Two Cranston Brothers

Donald Ray Cranston & Bruce Norman Cranston were the two youngest children born to John Ray Cranston & Zylpha Ellen Peck.

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Donald married Bernadine Marie Dinges, the daughter of Alfred Dinges & Helena Determann, and they had 8 children - Steven, Roger, Gregory, Jeffery, Cathy, John, Mary & Thomas. 

Odebolt Chronicle, Thurs, 25 Apr 1963

D Cranston Dies in Farm Accident - Services Held Monday for Odebolt Farmer

Donald Cranston, 42, was killed in a bulldozer accident about 430 Thursday afternoon on the Mrs Irving Turner farm at the east edge of town. His son, Steve, rented the Turner farm and they worked together. Cranston and Robert Neville were clearing tree stumps in a pasture bordering Highway No 4 east of the swimming pool and were digging a pit at the time of the accident. Sac County medical Examiner, Dr CE Lierman of Lake View, who was called to the accident scene, stated that Cranston evidently slipped into the pit just as the bulldozer descended. Death from head and arm injuries was instantaneous. Funeral services were held at St Martin's Church at 10 o'clock Monday morning, April 22. The Rev Linus Eisenbacher, priest of St Martin's Church, Father Harry Daily of Ida Grove, Father Robert Joynt of Sanborn and Father Edward Carpenter of Early officiated at the Solemn Requim High Mass. The Children's Choir sang. Burial was in St Martin's Cemetery at Odebolt with Clayton Schroeder, Norman Schroeder, Darrell Schroeder, Carl Linster, Ed Wolterman and Austin Babcock, all of Odebolt, the attendants. Donald Ray Cranston was born April 5, 1921 at Oldebolt, Sac County Iowa, the son of J R and Zylpha Cranston. He lived all his life at Odebolt except for a few months in service. He attended St Martin's school and graduated from Odebolt High School with the class of 1939. He was married to Bernadine Dinges August 20, 1942 at Sacred Heart Church in Ida Grove. They farmed near Odebolt.  Eight children were born to them. Mr Cranston was a member of Gonzaga Council of the Knights of Columbus at Odebolt, a member of Roose Post No 313 of the American Legion, an ASC Township Committeeman, and a member of the Odebolt Swimming Pool Board. He served in the United States Air Force from March 1943 until June the same year. He received an honorable discharge, and returned to farm because of the ill health of his father. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary Ellen and his mother. Survivors are his wife, Bernadine; six sons, Steven who farmed with his father; Roger, a freshman at Iowa State University at Ames; and at home, Gregory, Jeffery, John and Tom, and one daughter, Cathy.  Also surviving are his father, J R Cranston of Odebolt; two brothers, Keith of Leland, Miss, and Bruce of Popejoy; three sisters, Darlene Nitzek of Enterprize, Oreg, Alice Snyder of Arthur, and Phyllis Bengford of Odebolt. Relatives attending the services from a distance were Mr and Mrs Lee Cranston, and Mrs Harold Cranston, Huron, SD; Mr and Mrs Raymond Frevert, and Mrs Ella Frevert, Big Stone City, Sd; Mr and Mrs Curt Nass, Mrs Floyd Larson and Mrs Ellsworth Ady of Flandreau, SD; Mr and Mrs Ward Duffy and daughter, Kay of Fort Worth, Texas; Keith Cranston of Leland, Miss; Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bengford of Dorchester, Wis; Mr and Mrs Francis Engelking of Riverside, Cal. Others coming for the services were from Ida Grove, Arthur, Wall Lake, Denison, Schaller, Early, Lake View, Kiron, Council Bluffs, Holstein, Halbur, Carroll, Sac City, Storm Lake and Cherokee.

