This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crane, Hansen Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.idaho.counties.franklin/2022/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 02/18/07 Basil Keller Crane passed away Feb. 15, 2007, at his home in Logan, Utah. He was born to William E. and Jemima K. Crane on August 22, 1914, in Mink Creek, Idaho. He was the second of eight children and grew up in Mink Creek. He married Molly Maurine Hansen, also from Mink Creek, on Dec. 21, 1938, in the Logan LDS Temple. Basil graduated from the Utah State University School of Forestry in 1935. He was offered and accepted a position following graduation with the U.S. Forest Service which lasted 38 years. His forte centered around facilitating relationships between the Forest Service and local cattlemen and ranchers. During his tenure with the Forest Service he spent time working in Nevada, Utah and Colorado. He was an active member of The LDS Church and held many administrative positions throughout his life. His activities away from work included scouting, family genealogy, skiing, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and raising prize winning flowers. After retirement from the Forest Service he spent considerable time caring for his parents, gardening and writing. His writing accomplishments include publication of three books; Dust from an Alkai Flat about his adventures in Nevada, Up the Creek - stories of Mink Creek, and Everyone has a Story - stories from and about the characters in his life. Basil is survived by his wife, Molly; his four children, Morris of Oceanside, Calif., Nyala Maldeney of Logan, Utah; Sidney and Sandra both from Arvada, Colo. His siblings are Golda Thomas of Soda Springs, Idaho, Keith Crane of Burley, Idaho, Don Niece Whitehead of Washington, Utah and William (Bill) Crane of Kanab, Utah. His posterity includes six grand children and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Mink Creek chapel in Mink Creek Idaho with a viewing one hour before the service. A viewing will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Webb Funeral Home, 109 E. Oneida in Preston, Idaho. Published in the Logan Herald Journal from 2/18/2007 - 2/25/2007.