| Service:  
							2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln 
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln    
							Obituary  
							 
							John Craner, 74, passed away on 
							September 23, 2021, at St. John’s Hospital in 
							Springfield. 
 John was born on June 10, 1947, in Lincoln, son of 
							Fenton and Florence (Bair) Craner. He married Doris 
							Beavers on September 5, 1975, in Literberry. She 
							survives him.
 
 Also surviving John are his children: James Craner 
							of Peoria, and Katie (Matthew) Luckey of Peoria; two 
							grandchildren: Kiara and Kerrigan Luckey of Peoria; 
							two siblings: Robert Craner of Hannibal, MO and Mary 
							Lynn Taft of Fort Wayne, IN.
 
 John was preceded in death by his parents, and one 
							granddaughter: Kayleigh Luckey.
 
 
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							John was of the Christian Church. 
							John was a case worker for the developmentally 
							disabled, and longtime volunteer for literacy in his 
							community.
 A celebration of life will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, 
							September 28, 2021, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader 
							Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Rev. Robert Twist 
							officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 Noon-2:00 
							p.m. also at the funeral home.
 
 Memorials may be made in John’s name to the Inner 
							City Mission in Springfield, where he was a longtime 
							volunteer.
 
            
            				
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