Charles L. Crow

Funeral services will be held and we will be honoring the wonderful life of Charles Crow at the Eads Community Church (formerly Eads United Methodist Church) on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Eads Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, August 5, 2024 from 6-7 pm at the Brown Funeral Home in Eads. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Prairie Pines Assisted Living Community in Eads.
Charles Leroy Crow, a life time resident of Eads Colorado born to George and Shirley Crow on July 13, 1935. During high school he was active in athletics and enjoyed cruising down Main Street in his little yellow Chevy. After graduating from Eads High School he attended Lamar Junior College to play basketball. After a year, he returned to Eads to marry Betty Kelley in 1954. Born to this union was Kim Crow (Richards), Tammy Crow, Charla Crow (Ferris) and David Crow.
One of Charles' first jobs was working at Titan Missile Base building the 54 missile sites that were on alert across the United States from 1963 to 1987. He later returned to Eads to work in the family business which involved laying natural gas pipeline and pouring concrete nationwide. He worked in the family business for over 45 years. In 1962 the family purchased the Plains Theater where movies were shown every night. It was a family venture, with Betty taking tickets and the children learning early on how to handle money by selling popcorn for 10 cents.
Charles' love of basketball continued through his children's and grandchildren's participation in the sport. He never missed a game of his children for over 16 years and made sure they had what was needed including a handmade basketball goal and a street light so that they could play late into the night. He made sure that the goal would stand the test of time and the goal still stands to this day.
Charles loved restoring old cars alongside his son David and his two grandsons Josh and Brison. He loved flying his airplane which he purchased with his friend Frank Frazee, though he sold it when his children got older and developed air sickness, at least one of the children got sick on every flight. He was an avid bowler, maintaining an average of over 200.
Later in life Charles married Florris Oswald (Burns). Together, they restored a 1965 Ford Mustang and built their home from the ground up. They enjoyed fishing, boating, antiquing and spending many hours at the lake with friends and family.
Charles spent his last two years at Prairie Pines, where he appreciated the care by the staff and particularly Chief Executive Officer Tristin Sheridan who he fondly called "The Doctor".
Charles Leroy Crow passed away on August 1st at age 89, after a short illness. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Florris Oswald (Burns), his parents George and Shirley Crow, his son David Crow, his two sisters, Diane Crow (Pierce) and Linda Crow (Gardner). He is survived by his 3 children, Kim (Tom) Richards of Eads, Colorado, Tammy Crow of Pueblo, Colorado, Charla Ferris (Dave Wall) of Kit Carson, Colorado and his daughter-in-law Janelle Crow of Eads, Colorado. He is survived by four step children Donald Oswald of Haswell, Colorado, Deborah (Glen) Davis of Haswell, Colorado, Julie (Mark) Kelley of Arapahoe Colorado and Linda Harper (Scott) of Great Bend Kansas, 15 Grand Children and 28 Great Grand Children and his life long friend Larry Gifford, and many other extended family and friends.