Rae Geary
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1911
Christening:
Death: 17 Apr 1998 - Poydras Home for Elderly Ladies, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 433-13-2057.
Parents
Father: William Joseph Geary
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *George Price Crane
Marriage: 1 Aug 1933 - St. Mathias Church, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Notes
General:
Per Social Security death index:Marriage Notes (George Price Crane)
CRANE, RAE G
Born: 23 Jan 1911
Died: 17 Apr 1998 (V)at age 87
last residence: 70118 (New Orleans, Orleans, LA)
Issued in LouisianaSSN: 433-13-2057
Per Times-Picayune Saturday 4/18/1998
RAE GEARY CRANE
Rae Geary Crane , a retired homemaker, died Friday at the Poydras Home for Elderly Ladies. She was 87. Mrs. Crane was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. She graduated from Sophie B. Wright High School and attended Newcomb College. Survivors include a son, G. Price Crane Jr.; two daughters, Patricia C. Mason and Rae C. Pertuit; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 11 a.m. at St. Rita Catholic Church, 2729 Lowerline St. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Per Times-Picayune 6/18/1933 page 71
There are a number of new engagements announced today to interest wide circle here, inlcluding those of Miss Rae Geary and Mr. George Price Crane; .....
Per Times-Picayune 7/19/1933 Page 14
The date of marriage of Miss Rae Geary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Geary, to Mr. George Price Crane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Crane, has been set for Tuesday morning, August 1, to be quietly celebrated at 9:30 o'clock, at St. Mathias church, on Broad street, near Napoleon avenue.
A number of prenuptial parties will be given in honor of Miss Geary and Mr. Crane, including a bridge party tommorrow afternoon by Mrs. James Baker, entertaining at her home on St. Charles avenue; a "shower" by Mrs. S. E. Calongne; a "shower" by Mrs. Henry Larguler; a tea by Mrs. Rene Crane, and a tea Thursday, July 27, by Miss Ruth Viallon, entertaining at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John Fitzgerald, in Metairie.
Per Times-Picayune 7/21/1933 Page 15
Mrs. James Baker entertained very delightfully Thursday afternoon at bridge at her home on st. Charles avenue in honor of Miss Rae Geary, who is being entertained at a round of prenuptial parties. Mrs. Baker's guests included Miss Geary, Mrs. Rene Crane, Misses Iska Wiedrecht, Lucille Menville, Marie Lucille Crane, Shirley Mae Whal, Ruth Vaillon and Mrs. William Klandack.
Per Times-Picayune 7/24/1933 Page 17
Mrs. Rene Crane was among the hostesses Sunday afternoon. She entertained at a very lovely tea at the home of her mother, Mrs. R. J. Hagen, on Fern street in honor of Miss Rae Geary, whose marriage to Mr. George Price Crane will be celebrated next month.
Mrs. Crane was assisted in receiving by the young guest-of-honor and by her sisters, Misses Thelma and Vivian Hagen, all wearing pretty afternoon frocks.
The tea table, set in the dining room of the home, was exquisite with rich settings and a centerpiece of white roses and lillies of the valley. At one end of the table was a small wedding cake decorated with - miniature bride and bridegroom. Presiding at the table were Mrs. George Robbins and Miss Marie Lucille Crane, and the tea girls included Misses Elvira and Magdalyn Hagen, also sisters of the hostess: Buren Stumpf and Yvonne and Teresa Crane.
Among the many guests calling during the tea hour were Misses Amelie Aldige, Adele Borey, Ruth Viallon, Marjorie Crane, Harriet Geary, Marion Pico, Mrs. W. J. Crane, Mrs. W. J. Geary, Mrs. N. Platt, Mrs. Samuel Payne Stone, Jr., Mrs. Robert V. Lambert, Mrs. A. W. Hyatt, Mrs. Cyril Ryan, Mrs. J. McC Gondran, Mrs. James Reid, Mrs. D. R. McGuire, Mrs. Harry Farrell, Mrs. Theodore Brierre, Mrs. Rene Murphy, Mrs. Lyman Greenwood, Mrs. J. Galloway, Mrs. George Crane, Mrs. William K. DePass, Je., Mrs. Edward Crane, Mrs William Kalmbach, Mrs. Emile Rivet, Mrs. James Baker, Mrs. Ralph Richard Hagen, Mrs. James Hagen, Mrs. H. F. Barkerding and a few others.
