Pamela Eccles Cruze

1959 - 2022

Pamela Eccles Cruze, born on September 2, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Pamela passed away on April 20, 2022 in Spokane Valley, Washington. Pamela was a wonderful mother, grandmother, daughter and sister of a loving family. Faith, courage, family and friends were foremost in her life. She was preceded in death by her Mother Philomena Ragas Eccles, her grandparents Thomas and Clarice Eccles and John and Antoinette Ragas. She is survived by her children Krista Hollister (Jamie) and Paul Cruze (Nicole), 6 grandchildren (Sydney, Alivia, Caden, Cory, Jesse and Isaiah), by her Father Thomas J. Eccles, her Aunt Carolyn Eccles Anderson, her siblings Lisa Eccles, Christy Eccles Layton (Matt), Tom Eccles (Judy), Scott Eccles (Anna), Nancy Eccles Smith (Gordon), her Uncles Gary Ragas (Hally), Kenneth Ragas (Helen), Donald Ragas and numerous relatives and friends in California, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Pamela will always be remembered for her kindness, caring, perseverance and sacrifices for her family and friends and for her trust and faith in Christ. Several Catholic Masses were said in her remembrance, including one at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans where many of her family worshipped over the centuries.