- Date Of Birth: June 5, 1924
- Date Of Death: April 4, 2020
- State: Michigan
Doris Patricia Crambell-ConnAge 95 Of Owosso passed away peacefully at her home with family on Saturday, April 4, 2020.Doris was born June 5, 1924 to Orville and Inez (Forrester) graduated from Owosso High School in May of 1943 she married Virgil Crambell at The Easton Church. They went on to have ten children, Doris was a homemaker and spent her life raising and caring for her family as well as helping with the family dairy farm. She changed thousands of diapers and fed many over the years. She worked at both the Henderson and Corunna Elevator. She passed on her love of sewing to local girls through 4-H sewing in Rush Township. Virgil passed away in 1966. Doris continued raising her children, and managing the family farm along with the help of her oldest son Jack who had just graduated from high school. In March of 1981 Doris married Norman Conn and welcomed four more children to her family. Norman passed away in 2001. Her passion was making quilts for all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as for many friends and family members. In all she made well over 100 quilts. She was a charter member of the Scrapbaggers Quilt Club and a member of the Tuesday Quilters which Doris fondly referred as the ‘Stitchers and Bitchers’.She especially enjoyed time with her friends playing cards. Within the last couple of weeks she was still teaching us how to play card games and even helping us put jigsaw puzzles 1962 the new Owosso High School opened. Her son Jack was a freshman that year. Doris had a child or grandchild at the high school every year from 1962 through 2012. So, for 50 consecutive years she had a child or grandchild at Owosso High. The chain was then broken in the fall of 2012 but within just a few years her great grandchildren started their education at Owosso High. She was very proud of that Owosso High is survived by three sons, Jack (Marylyn) Crambell, Jim (Brenda) Crambell and Clark (Linda) Crambell. Six daughters, Judy (Bob) Bushong, Linda (Randy) Wightman, Nancy (Gary) Vogl, Debbie (Jeff) Minton, Becky Grace and Cathy (Tom) Campbell. Two step daughters, Candace (Richard) Osborn, Julie (Mike) Horak, and step son-in-law, Dave (Jennifer) Couturier. Twenty-seven grandchildren, Jenny (Brad) Klump, David (Nikki) Crambell, Joel (Dawn) Crambell, Eric (Shayla) Fowler, Leslie Fowler, Suzanne (Steven) Logan, Brian (Melissa) Wightman, Michael (Debbie) Wightman, Patty (Ken) Ackley, Mary (Scott) Wagner, Matt (Heather) Minton, Heidi (Kevin) Hibbard, Jeremy (Jen) Boyd, Brad (April) Boyd, Jessica (David Nixon) Crambell, Kayla (Jeff) Fromm, Jonathan (Makenna Chrzan) Crambell. Josh (Emily) Crambell, Taylor Crambell, Nathan Crambell, Amanda (Ben) Rowell, Evan Campbell, Shawn (Liz) Couturier, Andrea Beldyga, Brian Beldyga, Megan (Kyle) Moon, and Jennifer (Dan) Snodgrass, 41 great grandchildren with one on the way any day, and 3 great-great grandchildren, plus, many nieces, nephews, friends, and was predeceased by her husbands, Virgil Crambell and Norman Conn, her oldest son Tommy Crambell, her step-daughter Terri Couturier, step-son Douglas Conn, son-in-law Bob Grace, infant granddaughter Katie Crambell, grand-daughter-in-law Wendy Crambell, great-grandson Griffin Fowler, siblings Orville (Thelma) Freeman Jr., Jean (Chuck) Marks, Jack (Jo) Freeman, and Bob (Jean) Crambell.
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