Cranston Siblings

Robert Keith Cranston & Darline Anne Cranston were the first two children born to  John Ray Cranston & Zylpha Ellen Peck.

Robert married Izella Aletha Reppe, the daughter of Ludwig (Louis) & Enora Patterson. Robert & Izella had 4 children - Sylvia, Robert Jr, Kenneth & Philip.

Odebolt Chronicle, Thurs, 1 Dec 1988

Robert Cranston Sr - A funeral Mass for Robert Keith Cranston Sr, 74, of Leland, Mississippi was held Monday at St James Catholic Church in Leland.  The Rev Patrick Farrell of St Joseph's Parish of Greenville, Mississippi, Rev Charles Bacclantine, St James Parish, Leland, Mississippi, Rev Gerry Hurly, St Richards Parish, Jackson, Mississippi officiated. He died November 19, 1988, at South Washington County Hospital, Hollandale. Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville, under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Leland. He was a native of Odebolt, Iowa, where he attended school. He received his bachelor of science degree in forestry in 1936 at Iowa State University, where he competed in state, intercollegiate and Big Eight Conference athletics while in training for the 1936 Olympics. He was a forester in Tennessee and Alabama. He served as control officer with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Camp Tyson, Tennessee and Alabama. He served as control officer with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Camp Tyson, Tennessee, and was the first forester with the Louisiana Forestry Service, a projects forester with the Timber Production War Project in Louisianan, an appraiser with the US Forestry Service on the reappraisal of the South and in 1946 was a forester with the US Forestry Service in Stoneville. He resigned from the Forestry Service to establish a private forestry consultant business in 1947 with headquarters in Leland. He remained in private business until his retirement because of ill health. In forestry nationally for more than 50 years, he was a member of the Society of American Forestry, Broadleaf Chapter of the Society of American Foresters and the Southern Hardwood Forestry Group. He was a registered forester and repeatedly qualified as a a professional forester. He was a communicant of St James Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife, Izella Reppe Cranston of Leland; a daughter, Sylvia Ann Guy of Tupelo; three sons, Robert K Cranston Jr of Greenville, Kenneth Ray Cranston of Memphis, and Dr Philip Edwin Cranston of Jackson; two sisters, Alice Margaret Snyder of Arthur, Iowa and Phyllis C Bengford of Ida Grove, Iowa; a brother, Bruce Cranston of Storm Lake, Iowa; 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Those attending from here: Mr and Mrs Ambrose Snyder, Arthur; Mrs Bob Lenz, Storm Lake; and Mr and Mrs Edmund Bengford, Ida Grove.

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Darline Anne Cranston, who was nicknamed Lovely Dolly, married Dr Vincent Marion Nitzke & had one son, John Andrew Nitzke.

courtesy of Gravely & Morticia Diggens - Find A Grave

The Odebolt Chronicle, Thurs, 29 Jan 1970
Funeral Services For Mrs V M Nitzke Held In Oregon
Arthur - Darline Ann Nitzke passed away Tuesday, January 20, 1970, following a car-truck accident that occurred as she was en route to a staff meeting of the State Child Welfare at Baker, Oregon. The accident occurred at LaGrande, Oregon, fifty miles from her home in Enterprise, Oregon. Darline Ann Cranston was born July 16, 1915 at Odebolt, Iowa to Jr and Zylpha Cranston. She was a graduate of Buena Vista College and was a State Child Welfare worker at Baker, Oregon at the time of her death. In 1938 she was married to Dr V M Nitzke at Fairmont, Minn. Survivors include her husband; a son, John A of Tacoma, Wash; two grandsons, John V and Tony W; sisters, Mrs Edmund (Phyllis) Bengford of Ida Grave and Mrs Ambrose (Alice) Snyder, Arthur; brothers Keith of Leland, Miss and Bruce of Churdan, Iowa. She was preceded in death by a brother, Don and her parents. The rosary was recited Friday evening, January 23, 1970 at Bollman Chapel. Father Martin Quigley offered requiem mass at 9:00 am on Saturday, January 24, 1970 at St Katherine's Catholic Church in enterprise, where Darline was a member. Music was furnished by soloist Marilyn Anderson and organist Ada Duncan. Bearers were W H Wergen, Bud Lewis, Vergil Crane, Max Dutli, S J Farris and Joe Hausler. Interment was in the Enterprise Catholic Cemetery.
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