Jean C. Crawford

Jean C. Crawford, age 77, of Pinckneyville, died in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, March 7, 2000.
Jean was born in Gebo, WY on June 24, 1922, the daughter of Ralph and Helen (Gerth) Durkin.  She married William K. Crawford, Jr. on September 20, 1944 in Pensacola, FL and he survives.  During her lifetime she was a graduate of Knox College, Galesburg, IL in 1943, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and SAI Music Sorority, was a member of Delta Theta Tau Sorority of Pinckneyville, was a member of the United Methodist Church of Pinckneyville, served as church organist for many years, worked as a bookkeeper for the Pinckneyville Community Hospital, was assistant City Clerk for the City of Pinckneyville, was local manager for Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance and served on the Pinckneyville Library Board for 30 years.
Survivors include her husband, William K. Crawford, Jr. of Pinckneyville; three children, Jane Walker and her husband Herbert of Wildwood, MO, James M. Crawford of Westminster, CA and J. Joseph Crawford and his wife Connie of Pinckneyville; four grandchildren, Brian and Julie Crawford, David Walker and Cheriece Kelsey and four great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one nephew.
Funeral services were Friday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Pinckneyville with Dr. Robert Smith officiating.  Interment was in the IOOF Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
  Friends were able to call at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Thursday evening, March 9 from 5 until 9 p.m. and on Friday from 8 until 9 a.m. then at the church from 9:30 a.m. until time of services.
Memorials may be made to the Pinckneyville Library or to the donors choice.