Per Times-Picayune 7/25/1933 Page 18
Mrs. Henry J. Larguier, Jr., entertained Monday afternoon at a "shower" at her home on South Johnson street in honor of Miss Rae Geary, who has been entertained at a round of prenuptial parties. The lower rooms of the home were decorated with clusters of spring flowers and in the dining room the table was lovely with white blossoms and tall white candles held in silver holders.
Mrs. Larguier's guests included Miss Geary, Mrs. W. J. Geary, Mrs. Warren Crane, Mrs. Sidney E. Calongne, Mrs. Charles H. Hamilton, Mrs. F. A. Calongne, Mrs. Emile Jastram, Mrs. John P. Ferrero, Mrs. Frank Nine, Mrs. William Kalmbach, Mrs. James Baker, Mrs. Joseph Schwartz, Mrs. Rene Crane, Mrs. Emile Rive, Mrs. Charles Rucker, Misses Marie Lucille and Yvonne Crane, Teresa Crane, Mabel and Ida Mehrtens, Ruth Viallon, Yvonne Jastram, Esther Barrett, Blanche Larguier and Lottie Foley.
Per Times-Picayune 7/26/1933 Page 14
Mrs. William Thomas Kalmbach was hostess in the afternoon Tuesday, at a tea, in honor of Miss Rea Geary, an attractive member of the younger set, whose marriage to Mr. George Price Crane will be an interesting event of August 1.
Mrs. Kalmbach entertained at the home of her mother, Mrs. Harriot WhiteKnact, on Daneel street, and the affair was a very delightful event of the summer season. Mrs. Kalmbach was assisted in receiving by her mother, Mrs. WhiteKnact, and by Miss Geary, Mrs. W. J. Geary, mother of the guest of honor, and by Miss Gertrude Jahncke. They wore lovely afternoon frocks and there were also many pretty frocks noted among the guests calling during the afternoon. Among those calling were Mrs. W. J. Crane, Mrs. Rene Crane, Mrs. Henry Dart, Jr., Mrs. Charles Rucker, Mrs. Katherine Sullivan Ward, Mrs. Roland Brierre, Mrs. Emile Rive, Mrs. Lester J. Lautenschlaeger, Mrs. Karl Kemmer, Mrs. Joseph Schwartz, Mrs. Arthur de la Houssaye, Mrs. Maurice J. Hartson, Jr., Mrs. Stephen Seyburn, Mrs. Alfred Tharp, Mrs. John Pierson, Mrs. Paul Gillespie, Mrs. John Hart, Mrs. Charles Hogsett, Mrs. Evan Edwards; Misses Ruth Vaillon, Shirley Mae What, Katherine Bruen, Marie Esther Shibley, Evelyn Shibley, Marie Lucille Crane, Mary Rhodes, Miriam Schwah, Margueritte Brown, Olivia Bartlett, Florence Kerwin, Mary Frances Ruck, Lorraine LaCour, Betty Felder, Julia Hardin, Virginia Rembert and a few others.
Per Times-Picayune 7/30/1933 Page 55
Miss Ruth Viallon was hostess in the late afternoon Thursday at a tea, entertaining at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John Fitzgerald, in Metairie, and complimentary to Miss Rae Geary, for whom so much delightful entertaining is being done this week to Mrs. George Price Crane.
The reception rooms of the home were decorated with cut flowers arranged in pretty clusters and in the dining room, the tea-table was exquisite with pink and white settings
and a center piece of pink and white blooms.
Miss Viallon, wearing a gown of blue eye-let chiffon, was assisted in receiving by Miss Geary, who wore a pretty frock of white organdy, and also by her aunt, Mrs. Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Geary, mother of the young guest of honor.
Among the many calling to meet Miss Geary were Mrs. Warren Crane, Mrs. William Kalmbach, Mrs. James Baker, Mrs. Paul Borron, Mrs. Edmond Crane, Mrs. Michael Macheca, Mrs. Emile Rivet, Mrs. Worthing Calhoun, Mrs. J. P. Kammer, Mrs. Charles Rucker, Mrs. Paul Steinder, Mrs. Walter Geary, Mrs. E. M. St. John, Mrs. Cyrill Geary, Mrs. Frank Doyle, Misses Marie Lucille and Yvonne crane, Teresa and Billy Crane, Yvonne Jastram, Katherine Bruen, Olga Carlongne, Iska Wiederecht, Katherine and Harriet Geary, June Rowley, Katherine Bruen, Esther Calongne, Irene Geary, Gertrude Jahncke, Stella Hebert, Marjorie and Gwendolyn Geary, Shirley Mae Wahl, Virginia Rembert, Virginia and Peggy Logan, Marguerite Brown, Brenda Fox, Martha Remick, Yvonne Jarreau, Lucile Menville, Beatrice O'Reilly, and one or two others.
