OBIT: Doris (PEASE) CRAWFORD, 2003, Sinking Valley, Blair County, PA

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DORIS P. CRAWFORD 

  Mrs. Doris P. Crawford, age 87, of RD 1, Sinking Valley, Tyrone, and 
a guest at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Home, died Wednesday, July 9, 
2003 at 2:45 a.m. at Bon Secours Holy Family Hospital, Altoona. She was 
born February 5, 1916 in Altoona, the daughter of William H. and Claire 
Pease and on March 27, 1937 at the home of the bride in Sinking Valley 
was married to Kenneth M. Crawford who preceded her in death January 
26, 1989. She is survived by five children - Alma C. Carolus, Inman, 
SC; Doris Aileen Burmeister and Richard K. Crawford, both of Newark, 
Del; Mary E. Thounhurst, Summerville, PA and R. Stanley Crawford, 
Sinking Valley; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Also 
surviving are two brothers - William, Duncansville and Richard, 
Lewistown. She was preceded by a brother Paul and a sister Phylis 
Pease.
  Mrs. Crawford was a member of the Sinking Valley Presbyterian Church 
where she had served as treasurer of the Harnish Mission Circle. She 
was a graduate of Bellwood High School and had attended Juniata College 
for two years. She was a member of the Auxiliary of the Presbyterian 
Home and was a volunteer for the Sinking Valley Farm Show. Her 
relationships with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren 
were very important to her and she enjoyed gardening and raising 
orchids.
  Funeral service for Mrs. Doris P. Crawford will be Saturday, July 12, 
2003 at 11 a.m. at the Richard H. Searer Funeral Home Inc. with 
Reverend Paul Pease officiating. Interment will follow in Arch Spring 
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 10 to 
11 a.m. Contributions in her memory may be made to the John Martin 
Fund, United Presbyterian Home, Hollidaysburg, PA 16645.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, July 10, 2003