GED4WEB version 4.41 Crane Albert Lester Theodore [Male] b. 23 MAY 1893 Vining, Clay County, Kansas - d. 27 APR 1954 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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June 5, 1917, Teddy is living at 300 East 10th Street, Ada, Oklahoma. He is working as a shoe cobbler with his father J. A. Crane. His draft registration card states that he is age 24, short, medium build with brown eyes and black hair. He has no disabilities.
January 23, 1934, while living at 3108 West 63rd Street, Chicago, Illinois, Teddy wrote the following love letter to his beloved Annie and cherished Dixie who are visiting Annie's family in Lyford, Texas.
Dear darling Annie
Sure glad to hear from you just received your letter dated January 20, I received your postal card yesterday I ans it allso mailed you and Dixie a box of candy - so you see I'm thinking of you all the time sure lonesome here without you and Dixie. I allmost got the Texas fever, but, not so hot the fever is running about 98 1/6.
Yes I suspect that part of Texas has its draw back. I expect in the summer time when its dry it stays dry and when it rains it rains to much and the wind blows about too weeks before it will rain. We are having real nice weather up here in Chicago, some rain yesterday and today the sun came out it all most gave me the Spring fever.
I think you will get that box of candy about Sunday sweetie honey dearest when you come home I want you to get a pullman back to Chicago so you and Dixie wont get so sick of riding and I think you will have to buy whats called a 2nd class ticket before you can get a sleeper pullman sleepers uper berth don't come as high as a lower berth them sleepers came down in price too, honey I sure want you to have a good time and when you come back I want you to ride in better cars than the chair car even if it cost more you can rest better so can Dixie.
O sweetie you are a honey everything nice. I'm crazzy to squize you sweet baby doll - honey dear.
That woman Dr. case was voted out of court - called a misstrial or something. She had good lawyers.
O yes milk is 9 cents a qt. No I haven't seen Mr. Nibbs again I seen Mr. & Mrs. ?, they are ok. So Dixie likes to stay out and play. Poor Clarence sure has hard luck don't he. How is Gene and his wife. How mother and father fine I hope lots of love to you all.
Kisss XXXX XXX for you and Dixie.
April 1950, Ted and Annie visited his sister Delia Crane Stevens, her husband James Stevens and their niece, Shirley Jane Lindsey, in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. A notation on the back of a picture states that this was his first vacation from the Park.
Full Name: Albert Lester Theodore "Teddy or Ted" CRANE. Teddy was blinded by mustard gas in World War I. Like his father and his sister, Violet, he was an accomplished poet. His cause of death was cancer.
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When Morris and Frances left Chicago, in the early 1930's, they left a bunch of unpaid bills. The bill collectors hounded Ted and Annie Crane for payment of these bills.
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"Dee" or Delia Crane joined the Riley, Kansas, Methodist Church on April 20, 1902, at the same time that her father, Julian Albert Crane, joined.
The following article appeared in a Temple, Texas, newspaper in 1929:
Awards Are Made to Class Leaders -- High Tribute is Paid to Institution and Graduates by Judge Odell -- "These nurses and doctors will need no monuments erected in their memory for their monuments are in the hearts of a grateful people," Judge W. M. Odell of Fort Worth declared last night in the class address at commencement exercises for the 1929 graduating class of Scott & White hospital training school for nurses at the Reagan school auditorium.
Eighteen young women received diplomas, which represent three years of intensive work, more than required in the average four year university courses leading to degrees of various kinds. After the auditorium had filled with local citizens and friends and relatives of the graduates here from over the state, more than 100 student nurses in uniform entered to fill a reserved section while the graduating class took its place on the platform.
Given Maud Scott Award -- Mrs. Delia Hamilton, valedictorian, spoke in behalf of the class and later in the evening was presented with the Maud Scott award, a diamond bar pin given each year by Mrs. A. C. Scott to the graduate who in the three years work makes the highest scholastic record. Mrs. Walker Saulsbury, daughter of Mrs. Scott, made the presentation to the nurse "best typifying unselfish, ambitious service for mankind, who has striven and succeeded in her three years specialized study."
Award by Mrs. R. R. White -- Mrs. Pearl McWhorter, who brought greetings from the class as salutatorian, was presented with the annual award made by Mrs. R. R. White, by Raleigh R. White, son of Mrs. White. He made a splendid talk telling of the interest of his family and his mother in the institution and the annual presentation of a watch to the young woman making the second highest honors.
