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BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS: Marriage license records, Kanab, Kane County, Utah.  FHL film #0484816.  [License #4 - 8 Jan 1826.]

MARRIAGE-DATE-PLACE-SPOUSE-FAMILY:  1. Marriage license records, Kanab, Kane County, Utah.  FHL film #0484816.  [License #4 - 8 Jan 1826.]  2. "A Compilation of Historical Facts and Information of the CRAM Family" compiled from various Cram family members by Stu Anthony and printed on May 3, 1992.

DEATH-DATE-PLACE:  Copy of newspaper obituary, plus same sources as Birth information.

BURIAL-DATE-PLACE:  Copy of newspaper obituary, plus same sources as Birth information.

BIOGRAPHY:

                                                          Madge (Margaret) Cram

         Madge was born July 26, 1900 in Kanab, Utah.  She was the second child born to John Smith and Fannie Bunting Cram.  Eldred, their first child, died at birth.  Margaret's name was changed to Madge by usage, and this is the name she was known by all of her life.

         She remembers her childhood as being a happy time.  There were two main rooms in the house, with a "lean-to" for the kitchen, and another where the uncles sleet when they were in town.  There was no door from the main house to lean-to.  They had to go out onto LI-he porch, and through the outside door.

         Her Grandma Maggie, her father's mother, lived with the Crams until she die of uterine cancer in 1929.  Grandma Maggie was a significant person in Madge's life.  Evidently she was the one who took time to talk to Madge and do things for her.

         The main reading material was the Sears and Roebuck catalog in the cold, cold or hot, hot outhouse.  Madge still takes the newspaper or a magazine when she heads for the bathroom.  She says habits of a lifetime are hard to break.

         Madge told of the Saturday night bath ritual.  The number three tub (the biggest size) was set in the middle of the kitchen floor near the stove where it was warm.  The youngest child was bathed first, the next youngest, etc.  At first you could sit in the tub, but as you grew, it was necessary to kneel and wash yourself from that position.  She never could figure out how her father bathe as he was six feet seven inches tall.

         Madge was an excellent student in school, and was very active in the dramatic productions in the high school.  "Daddy" Hayes was one teacher who was very special to her.

         In 1918 the crowd went to the Grand Canyon and hiked to the bottom.  Isiah Meeks offered to marry Madge, even though she had stayed overnight with the crowd, and her "reputation was therefore compromised." She turned him down.

         Lester Little gave Madge a lovalier for Christmas in 1918.  That was when she kissed him the first time.  The Crams and the Littles grew up together.  They were both Democrats and nonconformists.  Madge Cram and Lester F. Little were married June 25, 1920 and spent their honeymoon at the sheepherd.  When summer was over, Madge and Lester moved to town, and lived in the Cram family home.  (Madge's parents had built a new and much larger house.)

         On June 13, 1921, their first son, John Kenyon, was delivered by Dr. Morris.  On October 16, 1922, their second child, Lorna, was born.

         In the spring of 1923, Lester took out homestead papers in Sink Valley and they built a cabin to live in.  It was a very long way from town by team and wagon and they soon bought a Model T Ford to travel back and forth.

         Their third child, Larry Lester, was born May 21, 1924.  Lester sold him homestead to his Uncle Alec Findlay and bought Louis Young's ranch at the mouth of Johnson Canyon.  Milton,
Madge's brother worked for them.  They moved two houses together to make a house of four rooms.

         In 1928, Lester and Madge bought a small house in Kanab and moved into it so Kenyon and  Lorna could go to school.

         Madge and Lester enjoyed traveling, and meeting people, and seeing the world.  In 1932, they took a trip to the Chicago World's Fair.

         In 1934,  the Littles lived at the ranch and drove to school each day.  They carried the mail, too.  This helped to pay the expenses.

          Lester traded hay to the sawmill for lumber and built several units to rent to tourists.  In winter they were rented full time to school teachers.  The family lived in rather makeshift quarters in the attics and laundry room until the big house was completed.

         In 1938, Madge and Lorna lived in town to care for the motel.  Clara Bess and Caroline kept house for the men folks at the ranch.

