April Crans

April Lynn Crans, 67, of Judsonia, was called home on Thanksgiving Day after sharing a meal, laughter, and joking with her family. April was born April 1, 1955, in Flint, Michigan the daughter of Audrey and Don Hauck. She went to school in Flint, Michigan and worked at General Motors. April moved to Arkansas in 1978. She served in the Arkansas Air National Guard for four years as a water tester in all the missile sites in Arkansas during the Cold War. After that, she worked at Maybelline/ L’Oréal USA for fifteen years and never missed a day of work, and even had her own parking space. April was diagnosed with two stage four cancers after having an auto accident eighteen months later. She was on long term disability for fifteen years. April volunteered her time to help CASA to help children and check on foster parents with children before placement or returning to their families. She was a child’s advocate. April loved to cook and provide for others. She was full of agape, love, and was selfless. Feeding kids and people was her passion. Smiles around the table was her reward. She loved her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. If you knew her, she loved your kids too. She also loved animals. April was preceded in death by her parents, one brother; Steve Hauck, and two sisters; Sue Davis and Terry Pease. She is survived by her husband, Phillip; her daughter, Sandy Helfer and her children, Alyssa Helfer, Katelyn McKenney (Brandon), Kane Helfer and Christian Wagnon (Ethan) and their daughter Ellie; son, James “Jimmy” Hamlin and his children Bryson and Haven; her cats, Blue, Grofty, and Princess; her sister, Deborah Lowry and her family, Heather, Andrew, Carter, Rebecca, Hailey, Anna and Gavin; sister, Ruth (Jim) Frye and family, John (Mericlare), Katie, Colton, James, Jacob (Vanessa), Dakota, Ellie, Katelynn, Makayla, Miranda, Lukas, Denver, Elizabeth and Morgan; sister, Theresa Pease (Mark Conners) and her family, Shannon, Tyler, Marissa, Elizabeth, Donald (Erica), Nathan, Trevor, Aidan; her sister Susan’s family, Steve Davis, Scott, Aleah, Gaige, Stacy, Maegan, Emma Sue, and Joshua; her brother Steven’s family, Kelly, Devin, Aidan, Alexia, Rebecca, Olivia, Stephanie (John), Christian, Trevor, Beth, Angelica, and Caden; brother, Timothy Hauck(Melba), and family, Trisha, Amira, Alayna, and Liam. She is also survived by the Crans family; Jennifer Crans-Brown (Tony), Darian (Erica) Mateo, Michael, Jordan, Joshua (Heather), Gaia, Maya, Kathryn Crans, Jon Crans (Jillian), Citrus Racheal, Luc, Liam, and Oliver; four kids, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; Peter Crans (Sue), Derek, Ash, Nicole, Kay Crans (Larry Pope), Dustyn Shelbee (Payton), Tucker, L.C., Kelci, Perry Crans (Lottie), Christopher, Timothy, Patrick Crans (Lynn), Jay, Trevor (Rebekah) and girls, Ty and Sammie, and Taylor Massa (Cale), Addison and Miles. Please join us in celebrating April’s life and love. AGAPE and Love. An agape meal will be provided by the family. Family and friends, please join us on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 11:30 am at Powell Funeral Home in Searcy. This is a celebration of life. The beautiful thing about death, you see, is that death need not stop life. So, my brothers and sisters let’s Live, Love, and be Loved. AGAPE LOVE! Selfless and Abundant. Arrangements are entrusted to Powell Funeral Home of Searcy. www.powellfuneralhome.net

April Crans

April 1, 1955 - November 24, 2022