Mary Crawford

VERTIN-MUNSON FUNERAL HOME

WAHPETON, NORTH DAKOTA

(701) 642-4000 Phone

(701) 642-3826 Fax

Mary Ann Crawford, 86, Otter Tail Lake , MN and formerly of Wahpeton, ND died on Friday November 6 at the Perham Memorial Home, Perham , MN . The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, November 14 at 11:00 A.M. at St. John’s Catholic Church, Wahpeton with visitation Saturday morning from 10:00-11:00 A.M. at the church with Rev. Dale F. Lagodinski as Celebrant. There will be a Catholic Daughters and Christian Mother’s Rosary at 10:00 A.M . Inurnment will be held at Calvary Cemetery , Wahpeton, ND.

MaryAnn Novetzke Crawford was born on February 23, 1923 in Wahpeton, North Dakota to Leo and Rose (Wacha) Novetzke. She attended St. John’s Grade School and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1940. She then attended the North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton in Office Management. After her education she moved to Washington D.C. and worked in the office of the Director of War Production for four years. President Roosevelt was holding office at that time and she visited the White House twice with the Director of Production. On September 10, 1945 she married William F. Crawford at the Walter Reed All Faith’s Chapel in Washington . The couple lived in Georgia and Alabama before returning to Wahpeton in 1952 where they made their home and raised their 4 children. Bill died on August 24, 1972. After the children were grown MaryAnn worked with Tri County Special Services from 1972 until her retirement in 1982. The family summered at their Ottertail Lake home where they shared fond family memories.

MaryAnn was a life-long member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters and Christian Mothers, VFW Auxiliary, Board of Directors of the Leach Library, Girl Scout and Boy Scout leader, Investment Club and Bridge Clubs in the Wahpeton and Ottertail Lake , MN area.

She is lovingly survived by a son and two daughters; Robert Crawford, Tempe, AZ, Mollie Crawford, Phoenix, AZ and Sara (Tim )Frederick, Ottertail Lake, MN, two granddaughters, Emma Frederick and Courtney Crawford and a grandson, William Crawford, her sister, Loretta “Birdie”(Robert) Merchant, Minnetonka, MN and two brothers, Leon (Dorothy) Novetzke, Battle Lake, MN and Bill ( Mary) Novetzke, Sioux Falls, SD.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, William, a daughter, Laurie S. Crawford and a son-in-law, Robert Nelson.

Please visit our on-line guestbook at www.vertinmunson.com . Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Vertin-Munson Wahpeton Funeral Home.