Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crane, Fred 1924
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Ionia County News, 23 Oct 1924

Bone Lodged In Throat Is Fatal Mishap

Fred Crane of Orange Township Claimed By Peculiar Accident of 2 Weeks Ago

Two Operations Had Proven Futile

Was Candidate For Circuit Court Commissioner and Member Bar Association

Fred Crane, 55, a resident of Orange township and candidate on the Democrat
ticket for circuit court commissioner, was a victim of a peculiar accident that
happened two weeks ago, when a bone splinter lodged in his throat after a hearty
meal in which he had partaken of pork chops.  His death occurred at St. Lawrence
Hospital at Lansing on Wednesday morning at 6 o’clock, after two operations had
proven futile in an attempt to save his life.

Mr. Crane was one of the most prominent and highly respected residents and
citizens of the county.  He was active in the Democratic party, was a former
township clerk and was a member of the Ionia County Bar association being
admitted about 23 years ago, . . . [unreadable line]. . .  and was always
prosperous in whatever he undertook to do.

It was two weeks ago that Mr. Crane complained of a piercing sensation in his
throat.  At first he was not thought serious and it went unnoticed for a short
time.  Then he was removed to the hospital at Lansing and following the surgical
work he was announced to be on the road to recovery.  Tuesday it became
necessary to feed him through an incision, his throat being in such condition
that food could not pass through.  Another operation was necessary and it was
during this work that Mr. Crane succumbed.

Mr. Crane’s farm is two and one-half miles southeast of Collins.

He is survived by his wife, his father W. W. Crane, of Ionia, and one daughter,
Mrs. Bessie Clark, of Detroit.

The funeral will be held from the Catholic church at Portland on Friday morning
at 9 o’clock.

[Transcriber’s note:  That there is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Portland Cemetery.]


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