- Date Of Birth: April 18, 1924
- Date Of Death: August 29, 2020
- State: Texas
Mrs. Crawford died Saturday, August 29, 2020, in a Temple nursing home.
Mrs. Crawford was born April 18, 1924, in Copperas Cove, the daughter of William Ernest Kattner and Lillie Olga Boswank. She married George Crawford in Killeen, Texas on July 5, 1948 and they were married for almost 72 years before he passed away. They were a military family and lived all over the world including, Fort Hood; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Bliss, Texas; Camp Otsu, Japan; Nuremberg, Germany; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and Augsburg, Germany.
Mrs. Crawford was a member of the Belton Senior Center, where she was in charge of quilting for many years beginning in 1976. They quilted countless quilts for the public and provided thousands of dollars to the operation of the Belton Senior Center. She was a member of Cross Roads to Quilt Guild and the Bell County Sportsman’s Club. She was a Boy Scout Den Mother and Girl Scouts Neighborhood Chairperson.
She was preceded in death by her husband on March 20, 2020.
Survivors include daughter Sandra Souza of Belton; sons Skipp Crawford of Temple; Bob Crawford of Springdale, Arkansas; James Crawford of Bellville, Texas; and Jerry Crawford of Belton; as well as numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, one sister Jean Mayfield of Belton and one sister-in-law Judy Rosenauer of Waco.
