Former Congressman Phil Crane's wife, Arlene Catherine Crane of Lansdowne, aged 79, died Tuesday August 28, 2012 at 5:40pm at Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne, Virginia of cardiac arrest.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of the late George and Marie Johnson on September 23, 1932. She was married in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 1959. She and her family moved to Virginia in 1969 where she remained until her death. Mrs. Crane was preceded in death by her daughter Rachel.
Family and friends will be gathering at the Loudoun Funeral Chapel at 158 Catoctin Circle SE in Leesburg, Virginia on Thursday, August 30th, 2012 from 6-8pm. There will be a formal funeral service on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 1pm in Hillsboro, Indiana at the Hillsboro United Methodist Church with a viewing from 11-1pm at the church prior to the service. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hillsboro, Indiana.
The family is asking in lieu of flowers that donations be made to either Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Research or Alzheimer’s Research.