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Dorothy Eva Crews

February 08, 2004

Dorothy Eva Crews, 88, formerly of 90 Emerald Lane, The Spruces, died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Jan. 7.

She was a resident of Sweet Brook Care Centers for three years.

Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1915, daughter of Fred and Eva Comeau Guettler, she moved with her family to Albany, N.Y., and was a 1934 graduate of Albany High School.

She moved to North Adams in 1937 and to Williamstown in 1985.

A homemaker, Mrs. Crews was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in North Adams. She was a longtime member of the Order of Eastern Star, including Naomi Chapter 17 in North Adams and Mount Anthony Chapter 1 in Bennington, Vt.

She also was a member of the Grand Cross of Color, the Ancient and Honorable Society of Royal Arch Widows, Daughters of the Nile and the Briggsville Women's Club in Clarksburg.

She enjoyed baking, sewing and crocheting for many local charities.

Her husband, Donald E. Crews, whom she married June 18, 1941, died Sept. 11, 1999.

She leaves several nieces and nephews.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Dorothy Crews will be conducted Friday, Feb. 13, at 10 at AUGE-SAN SOUCIE-SIMMONS FUNERAL HOME, North Adams, by the Rev. Edward A. King, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery.

There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to the Berkshire Fuel Assistance Program or to the Berkshire Food Pantry through the funeral home, 46 North Church St., North Adams, MA 01247.

She leaves three nieces, Nancy Luczynski of Stamford, Vt., and Laureen Richards and Dorothy Wetteland, both of North Adams; two nephews, David Crews of Pasadena, Md., and James Crews of North Adams; a brother-in-law, Clayton Crews of North Adams; four grandnieces, three grandnephews and a great-grandniece.


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