Earl Woodrow Crowe

1918 - 1960  (41 years)

• Name	Earl Woodrow Crowe
  Birth	17 Dec 1918	Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Dec 1960	Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
  Notes	He served in the military in 1945. Frostburg, July 3 — Released May 7 from a German prisoner of war camp where he had been held since December 24, Pvt. E. Woodrow Crowe, husband of Mrs. Edna Crowe, Route 2, is now home on furlough. He is the son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Roy E. Crowe. He wears the Purple Heart decoration for shrapnel wounds sustained In the head. Archie Crowe, S. 1-c., a brother of Pvt. Crowe, is in the Pacific war zone. He recently reported having met his brother-in-law, Dennis V. Ellifritz, MM. 3-c., on the Island of Guam. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 3, 1945 He died on 14 Dec 1960 at the age of 41 in Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. FROSTBURG — E. Woodrow Crowe, 41, formerly of here, died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon while working at Hess Brothers Packing Company, Waynesboro, Pa. Mr. Crowe, who had been residing at RD 2, Waynesboro, had been employed by the Hess firm since July. A native of near Frostburg, he was born December 17, 1918, a son of Clara L. (Wolfe) Crowe, of here, and the late Roy Edward Crowe. He was a member of Five Forks Brethren in Christ Church. He is survived, other than his mother, by his widow, Edna (Bittner) Crowe; five children, Mrs. Carolyn Heintzelman, Gettysburg, Pa., and Delbert, Robert, Jacky and Mark Crowe, all at home; nine brothers, Rev. Raymond Crowe, Baltimore; Rev. Steve F. Crowe, Kalispell, Mont., J. Willard, Frank, Harold and Hubert Crowe, all of Finzel, Rev. Karl Crowe, Martinsville, Va., Archie Crowe, Keyser, and Delford Crowe, Grantsville; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Ellifritz, Cresaptown, and Mrs. Ruth Stanton, Grantsville; and one granddaughter. The body is at the Minnich Funeral Home, New Castle, Pa., where services will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Ralph Wenger. Interment will be in Antrim Church Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, December 15, 1960
  Person ID	I52580	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Roy Edward Crowe,   b. 29 Jul 1892, Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland d. 29 Apr 1960, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Clara Lucretia Wolfe,   b. 21 Sep 1893, Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland d. 4 Dec 1963, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F05105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna C. Bittner,   b. Private
  Marriage	Private
  Children	1. Carolyn Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Delbert Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. Robert Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   4. Jacky Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   5. Mark Crowe,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F19636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021