Dewey Maine Craner

  General Notes:

DEWEY MAINE CRANER (1898 - 1965)

Dewey was born 8 May 1898 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho. He was the eighth child and fifth son of John Harrison and Rosena Lyon Lee Craner. He went to grade school and one year at Oakley Academy.
He left home and went to Three Creek, Idaho in 1916 and punched cows for Carl Patrick; then later for Jack Campbell in Buhl, Idaho. Dewey returned home and leased a lot of land. They cleared sagebrush off the land and built fences with rocks. He made $5 or $6 a day.
On 18 September 1918 Dewey married Margaret Allen in Burley, Cassia, Idaho. Margaret was a very nice girl, serous minded. She was very good at public speaking and recited songs instead of singing them. They rented two rooms from Dewey's father in the lovely brick home in Oakley.
In January 1919, when the flu was raging, many died and Margaret, who was pregnant, was one of them. Everyone at the house was sick at once with it. John H. was the only one that didn't get it. He took care of them day and night.
Dewey farmed with his father and brother Clarence for a year and then moved with his father to Paul, Idaho.
Dewey married Lillian Davidson Hammond in 1923 in Paul, Minidoka, Idaho. Lillian was a telephone operator. She had been married before and had a son Edward who was about 12 years old. Lillian was a quiet person, reserved and very nice. She was an exceptionally good cook, friendly with everyone, and had lots of friends.
Dewey worked for the sugar factory in Paul and was later transferred to Missoula, Montana from 1927 to 1933. He was later transferred to Logan, Utah and was warehouse foreman over the three warehouses at Smithfield, Logan, and Ogden.
While living in Logan, Utah. Dewey and Lillian planned a vacation with their friends, the Dean Browns. The women traveled in one car and the men in another since they each had coups. The men planned to fish on the way. They were to meet in Idaho Falls, Idaho and then continue on to Yellowstone Falls. But tragedy occurred. As they were traveling along, a gravel truck came from a side road without stopping and collided into the women's car killing Lillian instantly and injuring Mrs. Brown's neck. Gradually Mrs. Brown regained her health. Lillian was buried in the cemetery in Oakley, Idaho.
Dewey was transferred to Sacramento, California. In 1941 he married Helen Tucker. In 1944 he was selected by Lester J. Homes, Plant Manager, to be Fieldman in the Lisbon and West Sacramento districts. He had unusual success in this field of work as he was well liked by the farmers and factory men, alike. He had an uncanny knack for getting along with people. He had a wide knowledge of sugar production, as well as production of sugar beets which made him a valuable man.
Dewey died 29 November 1984 in West Sacramento, Sacramento, California and was buried there.

Source: Winnie Rae Dayley, Submitted by Marsha Sparhawk. Edited by Jeri Ann Fogg

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  LDS Information:

Baptism: 1 Aug 1908

Endowment: 16 Jul 1999, Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple

Sealed to Parents: BIC

He was sealed to his spouse on 7 Dec 1999 at Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. (Margaret Allen died on 9 Jan 1919.)

He was sealed to his spouse on 7 Dec 1999 at Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. (Lillian Davidson was born on 21 Apr 1896 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA and died in Jul 1934 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA.)

Dewey next married Helen Mildred Tucker.