Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crane, Ida May (Russell) 1900
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Belding Banner, 15 Nov 1900, page 5

Mrs. W.D. Crane Dead.

Was Born and Spent Her Girlhood Days in the Vicinity of Belding.

The following article from the Portland Review of Tuesday will be of interest to
many here abouts as the deceased was well known to all old residents:

Mrs. W.D. Crane, who has been very ill for several months, died at her home in
this village at an early hour Saturday morning.  Funeral services were held at
the late residence yesterday afternoon, Rev. Carlisle, pastor of the M.E. church
being in charge and assisted by Rev. D.E. Millard.  Interment was made in
Portland cemetery.

Mrs. Crane, who was the only daughter of the late E.A. Russell, was born in
Otisco, this county, in October 1854.  She attended the district school and
later her parents moved to Greenville that she might have the benefit of the
graded schools.  She taught school several terms in the vicinity of her home
town and in 1874 came to Portland, where she took up work in the intermediate
department in the public schools, teaching in the building now owned by the
Portland Milling Co., which then stood on the brow of the hill near Mrs. Anna
Dinsmore’s home.  Miss Russell was a popular teacher both with parents and
pupils, and when in four years she resigned it was a matter of sincere regret to
all who had the good of the schools to heart.

November 6th, 1878, she became the wife of Wallace D. Crane, and has since
filled the place allotted to her in her little household with the same ability
and good cheer, as when in school.  Twenty-one years ago a daughter was born to
them, Miss Reva, and it is a matter of consolation to all the relatives that she
can take up the affairs of the home where her devoted mother dropped them, not
with the same mature judgment, perhaps, but with a willing heart and hand, and a
great desire to renew the fading light in her father’s life.  Miss Crane left
the Northwestern University to be with her mother, and will not return at present.

Mrs. Crane has been prominent in M.E. church work, has held offices of trust in
the Ladies’ Literary Club, and Eastern Star lodge, and her fine literary tastes,
together with the gentleness of her nature made her companionship most welcome.

Up to February last Mrs. Crane had been in robust health, but as spring came her
cheeks paled and all efforts of physicians and relatives to restore her to
health were in vain.  Two months ago she had improved somewhat and was able to
ride out, but it proved only the gathering of the forces of disease for a
renewed attack, more acute than the first.  A few hours before her death she
suffered a stroke of paralysis.  This, with the complication of diseases, from
which she suffered, silenced her voice, and mercifully lulled her to sleep.  The
closing hours of her life were free from pain.

There was no singing at her funeral yesterday afternoon.  Rev. Millard offered a
prayer Rev. Carlisle spoke very briefly of the life of the deceased, Rev.
Millard following him.  Rev. Stewart made the closing prayer.  The Ladies’
Literary Club attended in a body.  The casket was a handsome one, with open
side, giving a full view of the body on which flowers had been heaped in great
profusion.

Landlord Divine, who was reared in the same neighborhood as Mrs. Crane closed
the Hotel Divine during the funeral hour as a mark of respect.

Among those who attended the funeral yesterday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. L.C.
Fales, Mrs. E.R. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Fales, M.A. Filkins Belding; Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Smith, Mrs. Mary Butler, Misses Winifred and Freda Fales, Ionia;
Mrs. E. Morris, Big Rapids.


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