Ralph Delbert Crow, 29, son of William and Dora Saunders Crow of Prescott, was born on November 10, 1918 on a farm near Lenox, Iowa and passed away after a prolonged illness on November 11, 1947 in the Lutheran hospital in Des Moines aged 29 years and one day.
After graduating from the Lenox high school, he entered Simpson College. In his senior year he took a course in civil aeronautics and from this went into a position as air traffic controller. At this work he served in Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha and Des Moines. Later he worked in the air route control center in Kansas City.
He was married to Mary Agnes Rodgers April 10, 1944. To this union was born one son, Roger William. Besides his wife and son he is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Swartz of Kent, Miss Velma of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Mary Schafroth of Corning and three brothers, Loren W. of Alhambra, California, Albert F. of Corning and Harold L. at home in Prescott.
Ralph went into the membership of the Stringtown church when a lad and later transferred to the Cottage Grove Presbyterian church In Des Moines.
Funeral services were held at the Lilly Funeral Home in Des Moines, Friday afternoon, November 14, conducted by Rev. McClennan. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 20, 1947
After graduating from the Lenox high school, he entered Simpson College. In his senior year he took a course in civil aeronautics and from this went into a position as air traffic controller. At this work he served in Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha and Des Moines. Later he worked in the air route control center in Kansas City.
He was married to Mary Agnes Rodgers April 10, 1944. To this union was born one son, Roger William. Besides his wife and son he is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Swartz of Kent, Miss Velma of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Mary Schafroth of Corning and three brothers, Loren W. of Alhambra, California, Albert F. of Corning and Harold L. at home in Prescott.
Ralph went into the membership of the Stringtown church when a lad and later transferred to the Cottage Grove Presbyterian church In Des Moines.
Funeral services were held at the Lilly Funeral Home in Des Moines, Friday afternoon, November 14, conducted by Rev. McClennan. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 20, 1947
Ralph Delbert Crow, 29, son of William and Dora Saunders Crow of Prescott, was born on November 10, 1918 on a farm near Lenox, Iowa and passed away after a prolonged illness on November 11, 1947 in the Lutheran hospital in Des Moines aged 29 years and one day.
After graduating from the Lenox high school, he entered Simpson College. In his senior year he took a course in civil aeronautics and from this went into a position as air traffic controller. At this work he served in Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha and Des Moines. Later he worked in the air route control center in Kansas City.
He was married to Mary Agnes Rodgers April 10, 1944. To this union was born one son, Roger William. Besides his wife and son he is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Swartz of Kent, Miss Velma of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Mary Schafroth of Corning and three brothers, Loren W. of Alhambra, California, Albert F. of Corning and Harold L. at home in Prescott.
Ralph went into the membership of the Stringtown church when a lad and later transferred to the Cottage Grove Presbyterian church In Des Moines.
Funeral services were held at the Lilly Funeral Home in Des Moines, Friday afternoon, November 14, conducted by Rev. McClennan. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 20, 1947
After graduating from the Lenox high school, he entered Simpson College. In his senior year he took a course in civil aeronautics and from this went into a position as air traffic controller. At this work he served in Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha and Des Moines. Later he worked in the air route control center in Kansas City.
He was married to Mary Agnes Rodgers April 10, 1944. To this union was born one son, Roger William. Besides his wife and son he is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Swartz of Kent, Miss Velma of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Mary Schafroth of Corning and three brothers, Loren W. of Alhambra, California, Albert F. of Corning and Harold L. at home in Prescott.
Ralph went into the membership of the Stringtown church when a lad and later transferred to the Cottage Grove Presbyterian church In Des Moines.
Funeral services were held at the Lilly Funeral Home in Des Moines, Friday afternoon, November 14, conducted by Rev. McClennan. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 20, 1947
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