- Date Of Birth: January 11, 1941
- Date Of Death: March 21, 2023
- State: Maryland
Jean Crane – January 11, 1941 to March 21, 2023
Jean Crane of Columbia, MD died Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Montgomery General Hospital. She was 82.
Erma Jean (Thorpy) Crane was born Saturday, January 11, 1941 in Perryville, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Frederick Jerome Thorpy and Vestelle Erma (Sumpter) Thorpy. She was a member of Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Maple Lawn, Maryland.
On June 2, 1973, Jean married Robert Crane who was from Washington, DC. Although both had worked at APG at the same time, they only met in 1967 after he had left the Army. They lived in their “honeymoon” house Bob had bought in 1971 in Takoma Park, MD. After that, they lived briefly in Ashton, MD and later in Yorba Linda, CA for ten years before moving back East to Columbia, MD. They travelled extensively in the United States and did cruises of Hawaii, Alaska, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Ireland, the Scandinavian Countries and they especially enjoyed the European river cruises.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents and her half-sisters Gloria (Bill) Parrish and Sylvia (Harry) Slicer, and her sister-in-law Pat Emerson. She is survived by her husband Robert Crane of Columbia, MD; two nieces Pamela (Donnie) Messick and Deborah Emge of Salisbury, MD, great nephews Timothy, Andrew, Kyle and Luke, and great nieces Kristen and Vera. She is also survived by her brother-in-law David (Angie) Crane of Andover, MN; sister-in-law Joyce (Fred) Baldwin of Pinetop, AZ; and daughter-in-law Cathy (Brendan) Scott of Annandale, VA.
