CRAWFORD, Mardell L. (Zewiske) 1930-2019

CRAWFORD, ZEWISKE

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 8/26/2019 at 11:11:58

Mardell L. Crawford

December 24, 1930 - August 25, 2019

Mardell L. Crawford, 88 of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, August 25, 2019, at the Martin Center at Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

She was born Dec. 24, 1930, on the family farm south of Fairbank, daughter of Paul and Josephine Ambrosy Zewiske. She married Robert E. Crawford on July 11, 1953 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fairbank. He died Jan. 15, 2012.

Mardell attended the Brown County School through 6th grade, then transferred to Immaculate Conception Catholic School, Fairbank, graduating in 1948.

Survived by two sons, Michael (Ann) of Cedar Falls and James (Barbara) of Marion; and by five grandchildren: Andrew, Matthew, Brandon, Alix Anne and Samantha Jo (Kyle) Schrader.

Preceded in death by an infant daughter, Diane Marie Crawford; a sister, Therese Marie Kistner; and by two brothers, Lavern and Edwin Zewiske.

Services will be 10:30 Saturday, Aug. 31 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Public visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary and a 6:30 p.m. vigil. Visitation will continue for one hour before services at the church on Saturday.

Memorials: directed to Cedar Valley Hospice or the family.

Mardell enjoyed gardening and fishing, and loved spending time with her family.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service