William "Bill" Hume Crowell, 86, of Floyd, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at Rome Memorial Hospital. He was born September 8, 1929, in Hyannis, MA, the son of Marcus and Jane Hume Crowell.
Bill graduated from John Simpson High School, Yarmouth, MA, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Amherst College, and ROTC Program at University of Massachusetts. On March 28, 1954, he married Ruth Smith Davenport in Shelburne Falls, MA. She died April 27, 2011.
Bill served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 until his retirement in 1975 as a Major. Bill was a bee keeper and, at one time, a NY State Apiary Inspector. Bill was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Rome, a member of Mount Horeb (D) Lodge A.F. & A.M. of S. Dennis, MA, for over 60 years, Oneida County Farm Bureau, NY Bee Keepers, Grange, 4-H, Retired Officer's Club, and Original Tea Party Republican. Bill was a Boy Scout Scoutmaster for many years.
He is survived by his daughter, Lori Ammerman, of California; a granddaughter, Jennifer Williams and her husband, Brian, and their son, Harry; three grandsons, Peter Ammerman and his wife, Bree, Jeffrey and Jeremy Ammerman; and one sister, Nancy Allen and husband, Richard, of MA. He was predeceased by two sons, Marcus Crowell, in 1999, and William Crowell, in 2014.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the Prince-Boyd & Hyatt Home for Funerals, Inc., 210 W. Court Street, Rome. Interment will be in Dennis, MA.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Tribes Mission for grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Peter and Bree Ammerman - Missionary Family Care, c/o Jennifer Williams, 8168 Cider Street, Oriskany, NY 13424.
Published in The Observer-Dispatch on Dec. 29, 2015
William "Bill" Hume Crowell, 86, of Floyd, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at Rome Memorial Hospital. He was born September 8, 1929, in Hyannis, MA, the son of Marcus and Jane Hume Crowell.
Bill graduated from John Simpson High School, Yarmouth, MA, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Amherst College, and ROTC Program at University of Massachusetts. On March 28, 1954, he married Ruth Smith Davenport in Shelburne Falls, MA. She died April 27, 2011.
Bill served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 until his retirement in 1975 as a Major. Bill was a bee keeper and, at one time, a NY State Apiary Inspector. Bill was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Rome, a member of Mount Horeb (D) Lodge A.F. & A.M. of S. Dennis, MA, for over 60 years, Oneida County Farm Bureau, NY Bee Keepers, Grange, 4-H, Retired Officer's Club, and Original Tea Party Republican. Bill was a Boy Scout Scoutmaster for many years.
He is survived by his daughter, Lori Ammerman, of California; a granddaughter, Jennifer Williams and her husband, Brian, and their son, Harry; three grandsons, Peter Ammerman and his wife, Bree, Jeffrey and Jeremy Ammerman; and one sister, Nancy Allen and husband, Richard, of MA. He was predeceased by two sons, Marcus Crowell, in 1999, and William Crowell, in 2014.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the Prince-Boyd & Hyatt Home for Funerals, Inc., 210 W. Court Street, Rome. Interment will be in Dennis, MA.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Tribes Mission for grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Peter and Bree Ammerman - Missionary Family Care, c/o Jennifer Williams, 8168 Cider Street, Oriskany, NY 13424.
Published in The Observer-Dispatch on Dec. 29, 2015
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