OBIT: Kenneth Orvel CROWE, 1987, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  KENNETH O. CROWE
  
    Kenneth Orvel Crowe, 69, of 300 Indian Head Avenue, Indian Head, Charles
  County, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1987, in the Veterans Administration
  Hospital, Washington, D.C.
    Born in Grantsville, Md., he was a son of the late Orvel P. and Leota E.
  (Pope) Crowe.
    He formerly resided in Cumberland, Md., where he was a self-employed
  electrical contractor for 20 years.  He retired as an electrician with the
  United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving.  A charter member and
  former president of the trustee board of Potomac Park United Methodist
  Church, Mr. Crowe was an Army veteran of World War II.  He was a member of
  Fort Cumberland Lodge 211, AF&AM; Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
  Freemasonry, Cumberland Algonquin Forest 140, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and
  Ali Ghan Shrine Temple.
    Survivors include his widow, Thea Virginia (Thomas) Crowe; two daughters:
  Rita Lancaster, North Huntingdon; and Janet Jeter, Clermont, Fla.; two sons:
  Carl Crowe, Toms River, N.J.; and Paul Crowe, Lexington Park; seven
  grandchildren; one brother, Wilfred Crowe, Finzel, Md.; three sisters: Iva
  DeHaven, Winchester, Va.; Leatta McKenzie, Floral, and Evelyn Boone,
  LaVale, Md.
    Friends were received at the Potomac Park United Methodist Church where
  services were conducted Sunday at 5 p.m. by the Rev. George Widmyer and the
  Rev. William Sewers.
    Hunt Funeral Home in Waldorf Md., conducted, funeral services at noon
  Tuesday.
    Interment, Cheltenham Veterans Administration Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, November 26, 1987
  
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