Ethel Ann Slaughter Craner was the daughter of the late Walter and Ella Olsen Slaughter. She was the wife of almost 60 years of David Ellis Craner whom she married in Boise, Idaho, in 1934.
She spent her childhood in Twin Falls, Idaho, and worked as a telephone operator. After her marriage to Mr. Craner, they moved to California where she became a full time homemaker.
She and her husband were the subjects once of a kidnapping plot. Unbeknownst to them, kidnappers were planning to kidnap them for ransom from Bank of America of which Mr. Craner was a vice president. The perpetrators were apprehended before the plan could be put into action and Mr. and Mrs. Craner were notified by then district attorney Vincent Bugliosi, of Helter Skelter fame, as to the plot and its details.
After Mr. Craner's retirement and in the early 1980s, they moved to Edwardsville, Kansas, to be nearer their son and his family. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. She adored her little poodle, Jacques.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Walt and Marilyn Craner of Pine Mountain, Georgia, her sister, Patricia Bruning of Boise, Idaho, her grandchildren, David and Daniel Craner and Karen Hays, all of Overland Park, Kansas, Diane Alexander of Charlotte, North Carolina, Linda Davenport of Avon, Ohio, and Rick Deeken of Kansas City, Missouri, and twelve great grandchildren.
Ethel was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In memory of Ethel, donations were requested to be made to Columbus, Georgia, Hospice House or the Church.
She spent her childhood in Twin Falls, Idaho, and worked as a telephone operator. After her marriage to Mr. Craner, they moved to California where she became a full time homemaker.
She and her husband were the subjects once of a kidnapping plot. Unbeknownst to them, kidnappers were planning to kidnap them for ransom from Bank of America of which Mr. Craner was a vice president. The perpetrators were apprehended before the plan could be put into action and Mr. and Mrs. Craner were notified by then district attorney Vincent Bugliosi, of Helter Skelter fame, as to the plot and its details.
After Mr. Craner's retirement and in the early 1980s, they moved to Edwardsville, Kansas, to be nearer their son and his family. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. She adored her little poodle, Jacques.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Walt and Marilyn Craner of Pine Mountain, Georgia, her sister, Patricia Bruning of Boise, Idaho, her grandchildren, David and Daniel Craner and Karen Hays, all of Overland Park, Kansas, Diane Alexander of Charlotte, North Carolina, Linda Davenport of Avon, Ohio, and Rick Deeken of Kansas City, Missouri, and twelve great grandchildren.
Ethel was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In memory of Ethel, donations were requested to be made to Columbus, Georgia, Hospice House or the Church.
Ethel Ann Slaughter Craner was the daughter of the late Walter and Ella Olsen Slaughter. She was the wife of almost 60 years of David Ellis Craner whom she married in Boise, Idaho, in 1934.
She spent her childhood in Twin Falls, Idaho, and worked as a telephone operator. After her marriage to Mr. Craner, they moved to California where she became a full time homemaker.
She and her husband were the subjects once of a kidnapping plot. Unbeknownst to them, kidnappers were planning to kidnap them for ransom from Bank of America of which Mr. Craner was a vice president. The perpetrators were apprehended before the plan could be put into action and Mr. and Mrs. Craner were notified by then district attorney Vincent Bugliosi, of Helter Skelter fame, as to the plot and its details.
After Mr. Craner's retirement and in the early 1980s, they moved to Edwardsville, Kansas, to be nearer their son and his family. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. She adored her little poodle, Jacques.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Walt and Marilyn Craner of Pine Mountain, Georgia, her sister, Patricia Bruning of Boise, Idaho, her grandchildren, David and Daniel Craner and Karen Hays, all of Overland Park, Kansas, Diane Alexander of Charlotte, North Carolina, Linda Davenport of Avon, Ohio, and Rick Deeken of Kansas City, Missouri, and twelve great grandchildren.
Ethel was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In memory of Ethel, donations were requested to be made to Columbus, Georgia, Hospice House or the Church.
She spent her childhood in Twin Falls, Idaho, and worked as a telephone operator. After her marriage to Mr. Craner, they moved to California where she became a full time homemaker.
She and her husband were the subjects once of a kidnapping plot. Unbeknownst to them, kidnappers were planning to kidnap them for ransom from Bank of America of which Mr. Craner was a vice president. The perpetrators were apprehended before the plan could be put into action and Mr. and Mrs. Craner were notified by then district attorney Vincent Bugliosi, of Helter Skelter fame, as to the plot and its details.
After Mr. Craner's retirement and in the early 1980s, they moved to Edwardsville, Kansas, to be nearer their son and his family. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. She adored her little poodle, Jacques.
At the time of her death, she was survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Walt and Marilyn Craner of Pine Mountain, Georgia, her sister, Patricia Bruning of Boise, Idaho, her grandchildren, David and Daniel Craner and Karen Hays, all of Overland Park, Kansas, Diane Alexander of Charlotte, North Carolina, Linda Davenport of Avon, Ohio, and Rick Deeken of Kansas City, Missouri, and twelve great grandchildren.
Ethel was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In memory of Ethel, donations were requested to be made to Columbus, Georgia, Hospice House or the Church.
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