Iva L. Crandall

Iva L. Weyer Crandall, 90, of Seneca, KS, died Wednesday, September 27, at Crest View Manor in Seneca. She had been a resident there since June 25, 1998.
     She was born February 28, 1910, at Kelly, KS, the daughter of Roy and Lizzie Sherrer Cox. Iva graduated from Centralia High School. She was married to Lester Weyer at Seneca on 1927. They lived at Seneca. He died November 16, 1941. She married Frank Crandall on December 31, 1946 at Seneca. He died April 17, 1978. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Doris Arlene Weyer on May 23, 1935, and a son Robert Dean Weyer on August 21, 1997.
    Iva owned a gas station in Baileyville with her husband, Lester Weyer, and later owned two laundromats with her husband, Frank Crandall. She was Clerk of the District Court at the Nemaha County Courthouse for several years. In 1955 she began work in the Nemaha County Clerk's Office and served as the Nemaha County Clerk from 1961 until her retirement in 1971.
    Iva was a member of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and the Quilting Group at the church in Seneca. She was a member of the Republican political party. She enjoyed sports with her son, Robert and her grandchildren. She loved to sew, crochet, knit, quilt, do crafts, and garden.
    Survivors are three brothers, Marvin Cox of Madison, MO; Melvin Cox of Corning, KS; Tom Cox of Wichita, KS; two sisters, Edith Haug of Seneca, KS, and Gladys Walters of Lawrence, KS; two grandsons, and four great-grandchildren.
    Besides her husbands, daughter, and son, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Florence Schmidt and Erma Vernon.
    Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Saturday at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. The family will meet with friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 P.M. Friday. The burial will be in the Seneca City Cemetery.
    Memorials may be given for United Methodist Church in Seneca, Kansas 66538.