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Published in The Capital on October 14, 2011
Fredericka Crandell
Fredericka Owen Crandell, 94, of Kendallville, IN, died October 11. She
was born June 9, 1917, in Washington, DC, to Richard B. and Fredericka
(Smith) Owen. She was a graduate of Western High School and Strayer
College.
She married James Lerch Crandell in Washington, DC in 1939. She
spent many summers on the Chesapeake Bay in Shady Side, where her
parents had a summer cottage. Fredericka met her husband of 52 years in
Shady Side and lived there most of her adult life. She remained in Maryland
until moving to Indiana in October 2003.
In her youth, Fredericka, "Freddie", loved Girl Scouting and was a
member of the DAR. She attended the Presbyterian church as a child. She
was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Shady Side and
attended Christ Episcopal Church in West River in later years. Freddie was
also a member of the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society. She kept beautiful
rose gardens and African violets were always in bloom on the kitchen
window sills.
She was extremely proud of her Welsh heritage and interested in her
family genealogy. In 1994, she and her daughter, Sarah, traveled to Wales
and visited her ancestor's homesteads in Maethlon near Aberdovey.
In addition to her husband, James Lerch Crandell, and her son, Jimmy
Lerch Crandell, she was preceded in death by her sister, Frances Taylor; and
two brothers, Richard B. Owen and George C. Owen. She is survived by
two daughters, Gwendolyn C. Klein and husband George C. of Prince
Frederick, and Sarah and Martin Thomas of Hudson, IN; three
grandchildren, George C. Klein II, Cynthia D. Zacharias and James C.
Crandell; and great-granddaughter, Elizabeth R. Klein.
A private burial will take place at Christ Episcopal Church, West River.
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to
Shady Side Rural Heritage Society, PO Box 89, Shady Side, MD 20764 or
to the First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Michigan Street, LaGrange, IN
46761-1820.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com
Fredericka Crandell
Fredericka Owen Crandell, 94, of Kendallville, IN, died October 11. She
was born June 9, 1917, in Washington, DC, to Richard B. and Fredericka
(Smith) Owen. She was a graduate of Western High School and Strayer
College.
She married James Lerch Crandell in Washington, DC in 1939. She
spent many summers on the Chesapeake Bay in Shady Side, where her
parents had a summer cottage. Fredericka met her husband of 52 years in
Shady Side and lived there most of her adult life. She remained in Maryland
until moving to Indiana in October 2003.
In her youth, Fredericka, "Freddie", loved Girl Scouting and was a
member of the DAR. She attended the Presbyterian church as a child. She
was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Shady Side and
attended Christ Episcopal Church in West River in later years. Freddie was
also a member of the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society. She kept beautiful
rose gardens and African violets were always in bloom on the kitchen
window sills.
She was extremely proud of her Welsh heritage and interested in her
family genealogy. In 1994, she and her daughter, Sarah, traveled to Wales
and visited her ancestor's homesteads in Maethlon near Aberdovey.
In addition to her husband, James Lerch Crandell, and her son, Jimmy
Lerch Crandell, she was preceded in death by her sister, Frances Taylor; and
two brothers, Richard B. Owen and George C. Owen. She is survived by
two daughters, Gwendolyn C. Klein and husband George C. of Prince
Frederick, and Sarah and Martin Thomas of Hudson, IN; three
grandchildren, George C. Klein II, Cynthia D. Zacharias and James C.
Crandell; and great-granddaughter, Elizabeth R. Klein.
A private burial will take place at Christ Episcopal Church, West River.
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to
Shady Side Rural Heritage Society, PO Box 89, Shady Side, MD 20764 or
to the First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Michigan Street, LaGrange, IN
46761-1820.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com