John Virgil Crane

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J. Virgil Crane, long time farmer and ASCS Fieldman was taken at his home in Ashland by a heart attack on November 2, 1968. He was born February 18, 1896 in Clinton, IN, to Benjamin and Anna Crane. He was orphaned at the age of 5 by the death of both parents. He lived with a cousin in Indiana for a year, then moving to Tulia, TX to live with an uncle. He attended school there until the age of 16, when he moved to Clark County and worked for various farmers in the Lexington community.

Virgil served in the armed forces of the United States in World War I from 1917 to the end of the war. He returned to Clark County and resumed working on various farms.

May 5, 1922 he was united in marriage to Jennie May Valentine of the Lexington community. Here their 4 children were born, Ellen, Eula May, Irene, and Guy. Eula May preceded him in death in February 1929 at the age of 3.

In 1934 he accepted a position on the ASCS County Committee. In 1944 he became a State field representative serving 36 southwestern counties, working until his retirement in 1965.

In 1949 they purchased a home in Ashland.

Virgil was a member of the Lexington Methodist Church, the VFW and the American Legion. For the past 2 years, he was President of the Clark County Historical Society.

He leaves to mourn his death, his widow Jennie May; one son, Guy L. Crane of Manhattan; 2 daughters, Mrs. Marvin McPhail of Ashland and Mrs. David Unruh of Garden City; 15 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren; 3 brothers, Lysle of Protection, KS; Earl Crane of Dana, IN; and Cedric Crane of Des Plaines, IL; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Strong of Bartlesville, OK; many other relatives and a host of friends.

John married Jennie May Valentine on 5 May 1922 in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, USA. Jennie was born on 5 Oct 1903 in Lexington, Clark County, Kansas, USA; died on 30 May 1975 in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Ashland, Clark County, Kansas, USA, Highland Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Clark County Clipper
August 22, 1929

Clark County Child Killed in Great Bend
A tragedy that brought sorrow to a number of homes in Clark County occurred in Great Bend last Sunday when Eula May Crane, 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Crane of the Lexington neighborhood was run over by an automobile, and so severely injured that she died within an hour after she had been hit by the car. Mr. and Mrs. Crane and their 2 daughters, Ellen and Eula May had gone to Great Bend to visit relatives. She leaves her parents, one sister, Ellen, her grandparents, 4 great-grandparents, and other relatives and friends to mourn her loss.