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July 27, 1990
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

James O. Crane, 60, 2207 S. Park, died Thursday at home.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Smith Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Howard Butler officiating.

Burial will be at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens in Broken Arrow.

He was born may 5, 1930, in Centralia, Ill., and was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Mr. Crane was an engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad, and CBQ Railroad and had worked for Frisco and Burlington Railroads since 1960. He moved to Sapulpa from Colahoma City in 1973 and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a Baptist.

Survivors include wife Millie; daughters Cathy Courtney of Oklahoma City, Lana Winston of Dallas and Sherry McGuire of Sapulpa; sons Danny Walton and Mike Crane, both of Sapulpa; sister Margaret Green of Vian; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

July 30, 1990
Sapulpa Herald

JAMES O. CRANE

Funeral services for James O. Crane were today at Smith funeral Chapel with the Rev. Howard Butler officiating.

Burial followed at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens.

Casket bearers were B. J. Howell, Harold Purcell, T. E. Esmond, D. K. West, John Wright, Kurt Keckard and honorary bearer Phil Lytle.