Mary Elizabeth Crow

Mary Elizabeth Crow was born June 28, 1918 in Rochester, New York, the second daughter of Anthony J. Foos and Olive M. Parry. She passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012, ten days before her 94th birthday.Having attended schools in Rochester NY, she graduated from the Rochester Business Institute in 1937. A visit to San Francisco and Los Angeles sparked her interests to move west with her mother and sister, settling in Montebello. In November of 1955 she married Robert C. Crow in Los Angeles, California, and she became stepmother to George-Ann and Roberta. Mary worked as Executive Secretary for many years at Case-Swayne Foods. In 1966 they moved to Whittier where they remained until Bob's death in 1988. Shortly after, she moved to La Habra where she lived for twenty plus years prior to moving into her retirement community, Sunnycrest, in Fullerton.In addition to the loss of her husband, Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Robert 'Bob' Crow; grandson, Robert Palmateer; parents and sister, Eleanore Weidenborner. She is survived by her stepdaughters, George-Ann Alexander (Rolland) and Roberta Daetweiler (John); sisters, Florence Tytler and Shirley Eadie; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. Mary was quite active in the Girl Scouts, achieving the highest award, the Golden Eaglet Award. In March of 2012 she attended the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America tea which was held at the Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda and was recognized as one of the few senior Girl Scouts in attendance. Travel continued to be an important part of her life throughout retirement with Hawaii and the tropics as favorite destinations. An avid swimmer having grown up on Irondequoit Bay, she loved lake, pool and ocean swimming.The Rosary will be led at 7pm on Wednesday evening, June 27, 2012 at White Emerson Mortuary, 13304 E. Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am the following morning, Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 900 West La Habra Blvd., La Habra, CA.