Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crane, Marion E. (Merriett) 1914
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Unidentified Publication, 1914

Operations Sap Vitality of Mrs. Crane

Dead Orange Woman Had Been Under Surgeon’s Knife Three Times Within a Year.

Gave Up the Fight at Early Hour Saturday

Long Period of Suffering is Ended Peacefully at Sparrow Hospital, in Lansing.

Her vitality sapped away as a result of three operations performed within the
past year, Mrs. Fred E. Crane, of Orange, gave up the fight early Saturday
morning at the Edward W. Sparrow hospital, in Lansing, where she submitted to a
delicate and what proved hopeless operation on August 19th.  Although members of
the immediate family were prepared for the worst, her death was a great shock
nevertheless.

Mrs. Crane’s original difficulty was gall stones and for the past 12 years her
health had been extremely delicate.  She was a terrible sufferer but bore up
marvelously and was always cheerful.  Her second operation, performed only a few
months ago, was apparently successful.  Her vitality appeared much stronger, she
gained steadily in weight, and members of the immediate family believed the time
was not far distant when she would again be a healthy woman in every sense of
the word.

The third operation, performed at Lansing August 19th, revealed a hopeless
condition.  It was found that the abdominal organs had grown to the arteries,
and that any attempt to separate them would have meant immediate death.  Mrs.
Crane weakened rapidly and on Saturday morning breathed her last.  The end came
peacefully.  Preparations were immediately made for shipment of the remains to
Portland.  The body reached here on the late train Saturday evening and was
borne to the late home in Orange township, where the obsequies were conducted
Tuesday morning at 10:00 by Rev. E.E. Branch, of Ionia.  Burial was in Highland
Park cemetery, near Ionia.  Pallbearers were Miles Merriett, a brother of
deceased, Sumner Chapman and Fred Fisher, brothers-in-law, and Fred E. Crane,
the bereaved husband.

Mrs. Crane’s maiden name was Marion E. Merriett.  She was born in Palo October
5th, 1876 and would have been 38 years of age had she lived until the fifth of
next month.  On March 30, 1896 she was married to Fred E. Crane, of Orange, who,
with a son, Lynn, aged 13, survives.  Mrs. Crane’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.W.
Merriett, of Ionia, are both living, as well as a brother and two sisters, Milo
Merriett, a traveling salesman who makes his headquarters in Ionia, and Mrs.
Myrtle Fisher and Mrs. Mabel Chapman, both of Ionia.

Mrs. Crane had a pleasing personality, and in her death Orange township realizes
it has lost a wholesome woman.  Those who were familiar with the condition of
her health marveled at her cheerfulness.  She was greatly interested in social
affairs, although her health prevented her from active participation.  She was a
charter member of the Orange Ladies’ Literary club and had the society’s welfare
ever at heart.


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