Residence: Fort Myers, Florida (formerly of Monticello, Indiana)
Died: Monday, July 08, 2019
Location: 7:10 p.m., at the Hope Hospice of Cape Coral, Florida
 
 
Age: 90
Date of Birth: Saturday, May 18, 1929
Birth place: New Albany, Indiana

Branch: Air Force

Service: Korean Conflict
Father: Ernest E. Crane, Sr.
 
Mother: Geneva M. ( Sanders ) Crane
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Ernie and his wife, Ruth, had lived in the Monticello, Indiana, area for several years before moving to Florida.
Funeral Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Funeral Location: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2019, Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, followed by a Celebration of Life Service here at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Rev. Chris Dodson of the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Ernie was raised in New Albany, Indiana, and attended New Albany High School of New Albany, Indiana. He enlisting in the United States Army and then went into the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean Conflict. Ernie was a retired in 1976 as a Sergeant for the Monticello Police Department of Monticello, Indiana, having working for over twenty years. He was also a meat cutter at several grocery stores in Indiana, and worked for seventeen and a half years as an Engineer at the Lee Memorial Hospital of Fort Myers, Florida. Ernie was a member of the American Legion Post #81, Libanus Masonic Lodge #154 F.& A.M. both of Monticello, Indiana, and the Araba Shrine and Valley of Fort Myers Scottish Rite both of Fort Myers, Florida.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, followed by the Libanus Lodge #154 with Masonic Services will be conducted at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana, beginning at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Ju
Memorial Information: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be given to Hope Hospice of Cape Coral, Florida. Envelopes will be avaialbe at the funeral home
Marriage Information: On June 26, 1954, in Monticello, Indiana, he married Ruth Lucille Reiken; she survives.
Survivors include:
Wife, Ruth Lucille Crane of Fort Myers, Florida; Daughter, Diane Marie (husband Eric) Sohmer of Tellico, Tennessee; Two (2) Grandchildren, Derek D. Sohmer of Tellico, Tennessee, and Caitlin Sohmer of Tellico, Tennessee; Two (2) Great Grandchildren, Angela Crane of Atlanta, Indiana, and Skylar Crane of Atlanta, Indiana; Sister, Donna McClelland of Logansport, Indiana; Brother, James "Jim" Crane of Logansport, Indiana.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Ernest E. and Geneva M. (Sanders) Crane, Sr.; Son, David Lee Crane; Granddaughter, Amy Crane; Brother, Robert "Bob" Crane. Sisters-in-law, Carolyn Crane, and Doris (husband Jack) Meents.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 (574) 583-8488