CRABB, Helen L. (1922-2000)

CRABB

Posted By: Don Boucher (email)
Date: 3/9/2013 at 10:28:04

Obituary from The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune newspaper, Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, USA, date unknown:

Helen Lucille Crabb, 78, of Indianola died of a heart attack Saturday, Oct.14, 2000, at the Indianola helicopter landing site at Westroads. Services will be held Thursday, Oct. 19, at 11 a.m. at Overton Funeral Home, with burial of cremains at Belmont Cemetery. Visitation with family will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18 at the funeral home.

Mrs. Crabb was born in the Bethel Chapel community of Clarke County. She had lived in Indianola since 1995 and had previously lived in the Green Plain farming community since 1969. She worked as a fire underwriter for Kirke Van Orsdel Insurance until her retirement in 1984. She enjoyed golfing, bowling and her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth.

Survivors include her daughter, Sandra Leach of Ackworth; three sons, Sam of Swan, Jerry of Des Moines, and Michael of Phoenix, Ariz.; three brothers, Russell Kennedy of Indianola, Dewey Kennedy of Somers, and Ed Kennedy of Des Moines; 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Overton Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Obituary from The Des Moines Register newspaper, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA on 10-17-2000:

H. Lucille Crabb, 78, of Indianola died of a heart attack Saturday at the Indianola helicopter landing site at Westroads. The body cremated, and memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Burial of the cremains will be at Belmont Cemetery.
Mrs. Crabb was born in the Bethel Chapel community in Clarke County and had lived in rural Indianola before moving to Indianola in 1995. She was a retired fire underwriter for Kirke Van Orsdel Insurance and enjoyed golfing and bowling.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra Leach of Ackworth; three sons, Sam of Swan, Jerry of Des Moines, and Michael of Phoenix, Ariz.; three brothers, Russell Kennedy of Indianola, Dewey Kennedy of Somers, and Ed Kennedy of Des Moines; 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.