         In 1949, Lester and Madge were divorced after many years of living in conflict.  They sold the Ranch Lodge.  Lester went on running the ranch, and Madge moved to California.

         On October 10, 1951, they got married again and bought the Kanab Auto Court from his parents.  They lived and worked there until 1955 when they sold it to Emron Robinson and retired.

         In 1956,  they went to Pasadena to view the Rose Parade and then flew to Hawaii.  They attended the Democratic National Convention In Washington, D.C., and then traveled to Europe attending the World's Fair followed by a tour of Belgium, Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland.

         In 1961, Madge and Lester received an invitation to attend the inaugural of John F. Kennedy as a reward for their devotion to the Democratic Party.  However, they were unable to attend.

         In 1964, they attended the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, and spent a month sightseeing in eastern Europe.  They attended a Business and Professional Women's Conference in Mannheim, Germany.

         In the winter of 1971, Lester and Madge took their small house trailer and toured the hinterlands of Mexico.  They enjoyed it so much that they were preparing to return when Lester died very suddenly on September 20, 1971.

         While on a bus tour in the winter of 1974, Madge met G. B. Workman.  They were married March 11, 1974.  For several years, they spent winters at Leisure World in California and summers at their ranch in Ft.  Duchesne, Utah.

         In August of 1978,, Madge and G. B. were hit by a car while crossing the street in Roosevelt.  She sustained very serious injuries and continued to have medical problems after that.  Because of their health problems, the sold the ranch and moved into Roosevelt.

         In 1979, Madge went with her son Larry and his wife, Ginger, to China.  She found it fascinating and enjoyed the trip in spite of her poor health.

         G. B. died February 17, 1989.  Madge survived several cancers during her later years, but finally succumbed to cancer of the lungs on July 11, 1989 just a days before her 89th birthday.  She died in the Kanab Hospital and was buried in the Kanab Cemetery next to Lester Little.

OBITUARY:  Kanab - Madge Cram Little workman, 88, died Tuesday, July 11, 1969 in Kanab.

     She was born July 26,1900 in Kanab to John Smith and Fannie Bunting Cram.  she married Lester F. Little June 25, 1920.  He died Sept. 20, 1971.  She married German B. Workman March 11, 1974 and moved to Rossevelt.  He died Feb. 11, 1969.

     Madge and Lester were ranchers in Johnson Canyon from 1920 to 1935;  owner-operators of the Ranch Lodge in Kanab from 1935 to 1950; owners of Kanab Motors 1950 to 1983; and owner-operators of the Conoco Motel 1952-56, also in Kanab

     Her civic activities included county chairman of the March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society, director of Civil Defense, a member of the Business and Professional Women's club, president of the Ladies Literary League, and district director of the Associated Women's Club.  She was very activity in the Democratic party, serving as chairman and co-chairman of the Kane County Democratic Committee, a member of the Utah Democratic Central Committee 1940 and a delegate or alternate to the state and national conventions in 1948, 1956, 1964, and 1968.  She was a candidate for state representative in 1964.

    She appointed to many boards and commissions by Gov. Calvin Rampton.  Among them were: member of the Advisory Council of the School for the Deaf and Blind, 1947; the Utah State Board of Expositions in 1965 and 1971.

     She received many honors for her civic and political activities, including the medal for "Distinguished Service to County Chariman of Utah Music WomenDuring World War II".  Her biography was included in Who's Who in American Women from 1958 to 1965; Who's who of American Women in the West; Who's Who in American Politics 1969, the Dictionary of International Biography in 1963 and Two Thousand Women of Achievement in 1969.

     Madge enjoyed travel, meeting people and seeing the world in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Russia and China.

     She is survived by three daughters and two sons: Clara Grams of Ridgecrest, Calif., Caroline Lippencott, John Kenyon Little and Larry L. Little, all of Kanab, and Lorna Cottam of St. George; 16 grand children, 22 great grand children, one sister; LaVon Blackburn of St. George, and two brothers: Norman and Locklon Cram, both of Kanab.  She was preceded in death by one sister, Clara Pratt, and six brothers, Donald, Owen, Milt, Smith, Theo and Claude.

     Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Mosdell Mortuary in Kanab, where friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of services.  Burial will be in the Kanab City Cemetery.