Evelyn Crowe

09/30/1931 - 03/25/2011

CROWE,
Evelyn
(Age 79)

Passed away Friday, March 25th, 2011 at Spokane, WA. She was a longtime Farmington, WA farm wife. She was born Irene Evelyn Bruce on September 30, 1931 at Seltice, WA to Albert and Irene L. (Lipp) Bruce, Sr. Evelyn attended Seltice Country School and Tekoa High School where she graduated in 1950. Following high school, she worked as a telephone operator for General Telephone in Tekoa.
Evelyn married Earl Crowe on December 10, 1950 at Oakesdale, WA. The couple made their home at Farmington where they farmed and raised their family. Her husband Earl died in December of 1993. Evelyn moved to Spokane in 1995, and has made her home at the Waterford on South Hill for the past 14 months.
Evelyn enjoyed the farm life in Farmington. She loved to cook and bake, enjoyed crocheting, and always had a large flower and vegetable garden. She enjoyed activities with her grandchildren, and spending time at the family cabin on Coeur d'Alene Lake. She was an enthusiastic snow skier while living in Farmington, and was a Campfire Girls Leader when her daughters were growing up.
Survivors include four daughters, Terry Sublette and her husband Paul of Valleyford, WA, Debbie Crossett and her husband Mike of Oakesdale, WA; Lorie Stephenson of Spokane, and Mary McCormack and her companion Ron Rockness of Oakesdale, WA; her sister Lenora Nelson of Spokane and her brother Albert Bruce, Jr. of Farmington, WA, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Earl, brothers Donald and Lawrence Bruce; and her son-in-law Mack McCormack.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. at the Farmington Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Farmington, WA. Pastor Erik Buhl of the Oakesdale Presbyterian Church will officiate at the service and burial will follow at the Oakesdale Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday, March 31st and Friday, April 1st from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at KRAMER FUNERAL HOME in Tekoa, WA.
Memorial gifts may be given to the Whitman County Fire District No. 10, Oakesdale Station, 202 Hodges Road, Oakesdale, WA, 99158; or to Friends of Hospice, 1610 NE Eastgate Blvd. Ste. 850, Pullman, WA, 99163.