Harriet Crouch

1923 - 2011

Harriet Jane Crouch

Urbandale

Harriet Crouch, 87, died on March 22, 2011 at Emeritus in Urbandale. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m. at Westkirk Presbyterian Church, 2700 Colby Woods Drive, Urbandale, Iowa. Burial will take place following the memorial service at the Masonic Cemetery, 1550 48th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.

Harriet was born July 20, 1923 in North Loupe, NE. Harriet married Jewell Crouch on December 28, 1945 and they were happily married for 54 years. Harriet and Jewell lived in Denver, Colorado, Taylor, Michigan, and moved to Des Moines with their family in 1968. Harriet loved working at Woodlawn Elementary School as the school secretary where she developed many wonderful relationships with the faculty, staff and students. She enjoyed playing bridge, dancing, and traveling to jazz festivals around the country with Jewell. She especially loved watching her grandchildren participate in their many school and sporting activities. Harriet was a life long Nebraska fan but also learned to support the Hawkeyes with pressure from her grandchildren.

Harriet was preceded in death by her parents Sterling and Lula Manchester, her husband Jewell, and younger brother Jerrold Manchester. She is survived by her brother, Everett Manchester of Minden, NE; sister, Grace Milligan of North Loupe, NE; her children, Janell Nunn of St. Louis and Mark Crouch (Jacque) of Des Moines; her grandchildren, Allison Knolhoff (Denny), Brooke Schultz (Peter), Justin Crouch (Bethany), Megan Crouch and Seth Crouch as well as her four great-grandchildren, Logan, Caroline, Isabella and Parker.

Those wishing to express their sympathies through memorial donations may direct their gift to Westkirk Presbyterian Church in loving memory of Harriet.