| Florence Crawford Marvil |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Florence Crawford Marvil, 84, who operated an antiques store in Washington, died Oct. 23 of congestive heart failure at her home at the
Knollwood military retirement residence in the District
.
Mrs. Marvil operated Crawford Antiques in the 1950s and 1960s and participated in many antiques shows in the Washington area. She also
did appraisals of antiques and art objects.
Florence Crawford was born in Sistersville, W.Va., and moved to Washington when she was 4. She graduated from Central High School and
attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg and George Washington University, where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority.
Mrs. Marvil, who lived in Bethesda for many years, was a lifelong member of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. She was a volunteer at
the White House correspondence office under several administrations, and she also volunteered at the museums of the Charles Sumner
School and Woodrow Wilson House in the District.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase and the private Washington
Club.
Mrs. Marvil was interviewed for a book of oral history published in 2001, "Growing Up in Washington, D.C." In it, she describes watching polo
matches on the Mall and attending family picnics in Rock Creek Park.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, retired Navy Capt. Frederick L. Marvil of Washington; four children, Charles H. Marvil of
Sharpsburg, Md., Emilie M. Marvil of Washington, Carol M. Quase of Gaithersburg and Mary Beth Jukich of Redwood City, Calif.; and six
grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
Florence Crawford Marvil, 84, who operated an antiques store in Washington, died Oct. 23 of congestive heart failure at her home at the
Knollwood military retirement residence in the District
.
Mrs. Marvil operated Crawford Antiques in the 1950s and 1960s and participated in many antiques shows in the Washington area. She also
did appraisals of antiques and art objects.
Florence Crawford was born in Sistersville, W.Va., and moved to Washington when she was 4. She graduated from Central High School and
attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg and George Washington University, where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority.
Mrs. Marvil, who lived in Bethesda for many years, was a lifelong member of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. She was a volunteer at
the White House correspondence office under several administrations, and she also volunteered at the museums of the Charles Sumner
School and Woodrow Wilson House in the District.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase and the private Washington
Club.
Mrs. Marvil was interviewed for a book of oral history published in 2001, "Growing Up in Washington, D.C." In it, she describes watching polo
matches on the Mall and attending family picnics in Rock Creek Park.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, retired Navy Capt. Frederick L. Marvil of Washington; four children, Charles H. Marvil of
Sharpsburg, Md., Emilie M. Marvil of Washington, Carol M. Quase of Gaithersburg and Mary Beth Jukich of Redwood City, Calif.; and six
grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
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