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Mary Ann <I>Owens</I> Crandall

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Mary Ann Owens Crandall

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Mar 2020 (aged 85)
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
Burial
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She was the daughter of Jack Milton Owens, born in Tulsa October 17, 1912, a singer/songwriter, gifted pianist, and a star of the longest running network radio show, Don McNeils Breakfast Club.

Jack married fellow Chicago radio star Helen Streiff in the early 1930s, started his recording career with independent label, Tower Records, and then after the huge success of "The Hukilau Song",

Her mother was Margaret Evelyn Streiff, born in Wisconsin in 1911.

A child star, she sang with her father and they recorded “Think, Think”, in 1953 and Will You Be My Darlin'? In 1948 with Eddie Ballantine and his orchestra.

YouTube of their song “Think !“
https://youtu.be/YAxW2KbkVzc

Won’t you be my darling ?

https://archive.org/details/78_will-you-be-my-darlin_jack-owens-and-his-daughter-mary-ann-eddie-ballantine-and-h_gbia0004890a/Will+You+Be+My+Darlin'%3F+-+Jack+Owens+and+his+daughter+Mary+Ann.flac

Mary Ann married Page Crandall and had a son Matthew Page Crandall in 1960. They lived in San Francisco and she was employed by Gump’s department store.

In 1980s, she moved to Sonoma County and became a Master Gardner.

She is survived by her son and granddaughter and a sister In Kansas.
She was the daughter of Jack Milton Owens, born in Tulsa October 17, 1912, a singer/songwriter, gifted pianist, and a star of the longest running network radio show, Don McNeils Breakfast Club.

Jack married fellow Chicago radio star Helen Streiff in the early 1930s, started his recording career with independent label, Tower Records, and then after the huge success of "The Hukilau Song",

Her mother was Margaret Evelyn Streiff, born in Wisconsin in 1911.

A child star, she sang with her father and they recorded “Think, Think”, in 1953 and Will You Be My Darlin'? In 1948 with Eddie Ballantine and his orchestra.

YouTube of their song “Think !“
https://youtu.be/YAxW2KbkVzc

Won’t you be my darling ?

https://archive.org/details/78_will-you-be-my-darlin_jack-owens-and-his-daughter-mary-ann-eddie-ballantine-and-h_gbia0004890a/Will+You+Be+My+Darlin'%3F+-+Jack+Owens+and+his+daughter+Mary+Ann.flac

Mary Ann married Page Crandall and had a son Matthew Page Crandall in 1960. They lived in San Francisco and she was employed by Gump’s department store.

In 1980s, she moved to Sonoma County and became a Master Gardner.

She is survived by her son and granddaughter and a sister In Kansas.

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