Per Times-Picayune 7/31/1933 Page 15
Mrs. Sidney S. Calongne entertained Saturday afternoon at a kitchen "shower," complimentary to Miss Rae Geary, whose marriage to Mr. George Price Crane will be celebrated tommorrow morning. Mrs Calongne entertained at her home on Pine street, with the reception and other lower rooms of the home decorated with clusters of yellow and white flowers. The gifts were presented to Miss Geary, in a large basket, by two little guests, Marjorie Carter and Betty Geary, who were dressed as "mammies."
The guests included, besides Miss Geary, Mrs. W. J. Geary, Mrs. W. J. Crane, Mrs. Lydia Hagaman, Mrs. Frank Doyle, Mrs. Paul Borren, of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Cyril Geary, Mrs. Henry Larguier, Mrs. Noel M. Fillastre. Mrs. Howell Carter, Mrs. George Viallon, Mrs. John Fitzgerald, Mrs. John O'Brien, Mrs. Frederick Hagaman, Mrs. Rene Crane, Mrs. Walter Geary, Mrs. W. R. Meade, Mrs. William Kalmbach, Mrs. Emile Jastram, Mrs. George Crane, Mrs. Charles H. Hamilton, Mrs. Worthing Calhoun, Mrs. James Baker, Misses Dorothy Foley, Marie Lucille Crane, Yvonne and Teresa Crane, Ruth Viallon, Louise Edwards, Katherine and Harriet Geary, Yvonne Jastram, Mabel and Ida Mehrtens, Irene Geary, Esther and Sydney Calongne and a few others
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Miss Geary and Mr. Vrane (sic) were entertained in the evening Saturday at a pantry "shower," when Mrs. and Mrs. Emile Rive, were hosts, entertaining at their home on Apricot street. Mr. and Mrs. Rive's guests, to meet Miss Geary and Mr. Crane included, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rucker, Mr. and Mrs. John Bandi, Jr., Mr. amd Mrs. Rene Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kammer, Mr. and Mrs. Hillary Gaudin, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steinder, Misses Marie Lucille Crane, June Rowley, Messers. Gerry Tujague, Jerry Glass, Lyman Greenwood, and a few others.
Per Times-Picayune 8/6/1933 Page 85
In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, Miss Rae Geary, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Geary, was married Tuesday morning to Mr. George Price Crane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Crane. The ceremony took place at 9:30 o'clock mass at St. Mathias church, on Broad street, near Napoleon avenue, with the Reverend Father Eugene O'Conner of Loyola university officiating.
Quantities of palms decorated the church, being used in the chancel and down either side of the center aisle, forming an archway for the bridal party. Upon the altar were lovely clusters of white blossoms and lighted candles.
Miss Geary was given in marriage by her father, and wore a chic, summery suit of white triple sheer, the coat fashioned with large pleated sleeves and the dress trimmed with a narrow dark blue silk belt. She wore a white silk hat and white accessories and carried white flowers.
The bride's only attendant was her sister, Mrs. George Pratt Martin of Pensacola, Fla., who wore a pretty frock of skipper blue sheer, made on long lines, with puffed sleves and with the waist fashioned with a high neckline trimmed with tiny blue flowers of mousseline de sole. She wore a blue silk hat and accessories to harmonize and carried Johanna Hill roses.
Mr. Crane had as his best man his brother, Mr. Lawrence Crane of Macon, Ga., and as groomsmen Messers. Jerry Glas and Emile Rive.
The wedding interested a large circle of friends of the young couple in the younger set here, where they are great favorites. There was no reception following the ceremony, Mr. Crane and his bride leaving immediately after on a trip to New York and Washington, D. C. Upon their return to New Orleans they will be at home in an apartment at 7803 Spruce street.
Among the out-of-town guests here for the wedding were Messers. James Crane of San Antonio, Tex., and Lawrence Crane of Macon, Ga.