MARS HILL – Glenna R. McCrum, 89, died Sept. 1, 2006, at a Presque Isle health-care facility. She was born May 2, 1917, in Presque Isle, the daughter of Van and Nellie (Hartley) Perkins. She and her husband, the late Maurice S. McCrum, farmed 41 years in Mars Hill. She was a member of the Mars Hill Baptist Church, a lifetime member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 140, a past member of Aroostook Union Grange No. 143, Presque Isle. She is survived by her children, son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Dorothy McCrum of Woodbridge, Conn.; her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Dana Swett of Presque Isle; three grandchildren and their families, Maurice David and Lori McCrum of Mars Hill and their sons, Dirk and Tara of Mars Hill and Dustin of Virginia, Barbara Jo McCrum and Ashley of Southwest Harbor and Bart Wade and Dorothy McCrum of Buxton; three aunts, Velma Reed of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Nadine Shaw of Toronto, Ontario and Glenna Getts of Keene, N.H., several nieces, nephews and cousins; two stepgrandchildren and families. She was predeceased by her husband, Maurice S. McCrum; and a sister, Opal P. Johnson. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Duncan Funeral Home, Mars Hill with Pastor Lawrence Beals officiating. Relatives and friends may call 1 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Glenna’s memory to the Glenna R. McCrum Memorial Fund, Presque Isle Nursing Home, 162 Academy St., Presque Isle, ME 04769, which served as her home during her last years. She received loving care and kind attention to her special needs during this time. “I’m free. Free, don’t’ grieve for me, for now I’m free. I’m following the path God laid for me. I took God’s hand when I heard him call. I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day to laugh to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way, I found that place at the close of day. If my parting has left a void, then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss. Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life’s been full, I’ve savored much, good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch. Perhaps my time seemed all to brief; don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your heart and share with me God wanted me now, God set me free.
GLENNA ROSE MCCRUM
