BARBARA I. CRAIL

Barbara I. Crail Barbara I. Crail, 84, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at her residence. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3, at Baker Street Community Church, Wisconsin Rapids. The Rev. Milt Van Natta will officiate. Visitation will take place from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, at the church. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights, on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Barbara was born Oct. 27, 1927, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Theodore John and Edith May (nee Race) Riegling. She married David D. Crail on March 24, 1951, in Oak Park. Barbara graduated from Proviso High School in Maywood in 1945. She then graduated from Northern Illinois State College in DeKalb in 1950. Barbara taught public schools in Riverside, Maywood and Elk Grove Village, and also taught at Elk Grove Preschool, where the school was sponsored by Elk Grove Wesleyan Church. Barbara was active in Wesleyan Women, where she held local and district offices. She was a leader of Pioneer Girls in Elk Grove. While serving at the Wisconsin Rapids Wesleyan Church, Barbara was the first director of the Wood County Child Care Resource and Referral Program. Barbara worked beside her pastor husband in Wesleyan churches in Maywood, Elk Grove Village and Wisconsin Rapids, and Methodist churches in Melrose,Wis. and Cataract, Wis. She was the pianist and organist while at some of these churches. Barbara enjoyed reading, crocheting, music, listening to and playing piano and also made felt Christmas trees and skirts for her families. Barbra always enjoyed spending time with her family especially her children, grandchildren and only sister. Barbara is survived by her husband, David; and six children, Steve (Cheryl) Crail of Roselle, Carolyn (Pedro) Medina of Pflugerville, Texas, Theodore (Rhona) Crail of Highland, Ill., Timothy (Doreen) Crail of Portland, Ore., Jonathan (Rhodalyne) Crail of Glen Ellyn and Diane (Boris) Illade of Westminster, Colo. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Jacqueline M. Dennis of Michigan. Barbara was preceded in death by her parents. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be designated to Baker Street Community Church or World Hope International, Inc. (P.O. Box 96338, Washington D.C. 20090-6338). Arrangements by Ritchay Funeral Home, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 715-423-1414.