Volume 17 , Issue 5

Obituary of Grace Wandell

Grace Wandell Services Slated (Printed in The Guthrie Leader circa Dec. 17, 1976) - Submitted by Renee Carroll-Sampson. Services for Mrs. Grace E. Wandell, 99, retired co-publisher of The Cimarron Valley Clipper, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m., Monday in the Coyle United Methodist Church. The Rev. Eakle P. Allen, Jr., will officiate, and internment will be in the Coyle Cemetery, directed by Davis Funeral Home.

She will lie in state at the Coyle United Methodist Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, and the casket will not be opened at the services.

Mrs. Wandell died at her home in Coyle late Friday evening. She was born in Indiana on Sept. 16, 1877, and was married to Clarence F. Wandell in Logan, Kans., on April 3, 1898. He preceded her in death on July 29, 1957. They moved to Coyle in 1905 and published The Cimarron Valley Clipper until 1943 when publication ceased

A member of Coyle United Methodist Church, she was a charter member of Y.I.M. Study Club of Coyle and had served as Coyle Postmaster.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Alroye (Doris) Disney, Coyle; seven grandchildren, Ed Wandell and Valenda Teeters, both of Oklahoma City; Lois (Jeanne) Carroll, Las Vegas, Nev.; Ted Thompson, Lafayette, La.; Sherman Eugene Whittington, Paul Whittington and Dolores Green, all of La Habra, Calif.; 20 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Gail, in 1919, and Lois Whittington, in 1958, and one son, Clarence Jr., in 1971. (Corrections, Jan. 2003 by: great-granddaughter, Renee Carroll-Sampson said the publication of The Cimarron Valley Clipper did not cease until 1949, C.F. Wandell retired from The Clipper in 1943. Also Mrs. Wandell was preceded in death by sons, and daughter; Gail Wandell was her eldest, died in 1919.

Obit - James Benjamine Cranmer (1837-1917) submitted by Renee Carroll-Sampson -- James B. Cranmer was born Feb. 3, 1837.
He served in the 63rd Indiana Infantry during the Civil War.
In 1869 he was united in marriage to Emma Elizabeth Prettymen Beaver (Bever).

In 1878, with his wife and four children, Cora, Sylvia, George and Grace, he migrated to Kansas; arriving on Sept. 16 (Grace's birthday).

Here he filed on a farm, ten miles north of Logan, and labored to support his family. Three more children, Lillie, Lawrence and Florence (twins) came to bless their home.

In November 1884, his eldest daughter, Cora, died suddenly and a few weeks later, Dec. 13, his wife died while giving birth to twins, and both are buried in the Logan Cemetery. One of the twins was born dead. The other twin, Harry, was adopted by W.C. Reeder; an early day banker in Logan.

After the death of his wife, James Cranmer gave up farming and moved to Logan, Kansas, where he worked at various jobs to support his family. As his children reached maturity, they left Logan, Kansas, as moved to various parts of the country.

Grace married Clarence F. Wandell (who was born in Kerwin, Kansas, which was near Logan.), and four children were to bless the union. They moved to Coyle, Oklahoma and settled there. Both Clarence and Grace are buried at the Coyle Cemetery.

James Cranmer spent his last years with his daughter, Grace, and her family, in Coyle, Oklahoma. He died there on October 9, 1917, at the age of 80 years, 8 mo., and 6 days; and is buried in the Coyle Cemetery as well.
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