Ruth Bray and William Metcalf Crane

WILLIAM METCALF CRANE, son of INEZ MAY REID and WILLIAM METCALF CRANE, was born May 8, 1885 in Albia, Monroe, Iowa,²⁴³² and died May 10, 1942 in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California.⁶³³¹ He is buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California.^{5171, 6331}

He married RUTH BRAY. She was born March 13, 1901 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts,⁶³³¹ and died June 18, 1945 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.⁶³³¹ She is buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California.^{456, 6331}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of William M. Crane)

Children of RUTH BRAY and WILLIAM METCALF CRANE:

1. Daughter

Obituaries

Santa Ana Daily Evening Register, May 12, 1942⁵¹⁷¹

William M. Crane Rites Tomorrow

Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Bade mortuary, Tujunga, for William M. Crane, 57, of Los Angeles, brother of Mrs. D. N. Kelly of Lemon Heights. Mr. Crane died May 10. Graveside rites will be conducted by the Elks lodge at Fairhaven cemetery.

Santa Ana Register, June 20, 1945¹⁰⁹⁵⁰

Mrs. Ruth B. Crane

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth B. Crane, widow of the late William M. Crane, Jr., of Santa Ana, who died Monday at Tujunga, will be held in that city tomorrow at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Fairhaven cemetery here.

Mrs. Crane was a sister-in-law of Mrs. D. N. Kelly of Lemon Heights. She is survived by a daughter, Carla Alice Crane, who now will reside at the Kelly home.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 9, 19001129	Troy, Monroe, Iowa	Inez May Reid William Metcalf Crane Reid Isaac Crane William Metcalf Crane Inez May Crane Louisa Belle Crane Corle Crane
April 16, 19101134	Santa Ana, Orange, California	William Metcalf Crane
January 7, 19201131	Santa Ana, Orange, California	William Metcalf Crane
April 21, 1930337	Santa Ana, Orange, California	William Metcalf Crane
April 2, 19402537	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	William Metcalf Crane Ruth Bray