Florence Madeline Crawley went to be with the Lord on Saturday May 9, 2009. Florence Casaccia was born in Glen Lyon, PA, a small coal mining town near Scranton, PA, the last of 8 children. She graduated from King County Nurses College in 1938 and joined the Navy serving as officer during WWII where she met and married Tomas v. Crawley, Jr. of Lamesa, TX.
Thomas and Florence moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1951 where they lived for more than 50 years and raised three boys, Thomas IV, Joseph Michael and Jerold M. Florence worked as a registered nurse for Albuquerque Surgical Group for 30 years before retiring in 1992. She and Tom celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary shortly before Tom died in 1999.
She relocated to Flagstaff, AZ in 2005 to live near her son Jerold.
She is survived by Jerald M. and his wife, Lesley, three grandchildren, Thomas V., Sharon, and Diane and three great-grandchildren.
The family is planning a celebration of her life in Albuquerque in the near future.
Donations in her honor can be directed to two of her favorite charities; Disabled American Veterans, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301 and/or Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch/Girlstown, PO Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174-0001
