This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zU.2ADE/354.1 Message Board Post: EMBRY, Crandell C., of Tucson, died on January 24, 1997 after a three-year illness. He is survived by his brother, Dennis D. Embry of Tucson. Crandell Embry, whose first name was from his great-grandmother's maiden name, was born on March 4, 1938 in Great Bend, KS as the first child of H. Herbert "Herb" Embry and Ruth E. Embry (Gregory). He was graduated from Central High in Phoenix in 1956, and attend Arizona State University. He joined the Army Reserves, became a drill instructor and married Wanita Fuchs in 1961. They divorced 10 years later. Crandell aspired always to be an industrial designer, which showed in the things he made as a child and his schooling later at the University of Kansas. In the late 1960s, he returned to Great Bend, KS where he started leather goods store featuring items he made. After a period of hard times, he took up his father's profession, photography and found considerable satisfaction and success with his talent until chronic pulmonary obstr! uctive disorder forced him into medical disability in 1993. He worked with zest for United Church Directors and later Olin Mills where he was asked to pilot that company's switch to electronic cameras. He lived in Kansas City, MO and last in San Antonio, TX prior to his move to Tucson. He was a master of children's photography. Throughout his life, he was quick to befriend the most to downtrodden people--a trait that created problems for him yet also brought much joy to many he touched. In the last year of his life, he showed pluck, courage and much humor facing life that required attention to breathe. This past Christmas time, he took special pains to connect with the people who loved him and knew him, opening his heart and soul to the transition he knew was coming. A memorial service will be held at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church on February 7, 1997 at 4:00 p.m., River at Swan Rd. Memorial donations may be made to the Youth Tobacco Prevention Fund bei! ng set up at St. Francis to reward young people who do not smoke--a plan Crandell Embry did with his younger brother.