Winnie Rae Craner

  General Notes:

WINNIE RAE CRANER (1902 - 1978)

Winnie was born 15 May 1902 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho. She was the ninth child and fourth daughter born to John Harrison and Rosena Lyon Lee.
Winnie married Leonard Ephraim Wold 5 June 1919 in Burley, Cassia, Idaho. They made their home in Paul Idaho where Leo was working at Amalgamated Sugar Company as a beet end foreman. They rented a small house until the spring of 1920 when they got one of the sugar factory houses on sugar row.
Winnie and Leonard were the parents of three children:

Name:Birth Date:Death Date:
1. Leonard "Sonny" Eldon Craner14 Dec 1920
2. Dorothy Aileen Craner30 Mar 1925
3. Thelma Rae Craner12 July 1928

On 2 April 1923 Winnie's mother passed away and her 12 year old sister Neola "Dutchie" went to live with Winnie and Leo. She lived with them until the spring of 1925 when they moved to Tracy, California so Leo could work for the Holly Sugar Company. In April 1926 the family moved to Torrington, Wyoming. Dutchie once again lived with them. She went to High School in Torrington. Dutchie was very close to them and they often referred to her as their oldest daughter.
Leo worked thirty years for the Holly Sugar Company and retired on a small pension in 1957 at the age of 65. Winnie died 8 August 1978 in Torrington, Goshen, Wyoming and was buried there. Leonard died 4 February 1982 in Torrington.

Source: History written by Leonard Wold and Story by Dorothy Wold Farmer. Submitted by Marsha Sparhawk.
Edited by Jeri Ann Fogg


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  LDS Information:

Baptism: 2 Jul 1910

Endowment: 27 Aug 1946, Salt Lake Temple

Sealed to Parents: BIC

She was sealed to her spouse on 27 Aug 1946 at Salt Lake Temple. (Leonard Ephraim Wold was born on 13 Feb 1892 in Milton, Morgan, Utah, USA and died on 4 Feb 1982 in Torrington, Goshen, Wyoming, USA.)