She was born Dec. 24, 1923, in Troy Township near Covington, daughter of Theodore and Eva (Maffett) Grubb. She was a 1941 graduate of Covington High School. She married Donald H. Crain April 5, 1941, at Clarksville, Tenn.
She was the bookkeeper for Crain Plumbing Heating and a homemaker. She was a longtime member of the Covington United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.
Surviving are her husband; three sons, Jerry (Charlotte) Crain, Bradley (Marlea) Crain and Randy (Kathy) Crain, all of Covington; a sister, Lois Mycroft, and a brother, Jack (Linda) Grubb, both of Covington. Also surviving, eight grandchildren, Debbie Taylor, Brian Crain, Angela Galloway, Ben Crain, Holly Crain, Jessica Marcinko, Jaime Crain and Josh Crain; eight great-grandchildren, Travis and Ryan Taylor, Brittany, Jordan, and Sydni Crain, Dane and Hattie Galloway and Levin Marcinko; a great-great-grandson, Coye Fields, and another great-grandson due in July. Her parents and her twin sister, Martha Jane, preceded her in death.
Published in Danville, Illinois Commercial News
She was born Dec. 24, 1923, in Troy Township near Covington, daughter of Theodore and Eva (Maffett) Grubb. She was a 1941 graduate of Covington High School. She married Donald H. Crain April 5, 1941, at Clarksville, Tenn.
She was the bookkeeper for Crain Plumbing Heating and a homemaker. She was a longtime member of the Covington United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.
Surviving are her husband; three sons, Jerry (Charlotte) Crain, Bradley (Marlea) Crain and Randy (Kathy) Crain, all of Covington; a sister, Lois Mycroft, and a brother, Jack (Linda) Grubb, both of Covington. Also surviving, eight grandchildren, Debbie Taylor, Brian Crain, Angela Galloway, Ben Crain, Holly Crain, Jessica Marcinko, Jaime Crain and Josh Crain; eight great-grandchildren, Travis and Ryan Taylor, Brittany, Jordan, and Sydni Crain, Dane and Hattie Galloway and Levin Marcinko; a great-great-grandson, Coye Fields, and another great-grandson due in July. Her parents and her twin sister, Martha Jane, preceded her in death.
Published in Danville, Illinois Commercial News
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