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BORN

1942

DIED

2012

FUNERAL HOME

Berge Pappas Smith Chapel of Angels Funerals & Cremation - Fremont

40842 Fremont Boulevard

Fremont, California

Michael Crowe Obituary

Michael F. Crowe
Resident of Newark
Michael F. Crowe passed away Friday, October 26, after a long illness. He was founder and former President of the Art Deco Society of California. He served as a President of the California Preservation Foundation. He also served on the Board of the Oakland Heritage Alliance. Michael had retired from the National Park Service where he worked with the National Historic Landmark program. He was most active in the preservation community.
Michael is survived by his husband, Dan Jepson of Newark, CA and three sisters, Kathleen Sonderman, Caroline Lemmink and Mary Rebold, all of Cincinnati, OH.
Services will be held Friday, November 2, at 2 PM at Berge-Pappas-Smith Chapel of the Angels, 40842 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA.

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Published by Inside Bay Area News on Oct. 31, 2012.

Memories and Condolences
for Michael Crowe

17 Entries

Theresa LaQuey

November 2, 2012

You changed my life Michael - We shall all miss you so.

Lisa Koester

November 2, 2012

I am so very sorry to learn of the loss of one of our brightest lights. I send condolences to Dan, and to Michael's family, and to the city of Cinncati which has lost a son. While I am sad to learn of his passing, I rejoice in the fact that it was much later than originally predicted, and that he was able to not only find but legally marry his one true love, of this he told me many times, how grateful he was to have found that.

At the 1988 Art Deco Preservation Ball, Paramount Theater, Oakland CA

Sara Klotz de Aguilar

November 2, 2012

Dear Michael,
Thank you for so much - for creating an organization that so many of us consider our 2nd family, for fighting the good fight for preservation (and enlightening, encouraging and inspiring myriad others to do the same), for your witty conversation, your sweet friendship and all the dances and cocktails shared. You will be so missed, and I hope you are right about the afterlife because I want you in my life always.

Kristen Caven

November 2, 2012

Dear Michael. You are in my heart, and in my photo album. You have enriched our lives with so much beauty and awareness. Thank you for all of your gifts and godspeed.

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Eugene Marangoni

November 2, 2012

Hello, Dan:

We were very saddened to hear of Michael's passing. We are keeping you in our thoughts.

Eugene & Frank

Bernardine Lewis

November 2, 2012

Dan, I am so very sorry to hear of Michael's passing. He was a wonderful part of the Art Deco Society. I'll always remember him in his white suit at the Gatsby; the party won't be as fun without him.

Bridget Maley

November 1, 2012

Dan and family - I am so saddened to hear of Michael's passing. He was a gem in the preservation community and we will miss him so much. His contributions to our understanding of Art Deco architecture in the Bay Area are invaluable!

Gena and Pete

November 1, 2012

We will greatly miss Uncle Michael, Christmas will never be the same without him there sharing in the celebration. Uncle Mike would send me postcards on all his visits around the world and I still have them, what a joy it was to open the mailbox and have a postcard from him be it from Hawaii, Indonesia, or just from California it was always a pleasure to get those postcards. Love you Uncle Mike. ?

Marvin Burrows

October 31, 2012

I will miss Michael and his vast knowledge, his caring, his interest in others and his humor. My condolences to Dan and his family. He will never be forgotten.

Ione Stiegler

October 31, 2012

I am deeply saddened to hear of Michael's passing. Due to him I became a part of the California Preservation Foundation family. He will be sorely missed.

Maria

October 31, 2012

We will miss Uncle Michael. Christmas will never be the same.

Peyton Hall

October 31, 2012

My heart goes out to Dan and other family members. Michael, and Dan, contributed more than anyone else to making my CPF experience FUN.

Alex Stillman

October 31, 2012

Michael was a gem. I loved the Art Deco events and drove from Arcata to attend. What a guy.

October 31, 2012

I was so saddened to hear this news. Michael was so generous with his time and energy, a gift to all who had the pleasure of working with him. Those of us on the Oakland Heritage Alliance board will miss him greatly. Kathryn Hughes

Barbara Smith

October 31, 2012

I will sorely miss Michael. For many years, he and I jointly led an annual tour of Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery for the Oakland Heritage Alliance - Michael talked about the architectural monuments and I covered the lives of the "departed."
He was a fountain of knowledge and a delight to know, and I shall miss him.

Carter Lowrie

October 31, 2012

Dan, so sad reading of Michael's passing. What a loss to you and his family - and to the legions of friends and associates who were inspired and enlivened through his love of Art Deco and Preservation issues. He shall be deeply missed. Bill Ryan and I send our love and heart felt condolences to you and yours. Carter Lowrie

Melanie Archer

October 31, 2012

My sympathies to all. I knew Michael from his work with the Art Deco Society and the Oakland Heritage Alliance. I always scrambled to attend when he gave a lecture or tour--he was so informative and entertaining. I'll miss him.

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