OLD TOWN- Natalie H. Crawford, 83, of Scarborough, formerly of North Fourth St., Old Town, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Natalie was born in Old Town, daughter of Stanley and Nettie (Landry) Hilchey Sr. She attended Old Town schools, was a 1940 graduate of Old Town High School, and also attended Beals Business College in Bangor. On Dec. 23, 1946, she married Charles Albert Crawford Sr. at St. Joseph’s Church. They made their home in Old Town, where they raised three sons. Her husband predeceased her June 3, 1989. She was a former communicant of Holy Family Parish, formerly St. Joseph’s Church of Old Town, and a communicant of St. Maximillian Kolbe Church of Scarborough. She enjoyed spending time with her family, knitting and crocheting. For the past two and a half years she was a resident of the Maine Veterans Home of Scarborough. She was predeceased by her sisters, Thelma Braley, Irene Grant, Ann Dow, Dorca Braley, Fern Hilchey; and one brother, Stanley Hilchey Jr. Survivors include three sons, Bruce Crawford and his wife, Susan, of Port Orange, Fla., Charles Crawford of Holiday, Fla., and Christopher Crawford and his wife, Beverly, of Scarborough; three sisters, Emma Hilchey of Old Town, Eloise Hilchey of Old Town, and Joan Johnston and her husband, Thornton, of Plum Island, Mass., and Florida; eight grandchildren, Heidi Jackson, Tracey Hawes, Bruce Crawford, Troy Crawford, Nicole Crawford, Robert Martin Jr., Michael Martin and Randy Ouellette; six great grandchildren, Jessica and Brian Jackson Jr., Nikitta, Tieana and Troy Crawford Jr. and Alexis Hawes. Visiting hours will be held 4-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at the Conroy-Tully South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland and also 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Brookings-Smith Old Town Chapel, 205 North Main St., Old Town. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Holy Family Parish, 429 Main Street, Old Town. The Rev. Rudolph J. Leveille will be principal celebrant. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Old Town. Those desiring may make donations to St Jude’s Children Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105.
NATALIE H. CRAWFORD
