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Obituary- Crawford, Vance 2

Vance Rainey Crawford
ROSSVILLE — Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Christian Church here for Vance Rainey Crawford, 77, Rossville. He died Sunday, Feb. 17, 1991, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Crawford worked 40 years for the U.S. Postal Service at Enid, Okla., Santa Fe, N.M., and at Delia. He re¬tired in 1975. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, having served with a Seabees unit in the European The¬atre.
He was born March 5, 1913, at Hennessey, Okla., the son of DeWitt Talmadge and Blondena Blanche Rai¬ney Crawford. He was graduated in 1930 from Enid High School and at¬tended Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater.
Mr. Crawford was a member of the Christian Church in Rossville and was chairman of the church board.
He also was a member of Silver Lake Community Choir 17 years, National Rural Letter Carriers Association, Na¬tional Association of Retired Federal Employees and served on the Ross¬ville Drainage Board. He was a life member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville.
He was married to Betty May Tren¬ton June 19, 1949, at Enid, Okla. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Gay V. Crawford, Topeka; a son, Ru¬dy T. Crawford, Rossville, two brothers, Harold Crawford, Enid, Okla., and Ted Crawford, Norman, Okla.; and a grandson.
Military graveside services will be conducted by Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Craw¬ford will lie in state after 10 a.m. Sunday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys and after 1 p.m. Monday at the church. Family and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memori¬al contributions may be made to Rossville Christian Church or Rossville First Responder.

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