HILLSBORO, May 18 -- Leonard Lucius Crenan, a native of Hillsboro, died May 10 at his home, 102
Scott Avenue, Fairmount, after a long illness.
Mr. Crenan was born Aug. 14, 1887, a son of William H. and Isabel Lambie Crenan. He graduated
from Syracuse University in 1910. He spent five years in Canada as an engineer in the
construction of the trans-continental railway, and later worked in the tunnel under the East
River in New York City.
He was in military service in World War I, training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. Upon his
return from duty he entered the Highway department with the Syracuse Office, from which he
retired after 30 years.
He is survived by his widow, the former Emily McCabe, of Brooklyn; one sister, Mrs. Myron
VanPappen, Litchfield, Mich; one brother T. William Crenan of Camden; four nieces and two
nephews.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 12, and burial was in Assumption Cemetery, Syracuse.
Note: his sister was Mrs. Myron VanPatten not VanPappen.
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