Evelyn (Dee) Crawford, 19 Aug 1928 - 21 Feb 2020

CRAWFORD, SKVOR, DEE, JAMES, ZLATOHLAVEK, FUESSLEY, BUTLER, BROWN

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 5/29/2020 at 14:54:30

Evelyn Crawford, 91, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 21, 2020, at her home. Visitation: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial: Czech National Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Evelyn was born on August 19, 1928, at the family farmhouse outside of Ladora, Iowa, the youngest of seven children born to Clayborne Edward and Beatrice Violet (James) Dee. From her union with Leonard Skvor she raised eight children: Leonard (Kathy) Skvor, Joe (Linda) Skvor, Thomas (Anne) Skvor, Daniel Skvor, Mary (John) Zlatohlavek, Ruth Fuessley (Buck Brown), Theresa Skvor, and Michelle Butler. Evelyn is also survived by fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. She married Howard W. Crawford on November 10, 1985; Howard died in 2014. Following her retirement from many years at Mercy Medical Center, Evelyn volunteered at Mercy until February 2016.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, and grandson, Joshua J. Skvor.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Mercy.

The family would like to extend a warm thank you to nurses Alice and Myra from Hospice of Mercy, and a special thank you to Dr. Melanie Stahlberg.

Please share a memory of Evelyn at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.

Published in The Gazette on February 24, 2020