Kenneth M. 'Kenny' Crowl

Ken­neth M. “Kenny” Crowl, 81, of Sun­bury passed away peace­fully and sud­denly Thurs­day (Sept. 27, 2012) at home.

The life­long area res­i­dent was born on May 23, 1931, in Sun­bury to the late Ger­ald L. and Alta L. (Ross) Crowl. He was a grad­u­ate of Sun­bury High School in 1949. It was at the Sun­bury Five and Dime that he met Loraine Roof. He mar­ried his sweet­heart Loraine in 1949 and together they shared 25 won­der­ful years, until her untimely pass­ing on July 4, 1975. Kenny worked for the U.S. Postal Ser­vice for 30 years, retir­ing as post­mas­ter of the Sun­bury office. At one time he owned and oper­ated both the Sun­bury Coin Laun­dry and Crowls Crème Corner.

He was actively involved in the Sun­bury area com­mu­nity, both as a busi­ness owner and in numer­ous clubs and orga­ni­za­tions. A long­time mem­ber of the Sun­bury United Methodist Church, he sang in the church choir for 60 years. He was a char­ter mem­ber of the Porter Town­ship Vol­un­teer Fire Depart­ment and a for­mer mem­ber of the BST&G Fire Depart­ment. He served on the Sun­bury Vil­lage Board of Pub­lic Affairs. As a 53-year mem­ber of the Sun­bury Lions Club, he held almost every club office. He was a mem­ber of Spar­row Lodge 400 F&AM, as well as a active mem­ber of the Big Wal­nut His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, Mey­ers Inn and Delaware County Pio­neers. In his lit­tle free time, he enjoyed work­ing with wood, restor­ing fur­ni­ture and col­lect­ing antique cars. His favorites were his child­hood 1934 Ply­mouth Coupe and 1977 Gold Cadil­lac. He could eas­ily be spot­ted with his trade mark 43074 Ohio license plate.

Those left to cher­ish his mem­ory include chil­dren, Ger­ald W. (Bar­bara J.) Crowl of Sun­bury, Thomas D. (Bar­bara J.) Crowl of Black­lick, Dou­glas P. (DiAnna M.) Crowl of Sun­bury, Karen Susan Ben­nett of Tac­coa, Ga.; 10 grand­chil­dren, Jes­sica Crowl, Jen­nifer Scher­mer­horn, Joslyn Crowl, Lind­say Crowl, Loren Spauld­ing, Amanda Isgani­tis, Ken­neth Crowl, Shane, Richard and Robert Wag­ner; nine great-grandchildren; brother, William “Jim” Crowl of Sun­bury; and sis­ters, Joan (Leo) Ulery of Iron­ton, Jean Roy and Linda (Don) Kro­ninger both of Sunbury.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Mon­day with Masonic ser­vices at 8 p.m. at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Ohio 3 at 61, Sun­bury. Funeral ser­vices will be held at 10 a.m. Tues­day at the Sun­bury United Methodist Church, 100 W. Cherry St., in Sun­bury. Bur­ial will fol­low in Sun­bury Memo­r­ial Park.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to the Big Wal­nut His­tor­i­cal Society.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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