Clara Mabel Packer

1878 - 1929  (51 years)

• Name	Clara Mabel Packer  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Jun 1878	Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Dec 1929	Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona   [3, 4]
  Burial	1 Jan 1930	Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona   [4]
  Person ID	I1807	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Alonzo Hamilton Packer,   b. 14 Apr 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois d. 23 Mar 1917, Safford, Graham, Arizona (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann Parker,   b. 19 Nov 1847, Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario d. 8 Oct 1918, Safford, Graham, Arizona (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1869	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [3, 4, 5]
  Photos		Lydia Ann Parker - 1
  Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myron Marcellus Crandall,   b. 2 Oct 1875, Springville, Utah, Utah d. 11 May 1951, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1896	Safford, Graham, Arizona   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Myron Hamilton Crandall,   b. 28 Nov 1897, Safford, Graham, Arizona d. 22 Nov 1962, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 64 years)   2. Floyd Oscar Crandall,   b. 18 Dec 1899, Safford, Graham, Arizona d. 4 Nov 1962, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 62 years) + 3. Paul Leslie Crandall,   b. 28 Nov 1901, Safford, Graham, Arizona d. 26 Aug 1987, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 85 years)   4. Zelma Crandall,   b. Abt 1904, Arizona   5. Loise Crandall,   b. Abt 1906, Arizona   6. Loree Mary Crandall,   b. 6 Apr 1906, Bisbee, Cochise, Arizona d. 31 Dec 1978, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 72 years) + 7. Louis Packer Crandall,   b. 7 Nov 1909, Safford, Graham, Arizona d. 11 Oct 1974, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 64 years)   8. Genevieve Crandall,   b. 13 Nov 1911, Safford, Graham, Arizona d. 15 Jul 1988, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 76 years)   9. Lee Alonzo Crandall,   b. Abt 1914, Arizona   10. James Clarence Crandall,   b. 31 Aug 1922, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 22 Sep 2002, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 80 years)
  Photos		Marcellus & Clara Crandall
  		myron marcellus, alonza hamilton, clara mabel, 1915 Adults: Myron Marcellus Crandall, Alonzo Hamilton Packer, Clara Mabel Packer Crandall
  Family ID	F2642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2016

  
  

• Photos		Clara Mabel Packer
  		older clara mabel packer

  
  

• Notes

  Died of injuries sustained in a car accident. Author unknown -- the Relief Society president referred to is Clara Mabel Packer, and the "Lee Crandall" mentioned is her son Lee Alonzo Crandall: "Grandma Nichols was on the way to the temple for the wedding of her son Lee in the Mesa Temple, when the accident occurred at the corner of Main and Gilbert Road, which was way out in the desert. She was serving as a counselor in the ward Relief Society at the time and she and the Relief Society President were on the way to the temple for the wedding. The RS President was driving the car then they were hit and killed. The wedding had to be postponed until after the funeral. One of the older gentlemen in our ward who became a great friend of mine because he was always studying the gospel and knew the latest discoveries about the Book of Mormon, etc. His name was Lee Crandall, and he was always giving firesides etc. He was awesome. We shared books back and forth and one day we were talking family history and I related mine and he about fell out of his chair -- his mother was the Relief Society President that was driving the car when she and Grandma were hit and killed. Small world isn't it." According to an account of the life of Clara Packer written by her daughter Zelma (b. 1904), in papers of Paul Leslie Crandall now held by P & T Nielsen Hayden, the accident happened on 10 Oct 1929, and while Viola Nichols died in the hospital three hours after the accident, Clara "was seriously injured and never fully recovered, but was able to come to [the Gilbert Relief Society] meeting on Nov. 5, and did not miss a meeting until the end of the year. She presided for the last time on December 17, 1929." According to the same account, on 17 Jan 1928 Clara Packer succeeded Barbara Allen as president of the Gilbert Relief Society. Barbara Allen had herself been elected on 13 Jul 1927, but moved to Mesa in January 1928. We believe this Barbara Allen to be, in fact, Clara Packer's daughter-in-law, TNH's grandmother.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4023] 1920 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S931] Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants by John Cortland Crandall. New Woodstock, NY, 1949. [S568] Records of Barbara Allen Crandall (1903-2003), held in the family of TNH. [S1015] The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and His Wife Lydia Ann Parker by John A. Freestone, 1999. [S229] On Footings From the Past: The Packers in England by Donna Smith Packer. 1988. Mostly reliable on this side of the Atlantic.