Nancy Crane b. 1934 d.

1934 -

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Birth 1934

Gender Female

Person ID I00328 Hibberd Family Tree 2010

Last Modified 28 Jan 2010

Father Percy Frederick Crane, b. 18 Sep 1897, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA , d. Jan 1977

Mother Anna Sullivan, b. 1899, d. 19 Mar 1967, Ealing, England

Family ID F00078 Group Sheet

Family 1 Emrich

Family ID F00177 Group Sheet

Family 2 DeArruda

Children

	1. Micheal DeArruda
	2. Peter M DeArruda

Family ID F00178 Group Sheet

Notes	Dear Stephen: I was so glad to hear from you. I am not at all disinterested in the Crane family. In fact I feel very left out of the Crane family because of my father and mother's divorce. My mother's name was Anna L. Sullivan. My Dad was Percy F. Crane. However, I never met my Dad until after my mother's death in 1967. My son, Michael had graduated from high school in 1970 or so and had accepted the D.A.R. Award for the State of Mass., which was all of $100.00. That really came in handy, as we did not have the funds to send him to college. I had such a longing in my heart to know my father and I had prayed to the Lord many times to some how bring this meeting about. I had shared this with my friend and she encouraged me to write my Father a letter and enclose the newspaper clipping of Michael's Award as well. At first I was very hesitant because I didn't want to be rejected by him. However, one morning I woke up with this intense prompting to jot down a short note to my Dad telling him what a wonderful family he had and four wonderful grandchildren as well. To be sure, I prayed over the letter before I mailed it to him and put it in the post, completely forgetting I had done this weeks later. I couldn't believe it. He responded to me and we met with he and his wife, Estelle Crane, his second wife, at a small diner with my husband and four children, Michael being the oldest. From then on we had a glorious relationship together and we all loved each other so very much and had many fun times together as a real family. They even attended two of our children's graduations and parties following. It was truly a wonderful experience for me. As a child, never having my father in our home, was awful as I was growing up. After seven wonderful years, my father died of lung cancer and shortly thereafter, my husband and I left MA to attend Elim Bible Institute to study for the Ministry. Six months later, my husband of 29 years, died of a massive heart attack. He was 48 years old, I was 45. I thought I would never get over his death, although I knew he was with the Lord because he had received our Lord Jesus into his heart many years before his death. I knew he would live forever! Praise the Lord! Knowing all of this, I still was very young and so lonely, missing Al. I was then asked to serve in the school as Dean of Women the following year rather than return to MA, which was really no longer our home to us both. By then our children were all grown and in college. Michael was married and we had one beautiful granddaughter, Kristin Elizabeth DeArruda. I still felt called to the ministry in Lima New York 20 miles from Rochester, NY. It was a wonderful life and a wonderful experience, God ordained, indeed. From there, after five years, I felt called to New York City as a missionary to the City with my friends. I worked there for 10 years and did lots of networking with other ministries and churches of many denominations. I was well received and loved what I was doing. I began a food pantry, and became Director of the Homeless Outreach Ministry to the hurting people in the shelters and streets in the seven boroughs of the City. I also worked with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in the Bronx, NY. I did meet Mother Teresa! She was one Awesome woman of God. Our youngest son, Rev. Peter M. DeArruda, is now Ex. Director of this vast ministry. I can't begin to tell you just how much they are doing in the City of New York as well as working with the many different churches there. However, I was able, by the Grace of God to cross over any denominational lines. That was surely a miracle of God in and of itself. Well, back to the Crane family. Do you know any family here in the states and especially in Mass? I know my father had brothers and a sister called Rosa Cook. However, I never met any of my relatives and tried many times to contact them to no avail. Can you help me? Oh. By the way I am also an ordained minister, public speaker for churches as well as Aglow Women's Groups, Seminars etc., funerals hospitals, and marrages as well. Wherever the need is, I am available. I was in Africa with our daughter Phyllis for 3 months as a teacher to the young ladies in the schools there, Ughanda, South Africa and Turkey as well as Isreal twice. I look forward to returning to isreal in the future, God willing. We are not in this ministry for the $$$. There is not enough $$$ to pay us for what the Lord has called us to do. Feed His sheep! I must get some rest Stephen. It was so good to get this letter to you finally. Please feel free to ask any questions about my life, ok. Blessings to you and your wife. Hope to hear nfrom you soon. In His Love and Blessings always, Rev. Nancy Crane DeArruda Emrich PS: Tel.#1-727-725-8972. We have an anserwring machine.