Irene Elizabeth Hall and John Blessing Crone

IRENE ELIZABETH HALL, daughter of METTIE LEONA WILLIAMS and ISAAC LILBURN HALL, was born June 21, 1897 in Warren County, Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died February 12, 1993 in Woodland Manor Nursing Centre, Attica, Fountain, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

She married JOHN BLESSING CRONE on August 16, 1917 in Warren County, Indiana.¹⁶⁷⁵ He was born July 5, 1894 in West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana,¹⁶⁷⁵ and died July 25, 1986.¹¹⁷⁴² He is buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of IRENE ELIZABETH HALL and JOHN BLESSING CRONE:

1. J. HALL CRONE, b. May 25, 1918, West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ d. August 11, 2011, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
2. ANNA JEAN CRONE, b. March 15, 1921, Steuben, Warren, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. HERBERT PARK HUNTER on June 4, 1941 in West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana^{1675, 11746}; d. May 28, 2008, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.¹¹⁷⁴⁴
3. Son

Personal Information

Irene E. Hall

• graduated from West Lebanon High School, Warren County, Indiana, 1915¹¹⁷⁴¹
• was a schoolteacher in Warren County, Indiana¹¹⁷⁴¹
• was a member of the West Lebanon Christian Church. ¹¹⁷⁴¹

John B. Crone

• was a cashier in West Lebanon¹¹⁷⁴²

Military Service

Obituaries

Journal and Courier, July 30, 1986¹¹⁷⁴²

John B. Crone

WEST LEBANON — John B. Crone, 92, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., died July 25 following a stroke June 29.

Born in Warren County, he had lived in this area most of his life. His marriage was to Irene Hall in 1917, and she survives.

Mr. Crone had a distinguished service career enlisting in the infantry in World War I. H earned the Distinguished Service Cross citation and the French Croix de Gueere for extraordinary heroism in operations at Marvaux, France. He also served in the Army occupation for 18 months.

After returning home from the war, he worked as cashier for 24 years in the Central State Bank and The Farmers Central Bank, both in West Lebanon.

With the outbreak of World War II, he was called back into service and served as commandant of Military AFTP at Bradley College in Peoria, Ill., St. Norbert's College, De Pere, Wis., and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

He and his wife lived on a farm north of West Lebanon for many years and in 1964 moved from West Lebanon to Fort Myers Beach.

Surviving with the widow are two sons, J. Hall Crone of Route 3, Williamsport and Boyd M. Crone of Route 1, Williamsport; and a daughter, Mrs. Park (Anna Jena) Hunter of Route 3, Williamsport.

Journal and Courier, February 14, 1993¹¹⁷⁴¹

Irene H. Crone, 95, former schoolteacher

WILLIAMSPORT — Irene Hall Crone, 95, died at 7:16 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in Woodland Manor Nursing Home, Attica, where she had lived since April 1990.

Mrs. Crone formerly taught school at Mound Township School in Warren County.

Born Jun 2, 1897, in Warren County, she lived there most of her life and in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., from 1964 until 1990. She graduated from West Lebanon High School in 1915 and from college in Winona Lake.

She married John B. Crone on Aug. 16, 1917, in Warren County. He was a cashier at Farmers Central Bank. Mr. Crone died July 25, 1986.

She was a member of West Lebanon Christian Church.

Surviving are two sons, J. Hall Crone of Route 3, Williamsport, and Boyd M. Crone of Route 1, Williamsport, and a daughter, Mrs. Park (Anna Jean) Hunter of Route 3, Williamsport.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 19007745	Pike, Warren, Indiana	Isaac Lilburn Hall Mettie Leona Williams Zola Pauline Hall Gladys R. Hall Irene Elizabeth Hall
April 15, 19107746	Pike, Warren, Indiana	Isaac Lilburn Hall Mettie Leona Williams Gladys R. Hall Irene Elizabeth Hall Madeline P. Hall
May 25, 19207747	Steuben, Warren, Indiana	John Blessing Crone Irene Elizabeth Hall J. Hall Crone
April 2, 19307748	West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana	John Blessing Crone Irene Elizabeth Hall J. Hall Crone Anna Jean Crone Son