Joan P. Crowell, 77, of Chetopa, Kansas passed away at 7:15 PM, Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
She was born July 2, 1938 at Fall River, Massachusetts to John and Helen (Doherty) McNamara. At the age of nine, she moved with her family to the Kansas City, Kansas area where she grew up and attended schools. She was united in marriage to Charles R. Crowell on April 20, 1963 at Kansas City, Kansas. Following their marriage, they lived in Kansas City for a time until moving to various other cities in Kansas. They later moved to Chetopa, Kansas where they became the owners and operators of the Chetopa Advance newspaper.
She was an active member of the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Chetopa for many years and later the Mother of God Catholic Church in Oswego and had been active in the Altar Society at both churches.
Survivors include her husband, Charles - of the home; Daughter, Sheri Dalton and her husband, Jim - of Corpus Christi, Texas; Four Grandchildren, Nathan Withrow, Shane Withrow, and twins, Amanda and Megan Crowell; Two Brothers, Mike McNamara - of Oregon and Joe McNamara of Kansas City, Missouri.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, three sisters and a son, Ralph David Crowell and his wife, Julie Lyn Crowell who died in an automobile accident on August 5, 1994.
The funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Mother of God Catholic Church in Oswego. Burial will follow at the St. Rose Cemetery at Chetopa. The Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 PM, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the Rosary.
Memorial contributions are suggested to either the Mother of God Catholic Church or the St. Rose Cemetery Fund. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joan P. Crowell, please visit our flower store.
She was born July 2, 1938 at Fall River, Massachusetts to John and Helen (Doherty) McNamara. At the age of nine, she moved with her family to the Kansas City, Kansas area where she grew up and attended schools. She was united in marriage to Charles R. Crowell on April 20, 1963 at Kansas City, Kansas. Following their marriage, they lived in Kansas City for a time until moving to various other cities in Kansas. They later moved to Chetopa, Kansas where they became the owners and operators of the Chetopa Advance newspaper.
She was an active member of the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Chetopa for many years and later the Mother of God Catholic Church in Oswego and had been active in the Altar Society at both churches.
Survivors include her husband, Charles - of the home; Daughter, Sheri Dalton and her husband, Jim - of Corpus Christi, Texas; Four Grandchildren, Nathan Withrow, Shane Withrow, and twins, Amanda and Megan Crowell; Two Brothers, Mike McNamara - of Oregon and Joe McNamara of Kansas City, Missouri.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, three sisters and a son, Ralph David Crowell and his wife, Julie Lyn Crowell who died in an automobile accident on August 5, 1994.
The funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Mother of God Catholic Church in Oswego. Burial will follow at the St. Rose Cemetery at Chetopa. The Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 PM, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the Rosary.
Memorial contributions are suggested to either the Mother of God Catholic Church or the St. Rose Cemetery Fund. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joan P. Crowell, please visit our flower store.
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