Richard-Crane-Obituary

Richard George Crane

Mandeville, Louisiana

Nov 30, 1946 – Apr 7, 2024 (Age 77)

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BORN
November 30, 1946
DIED
April 7, 2024
AGE
77
LOCATION
Mandeville, Louisiana

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Richard Crane rung down the curtain and left his earthly body on April 7, 2024 at his home in Mandeville, LA. He was 77, and the son of George and Bette Halleck Crane, who returned to New Orleans after World War II with a desire to start a family. When Bette had trouble getting pregnant, she...

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Richard hired me as a law clerk when he was Chief Legal Counsel for the Louisiana Dept. Of Corrections. He was a great guy & I enjoyed my 2 years working with him. I wish I had known he practiced TM as I also practiced TM since my college days. As I watched Bonnie Raitt receive Kennedy Center Honors recently, I told my husband how Richard had bought front row tickets to her Baton Rouge concert for his law clerks so many years ago. I still have a piece of pottery he gave me with the image of...

Eileen I´m so sorry that Richard has gone on to his next chapter. I met him when I was in law school and working during the legislative season and he was the lawyer for the department of corrections. He loved to dance. We went our separate ways but remained friends. Years later I had Carmella who was his biological child. The met when she was 20 and she got to know him and you. He was very generous with Carmella and they developed a close relationship. I´m glad he to know Carmella´s husband...

Eileen I´m so sorry that Richard has gone on to his next life. I met when

Eileen, I am so sorry for your loss. Glad Richard is finally free of what hailed him these past few years. Thinking of you with love. Beenie

Many warm memories of Richard and his lively sense of humor! My dear mom, Libby Padwa, adored him, and the friendship of Richard and Eileen meant the world to her. He even penned Libby's obituary--brilliantly. Rest in peace.

Sweet memories of the Food Conspiracy. Thank you, Richard

Eileen, my sympathies go out to you. Keith, you as well -- you exemplified true brotherly love. Bev Hobbs Shea