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- The Tulia Herald
May 8, 1947
Harvey Dan Crane, 77 years old, died Friday morning in the Swisher County Hospital. He had been in ill health for some time.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Tulia. Rev. James E. Harrell, pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. George Montgomery of Kress and Rev. J.L. Aldridge of Tulia. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Franklin Blockson, Bill Goodwin, Reginald Thomas, Loyd Gardner, Edgar Bell, and Charles Herring.
Honorary pallbearers were J.R. Ward, Joe Cantrell, V.C. Hagood, Bill Love, J.E. Swepston, Dennis Zimmerman, Elmo Speer, and A.C. Julch.
Mr. Crane is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice B. Crane, of Tulia; 2 daughters, Mrs. Frank Clobb of Tulia; and Mrs. C.C. Welker of Happy; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Abbie Helt of Clinton, IN; and Mrs. Harry Bales of Dana, IN.
Mr. Crane was born in Clinton, IN, October 3, 1869. He married December 26, 1895, and came to Swisher County in 1908. He was a farmer until his retirement.
His family and Ernie Pyle's family were neighbors, both living in the same town in Indiana. [2]
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