Mo., and Mrs. Ross W. Elliott, Evansville, Ind. Others coming were: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Frobes and Leo Welch of Kansas City; Charles Cody of Arkansas; John L. Flynn, Kahoka, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers of Macon.
One brother, Sherman Crank, who was thought her to have been in Oklahoma but who had left there a few years ago and gone to Alabama, and a sister, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt, of Kansas City were unable to come.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 29, 1943
WW I Veteran
Occupation: Linotype operator for The Edina Sentinel.
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DEATH OF SENTINEL MAN
"Polly" Crank, Head Machine Operator for Quarter Century, Died of Heart Attack Yesterday.
A. B. Crank of The Sentinel, probably better known to more people around town as "Polly" Crank, died unexpectedly yesterday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, of a heart attack. He was 52 years old.
Mr. Crank had worked in Edina as a printer and linotype operator most of his life, or for more than thirty years, and even before then he was at the trade, for he started to work when he was 14 years old at Elsberry, Mo., from which place he came to Edina about 1912.
Mr. Crank was on of the first men to set type by machine in Knox County, The Sentinel purchasing the first machine, and he became chief operator as well as foreman and general plant superintendent ans was such for more than twenty-five years, almost one of the family of the editor of The Sentinel and its newspaper office. He was known as a particular workman and the fastest of operators, as well as setting what is known as a "clean proof."
Leaving the office after work Tuesday evening he was not known to have complained for any especial illness, and for that reason his death yesterday morning was a greater shock to The Sentinel force. He had gone home Tuesday evening and began work in his garden, as was his custom, and he was known generally to have a good one, but not feeling well he became worse after a first attack that evening. He requested Mrs. Frank Hamlin, a neighbor, to call Mrs. Crank home from the Kindina Theatre. She came, and the doctor already called, passed her on the way to the Crank home.
Mr. Crank appeared for a time to be recovering, but another set-back brought the end.
Born on a farm near Elsberry July 10, 1891, a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Crank, he was given the name of Alexander Burton Crank, but after he came to Edina to work at the old Democrat newspaper office he was given the nickname Polly, which thereafter he was generally called.
Coming to The Sentinel before he was married, he was here when he entered the Army in the first World War, and was on the Sentinel force when he was married to Miss Celeste Frobes Feb. 12, 1918. Four children, all surviving, were born, who are: Martha Ruth, Mrs. Victor Ely, Lake City, Ia., Betty Jo, Mrs. Howard F. Myers, of Edina and Macon but now at Columbus, Ga., where Mr. Myers is a private first class in the 176th Infantry at Fort Benning, going into army service while manager of the Lindina Theatre at Edina; and a son, called Buddy, 18, bearing the same name as his father, Alexander Button Crank; and the youngest sister of the three, Carol, now 10 years old. There is also a granddaughter. Mr. Crank's parents, Thomas and Margaret Crank, are both dead, the mother dying in January, 1933, at the age of 85 and the father in 1938 at the age of 92. He leaves four brothers, Gordon Crank, editor of the Elsberry Democrat, also Hurley Crank of the same office, and Otto Crank, Brazil, Ind., and Sherman Crank of Oklahoma, and three sisters, Mrs. Susie Tobin of St. Louis, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt of Kansas City and Mrs. Bessie Simmons of Elsberry.
Being in World War I, he early became a member of the American Legion.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, pending arrival of relatives.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1943
A. B. CRANK FUNERAL IS HELD
Military Burial Is Given Saturday For Sentinel Foreman and Operator.
Funeral services for A. B. Crank, or "Polly" Crank as he was more generally called here, a type setting machine operator at The Sentinel office, who died Wednesday morning of last week at his home of a heart attack, were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence by the Rev. Terence Mullins, pastor of St. Joseph Church.
Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery with military services conducted by the American Legion, of which he had long been a member. Members of the Legion from many surrounding towns were in attendance and were honorary pallbearers. Acting pallbearers were: Junior Endres, Charles Burkhart, Tom Hamlin, W. E. Stewart, Richard Rimer of Edina and Leo Welch of Kansas City.
Relatives of Mr. Crank coming from a distance were his daughters, Mrs. V. L. Ely of Lake City, Ia., and Mrs. H. F. Myers of Columbus, Ga., and Mr. Ely and small daughter and Pfc. Myers; his brothers and sisters and their families: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crank and daughter, Marcella, and Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Crank of Elsberry, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Crank of Brazil, Ind.; Mrs. Susie Tobin, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simmons, Whiteside, Mo., and Mrs. Ross W. Elliott, Evansville, Ind. Others coming were: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Frobes and Leo Welch of Kansas City; Charles Cody of Arkansas; John L. Flynn, Kahoka, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers of Macon.
