Ira Earl Cruzan 1886-1983  
Categories: North Loup, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 205, No 10, p 34, Oct., 1983.
  Ira E. Cruzan, son of John L. and Nancy Cruzan, was born in Polk County, Nebraska, on June 21, 1886 and died on June 26, 1983, at the age of 97.
  At an early age, the family moved to North Loup, Nebraska.   He was married to Ruth Edna Babcock on December 25, 1912, at North Loup.   To them were born three sons: Marion and Donald of White Cloud, Michigan, and Marvin of Pickford, Michigan.   The family moved to White Cloud in 1920 where he lived the remainder of his life.   In 1927 his wife Ruth died.
  On March 28, 1928, he married Miss Elsie Brannon at North Loup, Nebraska.   To them were born two sons, Irvin of Fremont, Mich. and Harvey of Blythewood, S.C.; three daughters, Mrs. Joyce Shick of White Cloud, Mrs. Doris Peck of Loveland, Colo., and Mrs. Marva Krumback of Atlanta, Ga.   Surviving in addition to his children are two sisters, Mrs. Edith Larkin of Citrus Heights, Calif. and Mrs. Nema Allen of Port Charlotte, Fla., 22 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted on June 28, 1983, by his pastor, Lawrence Watt, assisted by Orville W. Babcock.   Interment was in the White Cloud Cemetery.     O. W. B.
  
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 Ruth Edna (Babcock) Cruzan 1891-1927
Categories: Farnam, Nebraska, North Loup, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 103, No 21, p 671, Nov. 21, 1927.
  Ruth Cruzan was born at Farnam, Neb., July 16, 1891, and died in the hospital at Big Rapids, Mich., November 2, 1927.
  At the age of twenty-one Ruth was joined in marriage to Mr. Ira Earl Cruzan, of North Loup, Neb., and they resided in North Loup until 1920, when they moved to White Cloud, Mich.
  Ruth was the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Ai Babcock.   She was converted, baptized, and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church at the age of about twelve years; and when they moved to White Cloud they transferred their membership to White Cloud.   They have been members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church here since that time.   Ruth was an active member of the Young People's Auxiliary of this church, and will be greatly missed by them.   She has been in failing health for the past year, and her family and friends hoped that after an operation she would regain her health, but we are confronted with the fact that she had to leave us and we are all in mourning today.   But we sorrow not as those who have no hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and arose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him, and we earnestly await that glad day.
  She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Ira Earl Cruzan; two sons, Marion and Donald Cruzan; and a little babe, twenty-six days old; her father, mother, a brother, and a sister, besides all the church and many friends.
  Words of comfort were spoken by Dr. J. C. Branch, from Romans 14: 8, "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's."     J. C. B.

Elsie May (Brannon) Cruzan 1904-1979  
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 201, No 8, p 26, Sep., 1979.
  Elsie May Cruzan, of White Cloud, Michigan, passed away Wednesday, July 4, at the Meadows Nursing Center in Fremont.   She was born September 6, 1904, in Omaha, Nebraska, and was adopted by the James Brannon family of North Loup, Nebraska.
  She married Ira Cruzan of White Cloud in North Loup on March 28, 1928.   They made their home in White Cloud after their marriage.
  She is survived by her husband, Ira, of the Meadows Nursing Center; three daughters, Mrs. Norman (Joyce) Shick of White Cloud; Mrs. James (Doris) Peck of Loveland, Colorado; and Mrs. Jack (Marvel) Krumbach of Shawano, Wisconsin; two sons, Irvin Cruzan of Fremont and Harvey Cruzan of South Carolina; three stepsons, Marion and Donald Cruzan of White Cloud, and Marvin Cruzan of Pickford, Michigan; 22 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Marie Brannon of North Loup, Nebraska.
  Funeral services were held July 7, at the Seventh Day Baptist Church of White Cloud with Pastor Larry Graffius officiating, with burial in the White Cloud Cemetery.     M. B. B.