Graduates were presented by Miss Clara Louise Wright, R. N., superintendent of nurses, and diplomas were presented by Dr. A. C. Scott to the following: Thelma Allen, Lyndell Bruner, Vera Fay Brown, Bertha Cull, Floyd Davis, Alice Griswold, Kate Gullett, Delia Hamilton, Floy Hamlin, Rosalie Lomica, Irene McClure, Pearl McWhorter, Ona Marie Miller, Pearl E. Simmons, Quinby Terry, Pearl Lee Woody, Minnie Wolman, and Opal Woods.
"Nursing is one of the highest and noblest arts and the nurse will always be the right hand of the doctor," Dr. Scott said in addressing the class briefly. "To the nurse must go due honor in the work of span of life and the nurses must share any measure of success that comes to this hospital."
The program opened with invocation by Reverend Lynn Claybrook. Miss Alberta Kagy of Baylor college played a violin solo, and Miss Barbara Brown gave a vocal solo, both being accompanied by Miss Morgan. The benediction was by Reverend R. N. McCallum. Address by Judge Odell -- Judge Odell was introduced by Dr. Scott as one of the most distinguished men of the state, having served the state and nation in various capacities, and recently having been vice-chairman of the state prison board and appointed to the board of regents of the state university. Mr. Odell talked first of reminiscences as a patient in the local hospital in 1911, his humor striking a responsive chord with his audience as he told of old times and experiences.
Then, turning to the more serious side, he addressed the young women "who have dedicated your lives to the welfare of the human race, to minister to the afflicted and suffering. I know of no nobler service than that to which your young lives could be dedicated. The world has long erected monuments to destroyers and in late years the shrine of American patriotism has been the grave of the unknown soldier. But, there should be a greater monument yonder in Washington to the nurses who have gone out, not to kill and destroy, but to minister to the sick and injured, in war, in peace, in disease and at all times."
He paid a glowing tribute to the late Dr. R. R. White and to Dr. A. C. Scott as surgeons and doctors and also as citizens of the state working for its welfare in many ways. "Young ladies, you will need no monuments. The nurses' and doctors' work will endure long after their hands have ceased to labor. Your monuments will be written in the hearts of a grateful people."
May 7, 1942 - The Geary Star, Geary, Blaine County, Oklahoma:
Geary Women Study Home Nursing -- Home Nursing Credits Earned by 27 Women -- Twenty seven women have completed a 24 hour training course in Home Nursing here. Final examinations were given April 28. The class met Thursday evening to discuss questions and receive papers from examination. Courtesy gifts were given to Mrs. J. W. Stevens and Mrs. Irene Phelps. Red Cross methods, procedures, and recommendations were used by Mrs. Stevens, authorized Red Cross class instructor. Material emphasized in the class included personal health habits and hygiene, community health and sanitation and methods or practices used in caring for the sick. Those completing the course received vocational homemaking certificates and will receive Red Cross cards. They were: Mrs. Helen Bright, Mrs. Marian Browning, Mrs. Anna Dalke, Mrs. Irene Evans, Mrs. Abbie Ruth, Miss Helen Ruth, Miss Genieve Segar, Mrs. Mildred Gwaltney, Mrs. Bonnie Heaston, Mrs. Aileen Herbold, Mrs. Marie Hoffman, Mrs. Chelsa Hutchinson, Mrs. Mona Kitson, Mrs. Helen Krehbiel, Mrs. Effie Lehman, Mrs. Florence Lehman, Mrs. Florence McIntire, Miss Mattie Nichols, Mrs. Minta Payne, Mrs. Irene Phelps, Miss Geraldine Rice, Mrs. Corine Richardson, Miss Maggie Mae Robertson, Mrs. Flora Robinson, Mrs. Dorothy Sisney, Mrs. Velma Truman and Mrs. Pearl Young.
(The following caption is under three pictures which appeared with the above article.) Women of Geary spent many serious hours in preparing themselves for the war effort in the home nursing course complete here last week. Three scenes taken during the study course are shown above.
No. 1 - A class meeting in the home economics room at the high school. Seated in the foreground, left to right, are: Mrs. Effie Lehman, Mrs. Irene Evans, Mrs. Mona Kitson, Mrs. Florence McIntire and Mrs. Mildred Gwaltney.
No. 2 - Mrs. Minta Payne is demonstrating one of the three steps in making up a hospital bed.
No. 3 - Mrs. J. W. Stevens, instructor, is signing vocational certificates. Mrs. Irene Phelps, sponsor of the class, is handing the certificate she earned to Mrs. Marian Browning.
