OBIT: Thomas J. CROWE, 1943, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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THOMAS J. CROWE

  Thomas J. Crowe, 82, native and lifelong resident of Garrett County, Md., died 
Wednesday evening, July 14, at his home in Finzel after becoming seriously ill 
for one week.  He was a successful farmer and a member of the Methodist Church, 
having served as Sunday school superintendent at Johnson's Church, for more than 
fifty years.
  His death occurred exactly 30 years after the death of his mother.  He was the 
third of eleven children, only two of whom survive - Eugene Crowe of Meyersdale, 
and Mrs. Calvin Wilson of Frostburg.
  He is also survived by his wife, four sons, Glen Crowe, Meyersdale; Roy E. 
Crowe, Finzel; Lee Crowe, Arlington, Va.; and Denzel Crowe, Frostburg; a 
daughter, Mrs. Everett Durst, Frostburg; seventeen grandchildren and eight 
great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the Johnson Church along the 
National Pike, Rev. Virgil Gillum of the Grantsville M. E. Church, officiating.  
Interment in the Johnson Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, July 22, 1943