S. Elizabeth Crouse
Waynesburg woman was
an avid quilter

S. Elizabeth Crouse, 90, of Waynesburg, died Sunday, May 15, 1994, in Greene County Memorial Hospital following a six-month illness.

She was born March 1, 1904, in Center Township, a daughter of Frank and Catherine Throckmorton Breese.

Mrs. Crouse had lived in Morris Township from 1929 until moving to Waynesburg in 1992.

She was a member of Union Valley United Methodist Church, where she had formerly served as a lay leader for several years and was a former Sunday school teacher.

She was a member of Community Sewing Circle of Time and was an avid quilter and a member of the Waynesburg Senior Citizens.

On October 25, 1924, she married James Albert Crouse, who survives.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are three daughters, Bernice L. Loughman of Prosperity Pike, Prosperity, Betty A. Crouse of Waynesburg and Mrs. Larry (Erma) Anderson of Graysville R. D. 1; two sons, Lawrence E. Crouse of Graysville R. D. 1 and Thomas F. Crouse of Prosperity Pike, Prosperity; one brother, James Breese of Waynesburg; three sisters, Ivy Crouse of Waynesburg, Pearle Conkey of Cameron Star Route, Waynesburg, and Mrs. John (Ruth) Bartolovich of Waynesburg R. D. 4; one stepsister, Helen Hewitt of Westover, W. Va.; 14 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.

Deceased are one son, George W. Crouse; one foster son, Charles Andrew; one brother, Wesley Breese; and four sisters, Lucy Breese, Annie Tharp, Fannie Conklin and Mary Johnston.

CROUSE - Friends of S. Elizabeth Crouse of Waynesburg, who died Sunday, May 15, 1994, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Rush Funeral Home Inc., Rogersville, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 19, with the Revs. David Janz and Ronald Lindahl officiating. Interment in Rosemont Cemetery, Center Township.