Mary "Rose" (Kress) CROVISIER

CROVISIER, KRESS, CAMPBELL, STAATS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/24/2009 at 09:49:20

Mary “Rose” Crovisier was born on December 30, 1916 in Ware, Massachusetts. At a young age she moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont where she graduated from high school in 1934. After high school she lived and worked in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1945 she met Clarence Leroy Crovisier of Eagle Grove, Iowa, who was convalescing from war injuries at a local hospital. Rose and “Roy” were married on October 9, 1945. Later that year Rose and Roy moved to Eagle Grove. For more than 60 years Rose played many roles in that community. She was wife and mother to her immediate family, volunteer at the local Senior Citizens Center, active parishioner at the Sacred Heart Church. And, memorably, crocheting mentor to many children, teenagers and adults in Eagle Grove. Rose passed away at the age of 92 on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Ulster Wingate in Highland, New York. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Crovisier and by two brothers: Charles and Henry Campbell. Rose is survived by her son Ron Crovisier and his wife Diana Staats of Highland, New York, and by her grandson, Ian Crovisier of Ithaca, New York. Other survivors are her relatives in the Crovisier clan and many, many friends. Funeral Services will be Friday, June 26, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Father Nils Hernandez officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Foust Funeral Home. Recitation of the Rosary will be at 5 p.m. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials should be directed to Elderbridge Agency on Aging and should be earmarked to support congregate meals at the Eagle Grove Senior Citizens Center.

Foust Funeral Home, Eagle Grove, Iowa

Fort Dodge Messenger, Fort Dodge, Iowa
June 24, 2009

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[nee: Mary Rose KRESS]