He was a retired foreman in fabrics at the Century Gould Electric Company and was also a WW II Army veteran.
Survivors include: three brothers, Elmer Crane and Perry Crane, both of Meta and David Crane, Union; five sisters, Mildred Howard, Meta, Ann Carroll, Bakersfield, CA, Loraine Carroll, Marshfield, Ina Crane, Eureka and Cleo Kerns, Crestwood.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home in Meta with the Rev. Earl Jones officiating. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Meta Southside Cemetery.
Postscript regarding his date of birth. Ogal's World War II Draft Registration lists his date of birth as Jan. 5, 1912 and U.S. Census records for 1920, 1930 and 1950 indicates his birth would have been in 1912 based on his age shown in each census record. And his sibling David Cletas Crane was born on July 11, 1910, making it impossible for him to be born in 1911. Somehow, his year of birth on his subsequent military and social security records became 1911. And both his headstone and his military plaque show it as 1911. Unfortunately, his birth certificate or birth register to date have not been located.
He was a retired foreman in fabrics at the Century Gould Electric Company and was also a WW II Army veteran.
Survivors include: three brothers, Elmer Crane and Perry Crane, both of Meta and David Crane, Union; five sisters, Mildred Howard, Meta, Ann Carroll, Bakersfield, CA, Loraine Carroll, Marshfield, Ina Crane, Eureka and Cleo Kerns, Crestwood.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home in Meta with the Rev. Earl Jones officiating. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Meta Southside Cemetery.
Postscript regarding his date of birth. Ogal's World War II Draft Registration lists his date of birth as Jan. 5, 1912 and U.S. Census records for 1920, 1930 and 1950 indicates his birth would have been in 1912 based on his age shown in each census record. And his sibling David Cletas Crane was born on July 11, 1910, making it impossible for him to be born in 1911. Somehow, his year of birth on his subsequent military and social security records became 1911. And both his headstone and his military plaque show it as 1911. Unfortunately, his birth certificate or birth register to date have not been located.
Family Members
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Elmer Otho Crane
1908–1993
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Arthur Cletas Crane
1910–1911
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John Raymond Crane
1914–1915
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Perry Lewis Crane
1916–1996
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Mildred Irene Crane Howard
1918–2009
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Millie Catherine Crane Martin
1919–1975
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Annie Emaline "Ann" Crane Carroll
1921–2011
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Nettie Lorain "Lorain" Crane Carroll
1924–2014
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David Irvin Crane
1926–1995
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Ina Belle Crane
1927–2008
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Cleo Faye Crane Jett
1930–2003
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