MARTIN W. CRANNEY
OAKLEY - Martin Wyndon Cranney, 97 year old Oakley resident died Tuesday, July 22, 1986, May's Country Living Center in Rupert. He was born December 29, 1888, at Petersboro, Utah, the son of Willard Duane and Hattie Wolfe Cranney. He attended schools in Logan, Utah and Smoot, Wyoming. He moved to Idaho in 1907, where he had homesteaded in the Oakley Valley with his family. In 1915, he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Southern States Mission for two years. He married Elizabeth Matthews on November 8, 1916 in the Logan LDS Temple. He was active in the LDS Church serving as President of the Mutual Improvement Association, as counselor in the Bishopric, as Bishop of the Marion Ward for ten years, and in May of 1955, he was made Oakley Stake Patriarch. He had received the Stake M-Men Award in the Oakley Stake. He had served as chairman of the A.S.C.S. Committee, Deputy Assessor for Cassia County, was a member of both the Island District and the Oakley Rural District School Boards, and was an Honorary Member of the Oakley American Legion. He had sung at many funerals during his younger years.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, of Oakley; five daughters, Mrs. Howard (Kathlyn) Stubblefield of Oakley, Mrs. Glen (Carol) Ward of Paris, Idaho, Mrs. Lloyd (Ruth) Drury of Providence, Utah, Mrs. Max (Rachel) Williams of Bend, Oregon, and Mrs. Jim (Diane) Herndon of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, Cleo Hinckley of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Claire McCurdy of Whittier, California; one brother, Monroe Cranney of Moses Lake, Washington; twenty-four grandchildren; and sixty-two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, 1986, at the Pella LDS Ward Chapel, with Bishop Gary Whiteley, officiating. Burial will be in the Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Payne Mortuary, 221 West Main Street in Burley on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. and at the church one hour prior to the funeral on Friday. The family suggests that memorials be given to the Oakley LDS Stake Missionary Fund or the Oakley Valley Arts Council.
OAKLEY - Martin Wyndon Cranney, 97 year old Oakley resident died Tuesday, July 22, 1986, May's Country Living Center in Rupert. He was born December 29, 1888, at Petersboro, Utah, the son of Willard Duane and Hattie Wolfe Cranney. He attended schools in Logan, Utah and Smoot, Wyoming. He moved to Idaho in 1907, where he had homesteaded in the Oakley Valley with his family. In 1915, he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Southern States Mission for two years. He married Elizabeth Matthews on November 8, 1916 in the Logan LDS Temple. He was active in the LDS Church serving as President of the Mutual Improvement Association, as counselor in the Bishopric, as Bishop of the Marion Ward for ten years, and in May of 1955, he was made Oakley Stake Patriarch. He had received the Stake M-Men Award in the Oakley Stake. He had served as chairman of the A.S.C.S. Committee, Deputy Assessor for Cassia County, was a member of both the Island District and the Oakley Rural District School Boards, and was an Honorary Member of the Oakley American Legion. He had sung at many funerals during his younger years.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, of Oakley; five daughters, Mrs. Howard (Kathlyn) Stubblefield of Oakley, Mrs. Glen (Carol) Ward of Paris, Idaho, Mrs. Lloyd (Ruth) Drury of Providence, Utah, Mrs. Max (Rachel) Williams of Bend, Oregon, and Mrs. Jim (Diane) Herndon of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, Cleo Hinckley of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Claire McCurdy of Whittier, California; one brother, Monroe Cranney of Moses Lake, Washington; twenty-four grandchildren; and sixty-two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, 1986, at the Pella LDS Ward Chapel, with Bishop Gary Whiteley, officiating. Burial will be in the Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Payne Mortuary, 221 West Main Street in Burley on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. and at the church one hour prior to the funeral on Friday. The family suggests that memorials be given to the Oakley LDS Stake Missionary Fund or the Oakley Valley Arts Council.
