Lorenda Otis Crandall was born in Persia, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., August 18, 1836, and died at her home in North Loup, Neb., June 30, 1910, aged 73 years, 10 months and 12 days.
The subject of this sketch was the daughter of William and Ann Babcock Crandall, being the second child of a family of nine children - four sons and five daughters. She came to Dakota, Wis., with her father's family in 1855, where she was converted and baptized by Elder George C. Babcock, and united with the Dakota (Wis.) Seventh-day Baptist Church. She was joined in marriage to Henry Thorngate in Dakota, Wis., June 14, 1858. In 1866 they moved to Missouri, where she, with her husband, was a constituent member of the Seventh-day Baptist church near Brookfield, which was organized in April, 1867. In October, 1879, they removed to North Loup, Neb., where she resided until the time of her death. She was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist church of this place and was always a faithful and consistent Christian. She was the mother of four children - three sons and one daughter - Herbert H., living near North Loup, Neb., Gaylord W. of Boulder, Colo., Royal R., of Alfred, New York, and Belle of North Loup. All, with the exception of Roy, were present at her bedside during her last moments on earth, and with her daughter-in-law, the wife of Herbert, most tenderly, lovingly and patiently cared for her during the nearly two months of her last illness, which were days and nights of intense suffering. There also remain a sorrowing husband, two brothers - Porter W. Crandall of North Loup and the Rev. D. P. Crandall of Stockton, Kan. - three sisters - Mrs. Arlie G. Thorngate, Mrs. Gelia T. Mosier of North Loup, Neb., and Mrs. Josie D. Morris of Denver, Col., with many other relatives. G. B. S."
