Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bither, Clara (Crane) 1937
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Portland Observer, 7 Oct 1937

Pioneer Resident Will Be Interred

Interment will be made in Portland cemetery Friday afternoon at two o’clock, of 
the cremated remains of Mrs. Clara Crane Bither who died at the home of a 
niece, Mrs. Florence Epler, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last Thursday.  Funeral 
services were held in that city Saturday.  Prayer service will be held at the 
grave.

Mrs. Bither was the youngest of five children of the late A.S. Crane, who came 
to Portland during the Civil War days and operated the stage line to Muir 
before the railroad came through Portland.  She was born in Battle Creek.  Her 
husband, Bert Bither, died about 38 years ago and is buried in Portland 
cemetery.  She never remarried.  Wallace D. Crane, long in the drug business in 
Portland, was a brother, as was George S. Crane, who died on the farm now owned 
by Wm. Young.  Two sisters, Mrs. Cora Brokaw and Mrs. Ella Foresman, died 
several years ago.

Mrs. Neal Tomy, of Detroit, who is also a niece, with Mr. Tomy and daughter, 
Miss Dorothy, and Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Smith, of Detroit, will attend the burial.  
Mr. and Mrs. Epler, will accompany the ashes to Portland.


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