MARTIN W. CRANNEY
OAKLEY - Martin Wyndon Cranney, 97 year old Oakley resident died Tuesday, July 22, 1986, May's Country Living Center in Rupert. He was born December 29, 1888, at Petersboro, Utah, the son of Willard Duane and Hattie Wolfe Cranney. He attended schools in Logan, Utah and Smoot, Wyoming. He moved to Idaho in 1907, where he had homesteaded in the Oakley Valley with his family. In 1915, he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Southern States Mission for two years. He married Elizabeth Matthews on November 8, 1916 in the Logan LDS Temple. He was active in the LDS Church serving as President of the Mutual Improvement Association, as counselor in the Bishopric, as Bishop of the Marion Ward for ten years, and in May of 1955, he was made Oakley Stake Patriarch. He had received the Stake M-Men Award in the Oakley Stake. He had served as chairman of the A.S.C.S. Committee, Deputy Assessor for Cassia County, was a member of both the Island District and the Oakley Rural District School Boards, and was an Honorary Member of the Oakley American Legion. He had sung at many funerals during his younger years.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, of Oakley; five daughters, Mrs. Howard (Kathlyn) Stubblefield of Oakley, Mrs. Glen (Carol) Ward of Paris, Idaho, Mrs. Lloyd (Ruth) Drury of Providence, Utah, Mrs. Max (Rachel) Williams of Bend, Oregon, and Mrs. Jim (Diane) Herndon of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, Cleo Hinckley of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Claire McCurdy of Whittier, California; one brother, Monroe Cranney of Moses Lake, Washington; twenty-four grandchildren; and sixty-two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, 1986, at the Pella LDS Ward Chapel, with Bishop Gary Whiteley, officiating. Burial will be in the Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Payne Mortuary, 221 West Main Street in Burley on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. and at the church one hour prior to the funeral on Friday. The family suggests that memorials be given to the Oakley LDS Stake Missionary Fund or the Oakley Valley Arts Council.
OAKLEY - Martin Wyndon Cranney, 97 year old Oakley resident died Tuesday, July 22, 1986, May's Country Living Center in Rupert. He was born December 29, 1888, at Petersboro, Utah, the son of Willard Duane and Hattie Wolfe Cranney. He attended schools in Logan, Utah and Smoot, Wyoming. He moved to Idaho in 1907, where he had homesteaded in the Oakley Valley with his family. In 1915, he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Southern States Mission for two years. He married Elizabeth Matthews on November 8, 1916 in the Logan LDS Temple. He was active in the LDS Church serving as President of the Mutual Improvement Association, as counselor in the Bishopric, as Bishop of the Marion Ward for ten years, and in May of 1955, he was made Oakley Stake Patriarch. He had received the Stake M-Men Award in the Oakley Stake. He had served as chairman of the A.S.C.S. Committee, Deputy Assessor for Cassia County, was a member of both the Island District and the Oakley Rural District School Boards, and was an Honorary Member of the Oakley American Legion. He had sung at many funerals during his younger years.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, of Oakley; five daughters, Mrs. Howard (Kathlyn) Stubblefield of Oakley, Mrs. Glen (Carol) Ward of Paris, Idaho, Mrs. Lloyd (Ruth) Drury of Providence, Utah, Mrs. Max (Rachel) Williams of Bend, Oregon, and Mrs. Jim (Diane) Herndon of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, Cleo Hinckley of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Claire McCurdy of Whittier, California; one brother, Monroe Cranney of Moses Lake, Washington; twenty-four grandchildren; and sixty-two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, 1986, at the Pella LDS Ward Chapel, with Bishop Gary Whiteley, officiating. Burial will be in the Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Payne Mortuary, 221 West Main Street in Burley on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. and at the church one hour prior to the funeral on Friday. The family suggests that memorials be given to the Oakley LDS Stake Missionary Fund or the Oakley Valley Arts Council.
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