Show William Cranmer r Dies at a 84 New Park President for far Years William Henry HenTY Harrison Cranmer Cranmer Cran Gran- mer 8 84 retired president of the tho New Park Mining Co Salt Lake City and an Intermountain Region Region Region Re Re- gion mining industry leader died of ot a heart ailment Tuesday in New York York Mr lr Cranmer served as New v Parks Park's president from 1934 until his retirement in 1962 He was born Oct 11 in inI I Denver Colo to William H H. H H. and Martha Hittson Cranmer Yale Graduate Mr Cranmer attended Denver Denver Den ver schools the Phillips Andover er Academy and was graduated grad from Yale in 1907 1901 Returning to Denver in that same year he became president of Wheeler Jones Jones Engineering Engi Engl Engineering Co a pioneer firm in reinforced reinforced re reo concrete construction After service in World War WarI I he returned to Denver and nd became a geologist for the Wilson Wil Wil- son son son-Cranmer Cranmer Co a firm Interested interested inter Inter- ested in Wyoming oil tion He served as a federal mineral min eral oral examiner in 23 1922 investigating in ill platinum um claims inGrand in inGrand inGrand Grand Canyon Oil Executive Working with the Union Oil Co Cot Co of California he had much to do with drilling operations in inGrand inGrand inGrand Grand County Utah In 1932 Mr MI Cranmer became associated with Charles Moore who who was engaged in negotiations negotiations negotiations to take over the Park Galena Galena Gal ena Mining Co and he became president of New Park Mining Co Mr Cranmer was charged charge d with clearing the company's company financial and legal troubles an anto and d to procure fun funds s to continue operations With less than left Mr Cranmer struck a rich vein of ore and New Park declared i its first dividend The discovery ry was hailed as a'S the first major silver find in decades Arranged Financing SIr Mr Ir Cranmer arranged for the th e financing of the Lucky ium mine and others in Wyom Wom ins inc He also aiso had been beon president of East Utah Mining Co and Oil Inc nc and a director of Silver Buckle Mining Co Co and Noun Moun lain ain Park Quarries Inc Mr Cranmer was a past Denver Den Deiv- vcr ver er highway commissioner a member of the Denver Board of Public Works Work's past president of or orI ortho I ho tho Utah Mining and a member of the Salt Lake I is s Club Ho married ried Margaret l Wood Woo June 27 1907 1901 She died in in- 1958 Mr Cranmer married Helen Helon Worde Vorde in 1959 His widow writing under the names lames Helen Worden Vorden and Helen Helen- i Worden Erskine is well known as an journalist author-journalist having g published several books written magazine articles and authored a column for the Hall Syndicate His widow and one son Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert survive Burial will be in Denver |