Funeral services will be Monday, October 10, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Mendota with Rev. Mary Bohall officiating. Burial will be in Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-4 p.m. in the church. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota is assisting the family.

Marian was born July 17, 1936 in Bloomingdale to Rev. Walter and Alma (Reineke) Kleffman. She was married by her father to Gilbert "Gib" Crane on September 24, 1961 at Trinity United Church of Christ, LaSalle.

Marian graduated from LaSalle-Peru High School in 1954. She attended Elmhurst College and business college in St. Louis. She was a secretary at Westclox in LaSalle for several years and worked in the LaSalle Scouting Office where she met her husband. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ and First United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. She was a Cub Scout leader and supported her daughter in the Ottawa Art League. She loved crafts and cooking. She was a loving wife and mother and put her family's happiness first. The family was so pleased with the care Marian received and thanks the staff at Heritage Health and OSF Hospice.

Marian is survived by her daughter Carol Crane of Peru and two sons Mark Crane and Alan Crane both of Mendota.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband on August 4, 2020.

Memorials may be directed to the family.