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Edwin Russell Crocker

1936 - 2022

BORN

1936

DIED

2022

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Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory - Princess Anne Chapel

3445 Princess Anne Road

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Edwin Crocker Obituary

Edwin Russell Crocker, 86, died September 15, 2022 at a Virginia Beach Hospital. He was born February 15, 1936, in Springfield, MA, the son of the late Russell Frank and Marion Ruth (Cowles) Crocker.

Edwin was married to his wife, Mary Helen Crocker (Zbikowski), for 61 years. He was an avid Boston Bruins and hockey fan, member of the Springfield Hockey Hall of Fame's Class of 2008 as one of the "Rink Rats", gardener, carpenter, and loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

Edwin is survived by his beloved wife, Mary; daughter Heidi Marie Shevlin and her husband Brian; sons, Craig William Crocker, and Corey Michael Crocker and his wife Jamie; two grandchildren, Chad Shevlin and his wife Cassandra and Desiree Shevlin; two great-grandchildren, Astrid and Maeve Shevlin.

A memorial service is being held 6 p.m. Friday, September 23 at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory, 3445 Princess Anne Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23456. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in Edwin's memory to CHKD.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Sep. 21, 2022.

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