Allan Henry Crane Nov 24, 1944 – Apr 6, 2016 My father’s life changed with a car accident in high school. He found my mom, Lyn Yaache, and with her the love to produce me, but could never get over the guilt stemming from the death of his two best friends. Choosing what he thought was best for me and my mom, he became a loner. I would visit him every Spring and Summer and learned a lot about the world away from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Allan Henry Crane was always 100% honest with me, his family and co-workers. He always treated people with respect. As a kid he was a three-sport athlete, playing baseball, basketball and football. He loved team sports, being a catcher in baseball, helping to manage the team, and being a running back in football carrying the load. Later in life he inspired me to take similar values of action, fair play and respect for community. In his adult life he studied law and became a director for social work. He ran a boys home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and reported to the county board of directors. In San Diego I learned so much from him as he gave so much of himself to his professional position as the administrator/director of the Alpine Community Center. He truly helped a lot of people! He turned a rundown community center into a large popular community attraction where kids, adults and elderly enjoy group functions to this day. (www.facebook.com/alpineyouth/) (www.alpinecommunitycenter.com) His dream always was to live in New Mexico and he moved there in the 1990s. In Grants, New Mexico, he continued his social work as a counselor for the families of prison inmates, helping them to assist their incarcerated family members. His life continued with a retirement to Omaha in order to be closer to his sisters, Laraine Crane and Bonnie Kulas. I thank them with all my heart for the loving support they gave my father during his remaining years. His accomplishments are many. He was a gardener who, like his mom and sisters, taught me to love plants and animals. I think he was proud to be my father because I never, in all my life, saw him depressed and alone. When I was with him he always treated me well. May he rest in peace with no regrets. Allan Henry Crane, November 24, 1944 – April 6, 2016.
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