OBIT: Ida (Thomas) CROSSEN, 1930, native of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ IDA THOMAS CROSSEN The subject of this sketch was born in Elk Lick Township, 49 years ago, and died at her home in Polk, Ohio, April 19, 1930, of heart disease, after a long illness. Her death came very suddenly, and was not expected when it came. She was the wife of James Crossen, also a former citizen of Elk Lick Township, and was the youngest daughter of the late Amos and Barbara Livengood Thomas. She is survived by her husband and ten children, as follows: Mrs. Ruth Wilcox, Russell, Freda, Harry, Margaret, Eugene, Elmer, Kenneth, Grace and Florence Thomas. Two other children preceded the mother to the grave. The surviving children are all at home, as the married daughter, Mrs. Wilcox, and her husband, have decided to live with the other members of the Crossen family, since so many of the other children are still quite young and will need Mrs. Wilcox to take the place of their mother in caring for them. Mrs. Crossen had many friends, and was a loving wife and mother, as well as a good neighbor. She will be sadly missed by her husband and children, as well as by her many friends. Her remains were brought back to the scenes of her childhood, and interred in the Salisbury I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. George L. Detweiler, pastor of the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren, with which denomination Mrs. Crossen united during her girlhood. The burial arrangement was in charge of Funeral Director W. C. Price, of Meyersdale. In addition to being survived by her husband and ten children, Mrs. Crossen is also survived by four brothers, namely, Ulysses G. Thomas, of Elk Lick Township, Mahlon, of Salisbury, and Frank and Milton Thomas, of Ashland, Ohio. Meyersdale Republican, May 1, 1930