Neola Rose Craner

  General Notes:

NEOLA "DUTCHIE" ROSE CRANER (1911 -1996)

Neola was born 31 May 1911 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho. She was the twelfth child and sixth daughter born to John Harrison and Rosena Lyon Lee.
Neola's brothers gave her the name of Dutchie maybe because of the way she talked. She was known as Dutchie throughout her life.
A flu epidemic hit the valley during the winter of 1918. There were 13 in the household down with the flu. Dutchie's father waited on the family until he also became ill. Her Brother Dewey's wife, Margaret Allen, died as she was pregnant and the flu took most of the women in this condition. The Nationwide flu took more lives than did World War I.
Dutchie's family lived on 80 acres including a beautiful fruit orchard and a large 12 room red brick home. In 1918 John H and Clarence bought 500 acres and planted alfalfa. They built a small house, and in the summer the family moved to a little place called Churchill. Then John H. traded the farm in Oakley for land in Paul, Idaho.
Rosena, took ill in 1922, they took her to the doctors in Salt Lake City and they found she was full of cancer. She died 2 April 1923 in Paul, Idaho and was buried in the Oakley Cemetery.
John sold the home in Paul and went back to Churchill and lived with his son, Clarence. Dutchie went to live with her sister Winnie and her husband Leonard. She stayed with them until they moved to California. Her father, John H had married long time friend Alpha Judd Elquist. They lived at the Elquist ranch, called the "Land Ranch". Dutchie went to live with them.
John died 29 December 1925 from a heart attack. He was buried in the Oakley Cemetery next to Rosena.
During her freshman year of high school Dutchie received her share of her father's estate. She decided to use it to qualify herself to work so she went through a nine month business course at Gregg Business College in Twin Falls. She was unable to find a job upon graduation. So she moved to Torrington, Wyoming where Winnie and Leonard had moved to from California. Dutchie went back to high school.
Neola married Clifford Dayley 1 November 1930 in Rupert, Idaho. After the wedding, they went back to the land Ranch where friends and relatives were waiting. Fearing a chivaree, they ran around the house. Neola fell into the kitchen cesspool and Cliff jumped in after her nearly to their armpits and this was the beginning of married life.
Neola and Clifford were the parents of 3 children:
Name:Birth Date:Death Date:
1. Jacquie Dayley26 Mar 1933
2. Winnie Dayley27 Oct 1937
3. Devon Carlos (Toby) Dayley 12 Aug 1955

Neola was told she should not have any more children after Winnie if she wanted to live to raise them.
In 1938 the family moved into a two story rock house in Oakley. Then in December 1947 they moved to Richfield, Idaho. Wherever they moved, Neola would make the yard and gardens a work of art. They moved twice more, once in 1955 to a farm outside of Richfield and then in 1971 moved into Richfield.
It was on 22 October 1993 after spending a good day fishing with Cliff, in which she out fished him, Neola had a debilitating stroke that paralyzed her left side. Neola died 12 April 1996, in Kimberly, Idaho and was buried in Oakley, Idaho.


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  LDS Information:

Baptism: 30 Aug 1919

Endowment: 5 Jun 1965, Idaho Falls Idaho Temple

Sealed to Parents: BIC

She was sealed to her spouse on 5 Jun 1965 at Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. (Clifford Carlos Dayley was born on 27 Dec 1904 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, USA, died on 16 Sep 1999 in Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA and was buried on 21 Sep 1999 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, USA.)