Norma Jean Crays

Discussion

June 16, 2009

Anonymous The Meadville Tribune Tue Jun 16, 2009, 11:57 PM EDT

CONNEAUTVILLE — Norma Jean Crays, 78, of 9108 State Highway 198, Conneautville, formerly of 16254 Harmonsburg Road, Meadville, passed away Monday, June 15, 2009, at Rolling Fields, Conneautville.

Norma was born in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 18, 1931, a daughter of the late Joe D. and Estella Wilcox Matthews. On Sept. 19, 1953, Norma married Thomas Wayne Crays; he preceded her in death on March 9, 2004.

Following her 1949 graduation from high school in Hilliard, Ohio, Norma attended business school in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to her marriage to Tom, she was employed by White Castle Restaurant in Columbus.

A 50-year member of the Eastern Star, Norma was also involved in Cub Scouts and 4-H. Norma’s family was very important to her as she loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much.

Norma is survived by four children, Joyce Hileman and her husband, Bill, of Tavares, Fla., Carol Strong and her husband, Tom, of Colorado, Tim Crays and his wife, Carol, of Saegertown, and Todd Crays of Akron, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, Laura, Nancy, Marjorie, Ryan, Heather, Alicia, Adam, Alanna, Roxanne and Jason; six great-grandchildren, Robert, Koralyn, Oliver, Ruby, Lesel and Elise; and a son-in-law, Bill Tonn of Cambridge Springs.

In addition to her parents and her husband, Thomas, of 50 years, Norma was also preceded in death by a daughter, Lynda Tonn; and a sister Joan VanSchoyck.

Family and friends are invited to call on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Stephen P. Mizner Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., (formerly known as Hunter Funeral Home, 330 Broad St., Saegertown).

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at Stephen P. Mizner Funeral Home, 404 Chestnut St., Meadville, with Pastor J. Temple Jarrell of New Beginnings Church of God officiating.

Interment will take place in Denny Cemetery, Hayfield Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Crawford County, 464 Pine St., Meadville, Pa. 16335.

Condolences may be e-mailed to miznerfuneralhome@zoominternet.net.

Text Only

Obituaries (Archives)

Gregory W. Donor
Gregory W. Donor, 54, of Centerville, passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the Meadville Medical Center Emergency Room.

February 10, 2012
Robert P. Kennedy
February 10, 2012
Gregory W. Donor
February 10, 2012
Theodore E. McCain
Theodore E. McCain, 79, of Meadville, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at home.

February 10, 2012
Margaret Bahurinsky
Margaret Bahurinsky, 95, of Bridgeville and formerly of Meadville, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at Family Hospice, Mt. Lebanon.

February 10, 2012
Ruth V. McGill Sleppy
A funeral service, celebrating the life of Ruth V. McGill Sleppy, 95, of Millersport, Ohio, formerly of Meadville, will be conducted at 7 p.m. today, in the chapel of Hoskinson-Schoedinger Funeral home, Millersport, with Pastor Brian Vinson as celebrant. Entombment will follow on Saturday in Meadville.

February 10, 2012
Allison G. Bell
Allison G. Bell, 96, formerly of Concord Road in Union City and Corry, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at his home in Fort Wayne, Ind.

February 9, 2012
Donna I. Church
Donna I. Church, 80, of Meadville, passed away at Juniper Village Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.

February 9, 2012
Emerson G. (Sarge) Bussard Jr.
Emerson G. (Sarge) Bussard Jr., 71, of Meadville, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Meadville Rehab & Nursing Center.

February 9, 2012
Theodore E. McCain
February 9, 2012
Betty L. Bourgeois
Betty L. Bourgeois, 86, of Meadville, died at home surrounded by her family, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.

February 9, 2012
Kloey Nickole-Lynn Burrows
Kloey Nickole-Lynn Burrows, infant daughter of Micky and Adrianne Mihailoff Burrows of Titusville, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Meadville Medical Center where she was born the previous day.

February 7, 2012
Mary E. (Betty) Canon
Mary E. (Betty) Canon, 94, of Saegertown, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Crawford County Care Center.

February 7, 2012
Mary Alice Griffith
Mary Alice Griffith, 73, of Cortland, Ohio, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren, Ohio.

February 7, 2012
Raymond ‘Ray’ J. Brown
Raymond “Ray” J. Brown, 79, of Cochranton and formerly of Conneautville and Painesville, Ohio, surrounded by his family, passed away peacefully at UPMC Montefiore in Pittsburgh on Monday evening, Feb. 6, 2012, following complications from his diabetes.

February 7, 2012
Matthew A. (Lil M@) Athey
Matthew A. (Lil M@) Athey, 41, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at his home.

February 6, 2012
Donna Church
Donna Church of Meadville passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Juniper Village.

February 6, 2012
Carl R. Johnson
Carl R. Johnson, 63, of Sandy Lake, passed away at 9:22 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in the Emergency Room of UPMC/Horizon, Greenville, after an extended illness.

February 6, 2012
Charlene M. McElhinny
Charlene M. McElhinny, 77, of 339 E. Jamestown Road, Apt. 206 Ridgewood, Greenville, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at 8:30 p.m. at UPMC Horizon, Greenville, Mercer County.

February 6, 2012
Blanch Bell Headley
Blanch Bell Headley, 94, of Linesville, passed away Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at Rolling Fields in Conneautville.

February 6, 2012
More Obituaries (Archives) Headlines

Mitt Romney has surged to major campaign wins in recent weeks. If he is the GOP candidate for president:

Obituaries (Archives)

Search Results

Discussion

Norma Jean Crays

Mitt Romney has surged to major campaign wins in recent weeks. If he is the GOP candidate for president:

Site Map

Contact Us