The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Velma Horr
1914 - 1937 (22 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Velma Horr was born on 29 Aug 1914 in Livermore, Alameda Co, California, USA; died in 1937 in . Other Events:
- Census: 1920 1930
Notes:
Postem: May 31, 2008
Name: Penny Carroll
Author Email: crrllpnny(at)yahoo.com
Note: Velma Horr was my grandmother on my mother's side. She was married to Oren Crow from the Santa Clara Valley. She died in 1937 while pregnant with my mother.Velma married William Jesse Jeffers. William was born about 1928; died about Apr 1948 in Needles, San Bernardino Co, California, USA. [Group Sheet]
Velma married Walter Wiloren Crow. Walter was born on 26 Dec 1934 in , Alameda Co, California, USA; died on 22 Dec 2001 in Payson, Gila Co, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Walter Wiloren Crow
was born on 26 Dec 1934 in Livermore, , California, USA; died on 22 Dec 2001 in Canada.
Generation: 2
2. Walter Wiloren Crow (1.Velma1) was born on 26 Dec 1934 in Livermore, , California, USA; died on 22 Dec 2001 in Canada. Notes:
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Obituary:
Anchorage Daily News (AK) - January 6, 2002
Deceased Name: Former Alaskan WALTER WILOREN CROW
67, died Dec. 22, 2001, of a heart attack while vacationing in Canada.
A memorial service will be this summer in Cordova.
Mr. Crow was born Dec. 26, 1934, in Livermore, Calif., to Velma Horr and Walter M. Crow.
Orphaned at age 13, Mr. Crow supported himself as a horse breaker and truck driver before entering the U.S. Air Force at age 18. He was transferred to Elmendorf Air Force Base in 1959 and drove the Alaska Highway with his first wife, Jackie.
After eight years, Mr. Crow left the military to homestead in the hills above Anchor Point. He helped start the Happy Valley Rodeo Association and was twice voted "Cowboy of the Year."
During the late '60s, Mr. Crow moved to Cordova and married Kathleen Moffitt. He was one of the co-owner/assistant superintendents for St. Elias Ocean Products. He owned a fishing tender, The Old Crow, until his retirement.
Mr. Crow enjoyed working with leather, painting, playing the guitar, and flying planes. He was involved in several civic organizations in Cordova.
Mr. Crow lived in Alaska from 1959 to the late 1990s, when he moved to Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathy; son, Walter Jr. "Billy"; and infant granddaughter, Allison Crow.
He is survived by his daughter, Louise Davis of Anchorage; daughter and son-in-law, Lynn and Erling Young of Anchorage; sons and daughters-in-law, Gene and Anne Crow of Glennallen, and Joel and Sharri of North Pole; stepdaughters, Delleen Kompkoff of Gresham, Ore., and Marleen Moffitt of Cordova; grandchildren, Tracy Marleau, James Davis Jr., Tammy Wooley, Carrie Burleig, Jacob, Joshua and Arielle Young, Hayley Ryan, Carley and Matthew Crow, and Cadence and Joscelyn Moffitt; great-grandchildren, Jonus Wooley and Savanna Davis; and special friend, Joyce Clarke of Kelowna, British Columbia.