Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  CHARLES E. CRAWFORD

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CHARLES E. CRAWFORD

OCNS - January 11, 2002 - Charles E. Crawford, 79, passed away Thursday, 
January 10, 2002, at the Pawhuska Hospital in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Charles was born August 25, 1922 in Pawhuska, the son of George Thomas and 
Julia (Waller) Crawford.   On April 15, 1942, he married Maxine Smith in 
Sedan, Kansas.   He served with the Forty-fifth Infantry of the United 
States Army during World War II and also served during the Korean Conflict.

Charles was the co-owner of Crawford Transfer and Storage, a business 
founded by his father, until his retirement.   He was a member of the 
Wah-Sha-She Masonic Lodge #110, where he was a 32nd Degree Mason.

Survivors include:   His wife, Maxine Crawford of the home in Pawhuska; 
his daughter and son-in-law, Caroline and Tim Burd of Pawhuska; his son 
and daughter-in-law, Charles C. (C.C.) and Angie Crawford, also of 
Pawhuska; a brother, Lloyd Crawford and wife, Ann of Bartlesville, 
Oklahoma; a sister, Telitha Edmundson of South Pasadena, California; seven 
grandchildren, Lisa Chamberlin of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Carla Selky of 
Owasso, Oklahoma; Jody Burd of Pawhuska; Chad Crawford of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 
Cory Crawford, Colby Crawford and Chance Crawford, all of Pawhuska; six 
great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.   Charles 
was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Willard Crawford and 
Clay Crawford and three sisters, Irene Davis, Doris Sparks and Coranell 
Crawford.

Funeral services will be held Monday, January 14, 2002, at 2:00 p.m., in 
the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel in Pawhuska, with Pastor Creth Hopkins of 
the Osage Indian Baptist Church officiating.   Interment will be in the 
Pawhuska City Cemetery with graveside military rites will be provided by 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.   Wah-Sha-She 
Lodge #110 will accord the the Masonic graveside rites.

Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.