The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-08-11
Henderson,.


King, is very low-Howard Peters,
Chas Hunt, Leslie Allen and John
Krauth all promising young men of
our town. have left for Dakota to try
their fortune. We trust they may be
uccessful-We are pleased to learn
that our old townsman, Sam Shuster is
much better at this writing
Bliss lost valuable horse short time
ago-Mrs w Hunt is improving slow
ly-Roy Petit has been assigned to
Vanderbilt to work for the M G as oper-
ator--I have painful and sad duty
to perform this week in giving you
news of the death of personal friend
though our views were at times at var
lance, still must bow to the inevitable,
and say that personally am only one
of a hundred who should and are class
ed in the same category. I refer to the
death of John Crane, a man of unblem-
ished character, charitable to an ex-
treme, upright in his dealings with
mankind, nothing too good for his fel.
lowman, the friend of the needy, or
those in trouble and at all times ready
listener to mans woes, showing and
and assisting them to get out of a tight
corner. His death is loss to whomso-
ever had his acquaintance. He was
the president of the Henderson Butter
Co., x-supervisor and treasurer of our
township, and in fact no Office that it
was found he hal desire to fill would
be denied him in this community; he
was endeared to ALL his many benevo-
lent acts known and unknown would
take up too much of your valuable
space to enumerate singly. Mr., Cranes
death occurred very suddenly Tuesday
afternoon while he was driving team
in his oat field His son, who was
working with him noticed something
was wrong with his father and ran to
his assistance, and while helping him off
the binder death ensued. Mr.. Crane was
SO years of age, veteran of the civil
war, and for years had been regarded as
one of the leading men of the county.
He is survived by his wife and five
children Orrin, employed by Pearce &
Gerow in this city; Ollie, Jay and Les
ter, who live at home, and Mrs. Erma
Mitchell, of Rush. Funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon and
were, very largely attended by neigh
bors and friends.
In regard to his presidency of the
| Butter Co., his loss is irreparable as he
was energetic to an extreme, met COM
petition wisely and we'll and was suave
in his business dealings, always looking
to the interest of his fellow stockhold-
ers in every transaction. Mrs. Crane
feels his loss keenly- being in poor health
herself, but she has consolation in the
family left her, mostly all grown up tc
manhood and womanhood. That in
herent goodness transmitted from faith.
er to heir predominates through the
whole family, and now that the respon.
sibility has been transferred, they, from
past teachings, are prepared to meet il
and the burdens and sorrows of the
mother will be made as light in the
future as they were in the past by
the care and thoughtfulness of hei
children in making up to her in kind
ness and love the loss of loving hus
band and a tender parent, one who was
at all times ready to assume and
assuage the grief Of others. Such hai
been his life. All l and his many
mourners can now say, is may his sou
find that rest which he 50 often dispen
sed to those left behind. A