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This obituary appeared in a Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, newspaper: Manfred Crane, former employee of a Pauls Valley bank, died December 23, 1973, in Carmel, California. Crane had been engaged in the insurance business in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and later established a company in Phoenix, Arizona. He was in the banking business for a number of years in Wilson, Oklahoma.
He is survived by his wife, Bessie Secor Crane, formerly of Pauls Valley; one daughter, Dorothy Alice Hoyt; three sisters, Mrs. J. B. O'Harro; Mrs. J. W. Stevens, formerly of Pauls Valley, who now lives in Abilene, Texas; and Mrs. D. H. Holder of New Orleans. He had lived in Pauls Valley in the early 1920's. He will be buried in Carmel, California.
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Title: Strahan Family Reunion .FTW
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Title: Documentation compiled by Ronald Phill Paddack, 3800 S. 1900 W. #58,Roy, Utah 84067-3136 (1997-1999)
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Dorothy suffered from emphysema or a bronchial weakness. She had a tracheotomy performed on December 23, 1972. Cause of death listed on her death certificate was strangulation on mucous. Her residence address at the time of her death was 114 S. W. 26, Apartment 6, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was living with her youngest son, Gary "Jerry" Lindsey.
Obituary: (The information for Dorothy's death certificate and obituary was furnished by Jerry who was moderately retarded and that is the reason for the incorrect spelling of the names and the discrepancies in the dates).
The Daily Oklahoman, Thursday, January 18, 1973, Page 46
Services for Mrs. Dorothy Eva Lindsey, 68, of 114 SW 26, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Capitol Hill Funeral Home with burial in Sunny Lane Cemetery. She died Monday at her home.
Mrs. Lindsey, a native of Riley, Kansas, came to Oklahoma City in 1920. She was a former employee of Douglas Aviation and a member of the Church of God.
Survivors include three sons, Eugene, Yukon; Gary of the home, and Donald D, Del City; two daughters, Mrs. Sherry Jane Taylor, Hawley, Texas, and Mrs. Peggy Sue Sharp, Tucson, Arizona, and two sisters, Mrs. Dee Dee Stevins, Abilene, Texas, and Mrs. Bertha O'Hara, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.
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Violet was a multi talented person. She was an accomplished seamstress, decorator and a published poet. She had a strong belief in the Christian Science religion.
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Title: Information compiled by Gary W. Watson, 1155 Ash, Suite 703, Denver,Colorado 80220, (Telephone 303 393-1750, email watsgw1155@@aol.com)about 1997.
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Title: Information compiled by Randall "Gene" Clack. Gene lists his sourcesas follows:
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Title: Information compiled by Randall "Gene" Clack. Gene lists his sourcesas follows:
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Miss Tommie Clack surmised that it seemed certain that Spencer Clack (1746-1832) descended from Reverend James Clack who was the English-born rector of Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, from 1679 to 1723.
He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army. Daughters American Revolution (DAR) lists show him as a First Lieutenant in a Virginia Unit, possibly the Henry County militia.
Spencer learned surveying and military tactics from George Washington.
He lived in Albemarle and Pittsylvania counties before the revolution. He was listed as a taxpayer in Henry County during the period of 1782 through 1787. He later lived in Franklin County, Virginia. Pittsylvania County became Henry County and then Franklin County.
He also lived for a while in Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was a member of the Loudoun County Militia.
In 1789 he migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee, where he was one of the first settlers of the area. In that year he erected a mill on the right bank of the East Fork of the Big Pigeon River, just above the current location of the town of Sevierville, Tennessee. He represented Sevier County at the Tennessee Constitutional Convention in 1796, and was a state legislator, both representative and senator for a number of years, until his death.
Spencer named Sevier County for his friend, John Sevier. He served as a trustee of the Nancy Academy, at Sevierville.
He deeded land on which his church was built, including land for the adjoining cemetery. He and his wife are buried in that cemetery.
Spencer Clack's obituary gave his birthplace as Loudoun County, Virginia, but this could not be accurate for Loudoun County was not partitioned from Fairfax County until 1757, and no Clack records, as early as Spencer's birth, were found in either of these counties.
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Title: Information compiled by Randall "Gene" Clack. Gene lists his sourcesas follows:
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Title: Edna Clack, 302 Antique Lane, Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee37381 (woodchippy@@aol.com)
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Title: Edna Clack, 302 Antique Lane, Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee37381 (woodchippy@@aol.com)
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