Inas Crow Obituary (1924

Kathleen Crow passed away peacefully at her Longview Washington home on October 5, 2010 at the age of 86. She was born on March 1, 1924 in Harrison Arkansas to Lex and Lois (Moore) Green. Kathleen married Troy Crow on August 19, 1939 in Harrison Arkansas, where they made their home on a farm until 1945. Troy came to Yakima Washington to find a home and a job, leaving Kathleen at home to sell their farm. After a huge community auction where she sold everything from furniture, livestock, garden goods and animals of all sorts, she packed up their two daughters, Alice & Rosetta (only 4 & 3 at the time) to make her way to their new home in Yakima. She was almost 9 months pregnant with the youngest daughter, Beverly. Because the train was full with servicemen, she only had one seat on the train for her and the two girls and had to handle the entire luggage by herself, plus the food she had packed for them to eat on the way. Without the help of others on the train, she said she never would have made it. In Yakima Washington they became apple growers on Naches Heights, where they lived until Troy passed away in 2001. They were married over 62 years. She worked along-side her husband in the orchards, did all the books, and was a home maker. She also worked at a cannery for a while. Kathleen was a talented seamstress, making most of the girls' clothes, many times making her own patterns. She even made Alice's wedding dress. Everyone who knew her loved her fried apple pies, made out of dried apples which she dried on the roof of the house. Her fried chicken and creamed corn were family favorites, along with molasses pop corn balls. Kathleen sold their orchards and moved to downtown Yakima and lived at Englewood Heights Retirement Village for a couple of years before moving to Longview to be closer to her daughters. Kathleen was a member of The Stone Church in Yakima and attended Kelso First Baptist in Kelso. Her love and commitment to God, family and friends, was an example to all who knew her. Kathleen and Troy enjoyed family get-togethers, church fellowship, and all kinds of card games, especially their Friday night pinochle games with her sister Mary and Loy Rogers. They traveled with the Ken Gaub Ministries and Stone Church seniors to various countries around the world, their favorite being Hawaii, Israel, and the Philippines. She is survived by 3 daughters: Alice Crow and Beverly Little of Kelso, WA and Rosetta Sexton (Frank) of Everett, WA; 9 grandchildren: Michael Guinn (Angie) and Melodee Guinn of Yakima; James Guinn (Lynn) of Dyersburg, TN; Cheri Chittock (Steve) of Tigard, OR; Kimberly Anderson (Bill) of Salem, OR; Marsh Sexton and Susann Crain of Everett, WA; Wendy Liasjo (Rick) and Tony Little (Colleen) of Castlerock, WA; 18 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great grandchildren. Additional survivors include two brothers James Green (Virginia) of Vancouver, WA, and Donald Green (Imogene) of Kent, WA; also one sister-Mary Rogers of Yakima, Washington; plus many nieces and nephews. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, October 8, 1:00 pm at Shaw & Sons Funeral Home, 201 N. 2nd, Yakima, WA. Burial will follow at West Hills Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to your favorite charity.