The Patriarch of the Knox County Crabtree family, Robert “Bob” Frank Crabtree, passed peacefully on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Quarry Hill, where he had been a resident for the past 6 years. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts to Raymond and Elsie Watson Crabtree on March 29, 1915. In 1922, Bob came to Maine with his parents and siblings to the Crabtree Farm in South Hope. He always said he got here as fast as he could.
Bob is survived by his daughter Patricia Ellen Crabtree Girr of South Portland and her step children, Laura, Mark, Jennifer and Jeffrey and their families; his siblings, Rita Grinnell Elliott of Camden; Claire Frye of Rockport; and John Crabtree and his wife, Virginia of Warren. Bob is also survived by three generations of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife of 73 years, Agnes Lermond Crabtree in 2012; his infant daughter, Susan Jean in 1948; his son-in law, Leo A. Girr; his brothers Kenneth, Phillip, Richard and Everett; sisters-in-law Phyllis, Hope, Nadine and Lucy Crabtree, Glynis Hills; brothers-in-law, Chauncey Grinnell, Jim Elliott, Bill Frye and Edwin Lermond.
Graveside and Masonic services will be held at 10:30AM, Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Camden followed by a reception at the Rockport Masonic Center, 361 Main Street, Rockport.
If desired, memorial gifts may be made to Quarry Hill Activities Fund, 30 Community Drive, Camden, ME 04843 or Camden Area District Nursing Association, P.O. Box 547, Camden, ME 04843. Condolences may be shared with Bob’s family at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com. Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 9 Mountain Street, Camden.