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Crosby, Muriel J.

Female 1921 - 2013  (92 years)


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  • Name Crosby, Muriel J.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 2 Mar 1921  Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1992  Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 20 Oct 2013  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I13437  Our Family | Descendants of Abraham Strauss
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Family Strauss, Leonard Nathan,   b. 18 Aug 1922, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 2004, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married Abt 1959  [5
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F4801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Muriel J. (Crosby) Strauss, 92, passed away in Baystate Medical Center on Sunday, October 20, 2013. She was born in Chicopee on March 2, 1921, the daughter of the late Ernest and Eva (Pierce) Crosby. She graduated from Chicopee High School in 1938 and was a lifelong resident of Chicopee. She served in the U.S. Navy (WAVES) during World War II, obtaining the rank of Petty Officer Second Class - SK2. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star Corona Chapter #205, a member of the American Legion Post 338, a former member of Zonta Club of Springfield and Zonta International. An avid Hockey fan for over 77 years, Muriel was a member of the Springfield Indians, Kings and Falcons Hockey Booster Clubs. She also volunteered at Baystate Medical Center Centennial Gift Shop attaining over 10,000 volunteer hours. She was a former employee of A. G. Spalding Co. and Comfed Bank (formerly Union Federal Savings & Loan) and retired in 1986 as Assistant Vice President. She was a communicant of First Central Baptist Church of Chicopee Falls. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Leonard N. Strauss who passed away in 2004. She is survived by 3 stepchildren, Stephen D. Strauss, Elizabeth L. Macaluso and her husband Nicholas, all of Kenner, LA and Susan J. Collins and her husband Scott in Texas, 2 step-grandchildren and 2 step-great grandchildren. She also leaves 2 brothers, Roy E. Crosby and Bernard M. Crosby, both of West Springfield and several loving nieces and nephews, among them her caregiver, Linda M. Pajak of Feeding Hills, and loving grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by 2 brothers, Winston G. and Gordon (Bing) Crosby and 4 sisters, Ruby Burgess, Esther Dietrich, Thelma Crosby and Ivoline Bennett. All are welcome to attend as Muriel will be laid to rest with her husband Leonard in Fairview Cemetery.

  • Sources 
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    2. [S977] Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).
      Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970
      Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970


    3. [S508] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security ;), Issue State: Massachusetts; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    4. [S686] United States Obituary Collection, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Publication Date: 26 Oct 2013; Publication Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.

    5. [S15] Obituary, for Leonard.

    6. [S3] U.S. Public Records Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007;).

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    8. [S15] Obituary, for Muriel.