Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
8:55 am Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Caroline Crane

Caroline Crane

September 28, 2010

Caroline Crane, 83, of Red Bay, Ala. passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 at Generations of Red Bay.  She was born October 6, 1926 in Kenosha, Wis. to Edwin Samuel and Lorriane Martin Ralph. She was a housewife and attended Red Bay Church of God.

A memorial service was held on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 at Lakeshore Tabernacle in Kenosha, Wis.

She is survived by three sons, Steven Crane and wife, Kathryn, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., Robert Crane and wife, Tamera, of Kenosha, Wis. and Merle Crane and wife, Valerie, of Coloma, Wis.; daughter-in-law, Annette Crane, of Red Bay, Ala.; one brother, David Ralph, of Kenosha, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Merle David Crane; son, Charles Crane; and two brothers, Samuel Ralph and Robert Ralph.

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