Leonora G. Wood Crandall, daughter of Benjamin F. and Eliza Boyce Wood, was born in Independence, July 22, 1846, and died at her late home on the Andover and Independence town line, August 28, 1936.
She was married to Sherman G. Crandall, February 28, 1870, and came to live where she has since resided. To them were born four children: Benjamin R., of Wasco, Calif.; Florence E., who died in 1899; C. Milford, who lives on the Crandall homestead; and Elrene, wife of Rev. William L. Burdick, of Ashaway, R. I. Her husband, Deacon Sherman G. Crandall, died May 9, 1918. Her three children and five grandchildren and a wide circle of relatives mourn her passing into the life beyond.
Funeral services were conducted from her late home on "Crandall Street" by Pastor Walter L. Greene, assisted by Dr. William L. Burdick, a former pastor, and by Rev. H. E. Crossley, pastor of the church of her childhood. Interment in the family plot at Independence. W. L. G.
