James Willard Crowe

Male 1915 - 1985  (70 years)


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  • Name James Willard Crowe 
    Birth 1915  Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 May 1985  Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • FINZEL - James Willard Crowe, 70, died Sunday at his residence. Born here, he was a son of the late Roy E. Crowe and Clara (Wolfe) Crowe. Mr. Crowe was a retired agent for the People's Life Insurance Company and served in the Army in World War II. He was a member and lay leader of Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Route 40 and was a member and chaplain of the Eastern Garrett County Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of Charles E. Kelly Post 112, American Legion, Meyersdale, Pa.; Cumberland Lodge 271, Loyal Order of Moose, the Grantsville Republican Club and the Allegany-Garrett County Christian Firefighters Association. His first wife, the former Jean Blaney, died in 1964. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Helena (Wiland) Crowe; five daughters, Mrs. Nancy Klink and Mrs. Lois Shockey, both of here; Mrs. Jo Ann Shumaker, Eckhart; Mrs. Darlene Raley, Cumberland; Miss Lori Crowe, at home; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Gloria Beitzel, Accident; one stepson, Roger Wiland, Grantsville. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Sturtz and Mrs. Ruth Stanton, both of Grantsville; seven brothers, the Rev. Fred Crowe, Glasgow, Mont.; Frank Crowe, Harold Crowe and Hubert Crowe, all of Finzel; the Rev. Karl Crowe, Newport News, Va.; Archie Crowe, New Creek, W.Va.; Delford Crowe, Grantsville; nine grandchildren and five step-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Durst Funeral Home, Frostburg, Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Emmanuel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Powell S. Hall. Interment will be in Johnson Cemetery, Garrett County, with military honors accorded by Charles E. Kelly Legion Post. Frostburg Lodge 348, Loyal Order of Moose, will hold a memorial service at the funeral home Monday at 7:30 p.m., to be followed at 8 p.m. by a memorial service held by the Eastern Garrett County Volunteer Fire Department. The family requests that memorials be directed to the Eastern Garrett County Volunteer Fire Department, Emmanuel United Methodist Church, or the Northern Garrett County Rescue Squad. The Cumberland Evening Times, May 20, 1985

      James Willard CROWE and Olive Jean BLANEY were married in Oct 1945 in Allegany Co., Maryland
    Person ID I09913  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Father Roy Edward Crowe,   b. 29 Jul 1892, Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1960, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Clara Lucretia Wolfe,   b. 21 Sep 1893, Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1963, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F05105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Olive Jean Blaney,   b. Abt 1922, Smithfield, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1964, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1945  Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Lee Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     2. Lois Jean Crowe,   b. 10 Jun 1950, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 2005, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Darlene Mae Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     4. JoAnn Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
    Family ID F04714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Family 2 Helena Wiland,   b. Private 
    Marriage Private 
    Children 
     1. Lori Lynn Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
    Family ID F05104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 


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