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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 20, 1952, page 1

WALTER CRANE OF LYLE PASSES AT THE DALLES HOSPITAL

Walter Vernon Crane was born July 15th, 1875 in Greenfield, Indiana. He was married to Georgia Richardson on December 25th, 1896. To this union were born four children, Mary, Albert, Ernest and Everett. Mr. and Mrs. Crane came to Lyle from Portland in 1902 and homesteaded in Appleton for nine years. They came back to Lyle in September of 1911 and started the telephone Company there and operated it for 20 years. Mrs. Georgia Crane and the four children have preceded him in death.
Walter started to work as a division lineman for the S.P.& S. Railway in 1917 and retired in 1940. He has been a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 163 at White Salmon, Washington since Oct. 24th 1927 and was a member of the Columbia Grange No. 87 of Lyle and also the Chamber of Commerce.
On March 16th, 1938 he was married to Marjorie Fuller who now survives him. Other relatives include a half-sister, Ethel Patterson of Los Angeles, California half-brother, Jesse Crane of Ontario, Calif; half-brother, Floyd Crane of Kansas City, Mo.; half-brothers Joe and Floyd Socks of Indiana.
Mr. Crane passed away at The Dalles Hospital March 19th at the age of 76.
Masonic services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22nd at the Gardners Funeral Home in White Salmon. Interment will be in the Lyle Cemetery.

The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., March 27, 1952, page 8

WALTER CRANE KNEW TRAGEDY

Few men knew tragedy so well as Walter Crane, 76, Lyle resident for half a century. His only daughter Mary died of typhoid. His first wife and his son Everett were killed in automobile accidents. Another son, Albert was eleetrocuted while working as a telephone employee in Yakima. Exactly a Year prior to Walter Crane's own funeral last Saturday, his last surviving son Ernest passed away in his sleep.
Walter Vernon Crane was born July 15, 1875 in Greenfield, Indiana. He was married to Georgia Richardson on Christmas Day 1896. In 1902 the couple homesteaded in Appleton.
Nine years later they moved to Lyle and started the telephone company which they operated for 20 years.
From 1917 to his retirement in 1940, Mr. Crane worked as a division lineman for the S.P.&S. Railway. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 163 at White Salmon for 25 years and belonged to the Columbia Grange (87) of Lyle and also the Chamber of Commerce.
On March 16, 1938 he was married to Marjorie Fuller who now survives him. Other relatives include a half-sister, sister, Ethel Patterson of Los Angeles; and four half-brothers, Jesse Crane of Ontario, Calif., Floyd Crane of Kansas City, Mo., and Joe and Floyd Socks of Indiana.
Mr. Crane died at The Dalles hospital March 19. Masonic services were held at 2 p.m. last Saturday, March 22 at Gardners Funeral Home. Interment was in the Lyle Cemetery. Active Masonic pall bearers were Will O'Neal, Bill Biggers, Homer James, Bob Chamberlain, R.F. Niblock, Mr. Morginson, Byrd Clark and Olaf Baker.