 
Odebolt Chronicle, Thurs, 25 Oct 1979
Funeral Services for Bernadine Cranston, 55, were held Monday, October 22, 1979 at 10:30 am at St martin Catholic Church. Father Harry Dailey officiated. Organist was Mabel Schoeberl and mass servers were Grant and Reed Snyder. Honorary attendants were Robert Carnine, Ted Leonard, Francis Simon, Dean Isaacs, Steve Kofmehl and Cletus Bond. Active attendants were Daniel Snyder, James Snyder, Steve Hauschildt, Robert Miller, John Miller and Jim Miller. Burial was in ST Martin Catholic Cemetery. Bernadine M Cranston was born march 9, 1924 to Alfred and Helena Determann Dinges in Sac County. She was married August 20, 1942 to Donald Cranston in Ida Grove. Donald died in 1963. She was a member of St Martin Catholic Daughters, and the American Legion Auxiliary. She had been a secretary for IPS until her retirement in January 1979 due to illness. She died Saturday, October 20 at the home of her sister, Mrs Leo Miller following a prolonged illness of cancer. Bernadine is survived by seven children: Steven, Roger and Jeffrey all of Odebolt; Gregory of Yuma, Co; Mrs Cathy Maynard of Council Bluffs; John of St Louis, MO and Thomas of Iowa City; four sisters, Mrs Irene Miller of Odebolt, Mrs Leone Rife of Riverside, CA; Mrs Mrytle Engleking of Riverside, CA and Mrs Marjorie Hauschildt of Ida Grove and 16 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Mary Ellen and a sister, Charlotte.
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Bruce married twice. First to Elizabeth Mary Peck, the daughter of Claude Peck & Laura Pfeifer and they had 7 children - Cluadeen, Brad, Becky, Mark, Cindy, Michael & Jay.  After Betty's death in 1985, Bruce married Carolyn Jean LaMar who died in 2007.

Odebolt Chronicle, Thurs, 27 Apr 1989
Bruce N Cranston, 63, of Storm Lake, died on April 15, 1989 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines following a short illness. Mr Cranston was born on August 28, 1925 in Odebolt to John R and Zylpha (Peck) Cranston. Bruce was married to Betty (Peck) Cranston on April 24, 1947 in Sioux City.  She passed away on June 20, 1985. To this union seven children were born: Claudeen, Brad, Mar, Becky, Cindy, Mike and Judy. He married Carolyn Jean La Mar on October 11, 1986 in Des Moines. Bruce was raised in Odebolt, Iowa, where he graduated from high school, after serving in the US Army during World War II. He received a BA in Science from Buena vista College and a Degree from Drake University. He had coached, taught and served as superintendent for 28 years in the following schools in Iowa: Meservey, Wesley, Alden Community, Sioux Rapids, Burt Community, Paton-Churdan, and Terril.  For the last 14 years he had been a salesman for the Equitable Life Assurance Society and Life Insurance Company. He had served as president of the Methodist Manor Care Review Committee, he was past-president of the Columbus Club of the Knights of Columbus and a member of the 4th Degree Rosati Assembly of the Knights of Columbus.  He had retired in August of 1988. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Betty, a sister Darlene, and two brothers, Donald and Keith. Bruce is survived by his wife Carolyn, three daughters, Claudeen (Mrs Donald Buettner) of Twin Falls, Idaho, Becky Bunte of Belton, Texas, and Cindy (Mrs Richard Fleton of tempe, Arizona; 4 sons, Brad and his wife Peni of Dunedin, Florida, Mark and his wife Kathy of Jefferson, Iowas, Mike and his wife Geralyn of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Jay and his wife Cathy of Dunedin, Florida; twelve grandchildren, two sisters, Phyllis (Mrs Edmund Bengford) of Ida Grove and Alice (Mrs Ambrose Snyder) of Arthur and his mother-in-law Laura Peck of Alta. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 18, 1989 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake with Father Paul-Louis Arts officiating. Burial was in St Mary's Cemetery in Storm Lake. Farber and Otteman Funeral Home of Storm Lake was in charge of arrangements.