One brother, Sherman Crank, who was thought her to have been in Oklahoma but who had left there a few years ago and gone to Alabama, and a sister, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt, of Kansas City were unable to come.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 29, 1943
Occupation: Linotype operator for The Edina Sentinel.
MO d/c 25356
DEATH OF SENTINEL MAN
"Polly" Crank, Head Machine Operator for Quarter Century, Died of Heart Attack Yesterday.
A. B. Crank of The Sentinel, probably better known to more people around town as "Polly" Crank, died unexpectedly yesterday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, of a heart attack. He was 52 years old.
Mr. Crank had worked in Edina as a printer and linotype operator most of his life, or for more than thirty years, and even before then he was at the trade, for he started to work when he was 14 years old at Elsberry, Mo., from which place he came to Edina about 1912.
Mr. Crank was on of the first men to set type by machine in Knox County, The Sentinel purchasing the first machine, and he became chief operator as well as foreman and general plant superintendent ans was such for more than twenty-five years, almost one of the family of the editor of The Sentinel and its newspaper office. He was known as a particular workman and the fastest of operators, as well as setting what is known as a "clean proof."
Leaving the office after work Tuesday evening he was not known to have complained for any especial illness, and for that reason his death yesterday morning was a greater shock to The Sentinel force. He had gone home Tuesday evening and began work in his garden, as was his custom, and he was known generally to have a good one, but not feeling well he became worse after a first attack that evening. He requested Mrs. Frank Hamlin, a neighbor, to call Mrs. Crank home from the Kindina Theatre. She came, and the doctor already called, passed her on the way to the Crank home.
Mr. Crank appeared for a time to be recovering, but another set-back brought the end.
Born on a farm near Elsberry July 10, 1891, a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Crank, he was given the name of Alexander Burton Crank, but after he came to Edina to work at the old Democrat newspaper office he was given the nickname Polly, which thereafter he was generally called.
Coming to The Sentinel before he was married, he was here when he entered the Army in the first World War, and was on the Sentinel force when he was married to Miss Celeste Frobes Feb. 12, 1918. Four children, all surviving, were born, who are: Martha Ruth, Mrs. Victor Ely, Lake City, Ia., Betty Jo, Mrs. Howard F. Myers, of Edina and Macon but now at Columbus, Ga., where Mr. Myers is a private first class in the 176th Infantry at Fort Benning, going into army service while manager of the Lindina Theatre at Edina; and a son, called Buddy, 18, bearing the same name as his father, Alexander Button Crank; and the youngest sister of the three, Carol, now 10 years old. There is also a granddaughter. Mr. Crank's parents, Thomas and Margaret Crank, are both dead, the mother dying in January, 1933, at the age of 85 and the father in 1938 at the age of 92. He leaves four brothers, Gordon Crank, editor of the Elsberry Democrat, also Hurley Crank of the same office, and Otto Crank, Brazil, Ind., and Sherman Crank of Oklahoma, and three sisters, Mrs. Susie Tobin of St. Louis, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt of Kansas City and Mrs. Bessie Simmons of Elsberry.
Being in World War I, he early became a member of the American Legion.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, pending arrival of relatives.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1943
A. B. CRANK FUNERAL IS HELD
Military Burial Is Given Saturday For Sentinel Foreman and Operator.
Funeral services for A. B. Crank, or "Polly" Crank as he was more generally called here, a type setting machine operator at The Sentinel office, who died Wednesday morning of last week at his home of a heart attack, were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence by the Rev. Terence Mullins, pastor of St. Joseph Church.
Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery with military services conducted by the American Legion, of which he had long been a member. Members of the Legion from many surrounding towns were in attendance and were honorary pallbearers. Acting pallbearers were: Junior Endres, Charles Burkhart, Tom Hamlin, W. E. Stewart, Richard Rimer of Edina and Leo Welch of Kansas City.
Relatives of Mr. Crank coming from a distance were his daughters, Mrs. V. L. Ely of Lake City, Ia., and Mrs. H. F. Myers of Columbus, Ga., and Mr. Ely and small daughter and Pfc. Myers; his brothers and sisters and their families: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crank and daughter, Marcella, and Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Crank of Elsberry, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Crank of Brazil, Ind.; Mrs. Susie Tobin, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simmons, Whiteside, Mo., and Mrs. Ross W. Elliott, Evansville, Ind. Others coming were: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Frobes and Leo Welch of Kansas City; Charles Cody of Arkansas; John L. Flynn, Kahoka, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers of Macon.
One brother, Sherman Crank, who was thought her to have been in Oklahoma but who had left there a few years ago and gone to Alabama, and a sister, Mrs. Etta Schuhardt, of Kansas City were unable to come.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 29, 1943
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