Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crane, Harold 1921
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 26 Mar 1921

Smyrna, March 26. – The body of Harold Crane, 19, son of Fred Crane of Orange 
township, who was drowned in the Lowell Electric Light company pond above the 
dam Thursday night, was recovered yesterday afternoon at about 3 o’clock after 
officers and residents of the Hoppough school district where the young man 
taught had dragged the water for several hours.

The young man was last seen in a sailing canoe on the pond a short distance 
above Smyrna.  The overturned canoe was found yesterday morning giving the 
first indication that he had lost his life.

Crane played baseball with his pupils after school was dismissed Thursday night 
and then suggested a trip in the canoe.  The pupils feared to go because their 
parents had instructed them not to enter the canoe so Crane went alone.  The 
boys watched him paddle out into the wind and then hoist his sail.  They saw 
him carried rapidly out of sight behind a pier or projecting point and then 
went home.

When the young man failed to appear at his boarding place for supper nothing 
was thought of it as he often was invited to eat at the homes of his pupils.  
It was not known that he had not returned until breakfast time yesterday 
morning.  When he failed to appear at school the boys who had seen him in the 
canoe told of it and the search was started.  The canoe was found floating 
overturned.  The sail was at the other side of the lake.

The water in the pond was lowered at the dam and searchers dragged in about six 
feet of water.  The body was recovered at 3 o’clock.  It was apparent that 
Crane was trying to swim when he drowned.  He was a strong swimmer, it is 
stated.

The funeral for Harold Crane will be held from the residence of his 
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Crane, South Ionia, tomorrow afternoon at 2 
o’clock and from the Baptist church at 2:30.  Rev. E. E. Branch will officiate 
and burial will take place in Highland Park cemetery.


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