OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Loretta Mae Gardner Crane, 78, passed away July 2, 2009. She was born March 9, 1931, in Bar Harbor, the daughter of William and Onalee Richards Gardner. She was a 1949 graduate of Bar Harbor High School. In addition to parents, she was predeceased by husband, Bob Crane; and brothers, William, Shirley and Ronnie Gardner. She is survived by daughters, Sharon Crane, Barbara and Skip Schill, and Rhonda Netzhimer; son, Kenny and Faye Crane; 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Louise and Sid Emerson, Bonnie and Bart Tokas, Beverly and Millard Billings, Betty and Don Abbott, and Claribell and Bruce Regimbel; brothers, Richard and Barbara Gardner, Delbert and Kim Gardner; and sisters-in-law, Ginny Gardner, Bette Brehm, Janie McCollum and Norma Watts. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge, Tenn., where the funeral will be held 8 p.m. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund or Multiple Myeloma Foundation. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.
LORETTA MAE GARDNER CRANE
