Mary Tom "Tommy" Rasco Crain, 90, of Amarillo died Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Polk Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Lane Boyd and the Rev. Kevin Deckard officiating. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mary Tom was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Vernon to Verna Johnson and Sal Morgan, a prominent oil and gas attorney. She moved to Amarillo at age 7 and never wanted to leave.
Mary Tom graduated from Amarillo High School and Stephens College. She attended the University of Texas and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. During high school and college, she spent her summers at Cheley Colorado Camp, where she acquired an enduring love of the mountains.
She married her high school sweetheart, David Rasco, in 1941; he preceded her in death in 1955. After his death, she worked as a journalist at the Amarillo Globe-News, where she wrote a health and science column. She also worked as the executive secretary for the Potter-Randall County Medical Society. While raising her two daughters, she was a very active community volunteer with the Girl Scouts and Park & Rec Commission, and was named Woman of Year in 1957 for her service in the PTA. She also served as the president of the Junior League.
She married Sam Crain, an electrical engineer, in 1974. She was widowed for the second time in 1980.
Mary Tom devoted the last 30 years of her life to the arts and culture in Amarillo including the opera, ballet, Amarillo College Art Center, symphony, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and the Texas Panhandle War Memorial. She was an 80-year member of Polk Street United Methodist Church and a member of the Sandie Hall of Fame.
Survivors include two daughters, Sally Thomas of San Diego and Prue Rasco Courtney and husband Jonathan of Denver; four grandchildren, David Thomas, Bill Thomas and wife Jasmine Star, Christopher Courtney and wife Meg and Erin Courtney; and four great-grandchildren, Naja, Mira, Xander and Morgan.
The family suggests memorials be to Polk Street United Methodist Church, 1401 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Texas Panhandle War Memorial.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 1, 2009
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Polk Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Lane Boyd and the Rev. Kevin Deckard officiating. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mary Tom was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Vernon to Verna Johnson and Sal Morgan, a prominent oil and gas attorney. She moved to Amarillo at age 7 and never wanted to leave.
Mary Tom graduated from Amarillo High School and Stephens College. She attended the University of Texas and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. During high school and college, she spent her summers at Cheley Colorado Camp, where she acquired an enduring love of the mountains.
She married her high school sweetheart, David Rasco, in 1941; he preceded her in death in 1955. After his death, she worked as a journalist at the Amarillo Globe-News, where she wrote a health and science column. She also worked as the executive secretary for the Potter-Randall County Medical Society. While raising her two daughters, she was a very active community volunteer with the Girl Scouts and Park & Rec Commission, and was named Woman of Year in 1957 for her service in the PTA. She also served as the president of the Junior League.
She married Sam Crain, an electrical engineer, in 1974. She was widowed for the second time in 1980.
Mary Tom devoted the last 30 years of her life to the arts and culture in Amarillo including the opera, ballet, Amarillo College Art Center, symphony, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and the Texas Panhandle War Memorial. She was an 80-year member of Polk Street United Methodist Church and a member of the Sandie Hall of Fame.
Survivors include two daughters, Sally Thomas of San Diego and Prue Rasco Courtney and husband Jonathan of Denver; four grandchildren, David Thomas, Bill Thomas and wife Jasmine Star, Christopher Courtney and wife Meg and Erin Courtney; and four great-grandchildren, Naja, Mira, Xander and Morgan.
The family suggests memorials be to Polk Street United Methodist Church, 1401 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Texas Panhandle War Memorial.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 1, 2009
Mary Tom "Tommy" Rasco Crain, 90, of Amarillo died Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Polk Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Lane Boyd and the Rev. Kevin Deckard officiating. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mary Tom was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Vernon to Verna Johnson and Sal Morgan, a prominent oil and gas attorney. She moved to Amarillo at age 7 and never wanted to leave.
Mary Tom graduated from Amarillo High School and Stephens College. She attended the University of Texas and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. During high school and college, she spent her summers at Cheley Colorado Camp, where she acquired an enduring love of the mountains.
She married her high school sweetheart, David Rasco, in 1941; he preceded her in death in 1955. After his death, she worked as a journalist at the Amarillo Globe-News, where she wrote a health and science column. She also worked as the executive secretary for the Potter-Randall County Medical Society. While raising her two daughters, she was a very active community volunteer with the Girl Scouts and Park & Rec Commission, and was named Woman of Year in 1957 for her service in the PTA. She also served as the president of the Junior League.
She married Sam Crain, an electrical engineer, in 1974. She was widowed for the second time in 1980.
Mary Tom devoted the last 30 years of her life to the arts and culture in Amarillo including the opera, ballet, Amarillo College Art Center, symphony, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and the Texas Panhandle War Memorial. She was an 80-year member of Polk Street United Methodist Church and a member of the Sandie Hall of Fame.
Survivors include two daughters, Sally Thomas of San Diego and Prue Rasco Courtney and husband Jonathan of Denver; four grandchildren, David Thomas, Bill Thomas and wife Jasmine Star, Christopher Courtney and wife Meg and Erin Courtney; and four great-grandchildren, Naja, Mira, Xander and Morgan.
The family suggests memorials be to Polk Street United Methodist Church, 1401 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Texas Panhandle War Memorial.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 1, 2009
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Polk Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Lane Boyd and the Rev. Kevin Deckard officiating. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mary Tom was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Vernon to Verna Johnson and Sal Morgan, a prominent oil and gas attorney. She moved to Amarillo at age 7 and never wanted to leave.
Mary Tom graduated from Amarillo High School and Stephens College. She attended the University of Texas and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. During high school and college, she spent her summers at Cheley Colorado Camp, where she acquired an enduring love of the mountains.
She married her high school sweetheart, David Rasco, in 1941; he preceded her in death in 1955. After his death, she worked as a journalist at the Amarillo Globe-News, where she wrote a health and science column. She also worked as the executive secretary for the Potter-Randall County Medical Society. While raising her two daughters, she was a very active community volunteer with the Girl Scouts and Park & Rec Commission, and was named Woman of Year in 1957 for her service in the PTA. She also served as the president of the Junior League.
She married Sam Crain, an electrical engineer, in 1974. She was widowed for the second time in 1980.
Mary Tom devoted the last 30 years of her life to the arts and culture in Amarillo including the opera, ballet, Amarillo College Art Center, symphony, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and the Texas Panhandle War Memorial. She was an 80-year member of Polk Street United Methodist Church and a member of the Sandie Hall of Fame.
Survivors include two daughters, Sally Thomas of San Diego and Prue Rasco Courtney and husband Jonathan of Denver; four grandchildren, David Thomas, Bill Thomas and wife Jasmine Star, Christopher Courtney and wife Meg and Erin Courtney; and four great-grandchildren, Naja, Mira, Xander and Morgan.
The family suggests memorials be to Polk Street United Methodist Church, 1401 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Texas Panhandle War Memorial.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 1, 2009
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