Crum, Mary Louise 1926-2019

CRUM, THORPE, LASKEWITZ, BULLOCK, HANAWALT

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Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:34

Mary Louise Crum
December 19, 1926 - July 26, 2019

Mary Louise Crum, age 92 of Grinnell and formerly of Kellogg, died on Friday, July 26, 2019 at the Grinnell Health Care Center.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment will be at Our Silent City Cemetery in Kellogg. A luncheon will follow at the Kellogg American Legion.

Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell.

Memorials may be designated to the Kellogg American Legion or to the Kellogg Christian Church, mailed in care of the Smith Funeral Home, PO Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 50112. Memories and condolences may be shared with her family online at www.smithfh.com.

Mary Louise Thorpe was born on December 19, 1926 in Kellogg, Iowa to Murlyn and Elsie (Laskewitz) Thorpe. She graduated from Kellogg High School in 1944 and attended Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where she earned a teaching degree.

Mary was united in marriage to Harold Bullock in June of 1946 and to this union was born a son, Richard Lee Bullock. They were later divorced. She married Larry Crum on October 28, 1955 and to this union three children were born, George, Laura, and John. She taught school in Jasper County rural schools for seven years before moving to Lawrence, Kansas in 1956, where Mary owned and operated a nursing home for 13 years. After selling the nursing home, she owned and operated a ceramics business in Lawrence. Mary and Larry moved back to the family farmhouse where she was born outside of Kellogg, Iowa in 1973. The couple divorced in 1973. She owned and operated a café in Kellogg until she retired.

Mary was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and served on their district committee, the Kellogg Christian Church, Kellogg City Council, Kellogg Garden Club, and the Kellogg Legion Auxiliary. She liked to travel and took trips to China, Alaska, Nova Scotia, Pakistan, and all throughout the United States. She was an avid gardener and spent her free time reading, and later in life, cross-stitching. Mary was known for her commonsense approach to life and direct approach toward people and situations.

She is survived by her children: George (Dee) Crum of LeGrand, Iowa, Laura (Daryl) Hanawalt of Newton, Iowa, and John (Carol) Crum of Overland Park, Kansas; seven grandchildren: Jessica, Zach, Rita, Roman, Aleks, Kiersten, and Conner; and eight great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Ken Thorpe; and son, Richard Bullock on July 24, 2019. ~ The Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell, Iowa 26 July 2019.