[M] #70064 Keith Leroy Kraner ( Gerald Homer KranerJohn Harley KranerMaria Almira MacklinPhilip MacklinJacob MacklinPhilip MacklinJohn Peter "Peter" MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Keith was born 15 Jan 1929 in Bearcreek Twp., Jay Co., Indiana. He died 26 Feb 2018 in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio. He was buried 2 Mar 2018 in East Lawn Memorial Park, Reno, Washingto Co., Ohio.

The following is from an obituary published by the Roberts Funeral Home:

He attended the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Following college, Dr. Kraner served in the U.S. Air Force, both at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. which earned him the Commendation Medals of the Air Force and the Army. He pioneered survival surgical techniques in fetal animals, namely a sheep. In addition, he sent the first monkey into space and conducted cosmic ray studies which evaluated their risks to astronauts in space.

Dr. Kraner became professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri and was the director of the Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine.

He took a position at the National Institute of Health near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and worked as the scientific review administrator of the Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section. He contributed to major advances in human medicine and research and was well known for his articles in the DVM magazine. After 28 years of service, he retired as a captain of the Air Force and moved to Marietta to be closer to Mary's family.

Keith married #70075 Mary Carolyn Ash.

Relationship notes

They married.

 

Mary was born 10 Jul 1931. She died 14 Jan 2018. She was buried 19 Jan 2018 in East Lawn Memorial Park, Reno, Washingto Co., Ohio.

She is the daughter of Flavius & Winifred Ash.

Children of this relationship:

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Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com, #186679077, Mary Carolyn Ash Kraner.

Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com, #187657887, Dr Keith Leroy Kraner.


Line Generation: 11

Relationship: Seventh Cousins through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling