Eleanor Marie Crawford (heim)

Eleanor Marie Crawford, wife of the late Francis Patrick Crawford, loving mother and grandmother, artist, gardener, and friend to all living beings, died with peace and grace at home in Morrisville on December 21, 2013. Elly was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1925 and grew up in Hicksville, Long Island with her parents Anna and Joe, beloved brothers Paul and the late Joe Heim. She had a sister Elizabeth who died in infancy. In 1945, Elly received a degree in Fine Art from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She shared her sense of beauty in the extraordinary paintings, drawings and quilts she created. She taught her children and grandchildren to notice the color in winter landscapes, and the names of the birds, trees and flowers that surrounded their homes in Long Island and Pennsylvania. With the Lower Makefield Women's Club she worked on quilts that were sold to benefit local organizations. In addition to awards she won for her paintings, in 1961 she won a contest to name a rose, "King's Ransom". Elly married her teenage sweetheart Francis "Pat" Crawford after World War II, whom she had met through her good friend Laury Crawford, Pat's sister. Elly and Pat raised eight children and remained lifelong loves. She is survived by her brother and his wife Paul and Mary Heim, and her children: Marilyn Crawford and Chris Morrill, Kathy Franklin, James Crawford and Sharon Harrold, Christine Crawford Netter and Todd Netter, Thomas Crawford and Ellen Kelly Crawford, Brian Crawford and Charito Mallen-Crawford, Tricia Crawford Coscia and Joe Coscia, Laura Crawford Herron and Keith Herron. Elly was loving grandmother to Jenny, Brian, Melissa, Alison, Steve, Mike, Emma, Richard, Katie, Tom, Sarah, David, Christopher, Jonathan, Jessica, Jill, Ryan, Camia, Gracie, Addy, Ella, and Sam; and loving Great-Grandmother to Theo, Madison, Violet, Zooey, Miles, Sienna, Hailey, Natalie, Ryan, Andrew, Carsen, Lucas, Lily, Dean, Aron, Conor, Finn and the late Jack. Elly is also survived by many wonderful nieces and nephews and their children. Friends and family will be gathering at The J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, 41 W. Trenton Ave., Morrisville, PA (www.hooperfuneralchapel.com) for visitation on Thursday, December 26, 7-9 pm and Friday 9:30-10:30 am. A funeral mass will be celebrated Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Ignatius Church in Yardley, PA. Donations to remember Elly may be made to Aid for Friends, www.aidforfriends.org and the Bucks County SPCA www.bcspca.org.

Evening Visitation
Thursday, December 26, 2013
19:00:00 - 21:00:00
J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel
41 W. Trenton Ave.
Morrisville PA

Morning Visitation
Friday, December 27, 2013
09:30:00 - 10:30:00
J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel
41 W. Trenton Ave.
Morrisville PA

Funeral Mass
Friends will be invited to gather with the family following the Mass
Friday, December 27, 2013
11:00:00
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
999 Reading Ave.
Yardley PA