 1921 - 2012 (90 years)
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| Name |
Ward Allen Crane |
| Birth |
16 Oct 1921 |
Charleston, Kanawha County, WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Feb 2012 |
Durham, Durham County, NC [2] |
| Person ID |
I6129 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
22 Nov 2016 |
| Family |
Charlotte Christine Tyree, b. 14 Mar 1924, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV d. 21 Nov 2000, Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County, NC (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
1951 [1] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1955 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Dec 2025 |
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| Sources |
- [S546] Obituary, Tyree, Charlotte C., (Newspaper Article Obtained June 20, 2002 from the collection at the Greenbrier Historical Society), 5047.
- [S966] Obituary, Crane, Ward Allen, (Durham Herald-Sun), 22 Nov 2016 (Reliability: 2).
Ward Allen Crane, 90, of Durham, formerly of Ocean Isle Beach, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 in the Durham Regional Hospital.
Born in Charleston, West Virginia on October 16, 1921, he was a son of the late Herbert Allen and Anna Mae Uhl Crane. He was a United States Naval Aviator Cadet from 1942 until 1943; and a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 until 1945 having received three Bronze Stars, the Air Medal, and the Medal of Valor. He was a retired insurance company manager. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlotte Crane.
Survivors include two sons, Scott A. Crane and wife, Kathi of Durham, and Barry W. Crane of Willow Springs; a daughter, Julie D. Crane Levy and husband, Howard of Richmond, VA; a sister, Virginia Lee Marr of Washington, DC; and grandchildren, Jennifer Crane Harden, Jacqueline Crane, Scotty Crane, Jeffrey Levy and Samantha Levy.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, February 24, 2012 in Jennies Branch Baptist Church by The Reverend Robbie Stephens. Interment will follow in the Jennies Branch Baptist Church with military honors.
Durham Herald-Sun - February 23 2012
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