Lillian Opa (Wegner) Crandall was born on September 9, 1912 in Palmyra, Lenawee County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Martha (Downing) and Emiel Wegner.

She married John Crandall and they had two children:

  1. Carolyn Patricia (Crandall) Dyer
  2. Virginia Lee (Crandall) Clayton

Lilian died on January 26, 2002 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 89.