Richard Eli Crosby
(1903-1954)
Richard Eli "Dick" Crosby was born in 1903 near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, the son of Lewis and Marietta (Minerd) Crosby. He was named in part for his maternal grandfather, Eli Minerd.
Dick married Bertha Miller (1905-1998), the daughter of John William and Myrtle (Loucks) Miller of Ruffsdale, PA. Their children were Richard Lewis Crosby and Betty L. Martin.
They lived at Mt. Pleasant, in the building where Luther Grimm's funeral home later was established. At some point, they moved to a residence at 28 South Church Street in Mt. Pleasant.
Richard was an electrician. He and his brother Francis worked together installing wiring in houses. He also worked as a "stationery engineer" (custodian) at Frick Memorial Hospital for 20 years.
The Crosbys were members of the First United Methodist Church of Greensburg. Bertha was active in the American Legion Auxiliary.
Rare photograph of Mt. Pleasant's Main Street Street
Dick passed away at age 51 on March 27,
1954. He was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
In 1954, the family moved to nearby Greensburg, Westmoreland County.
Bertha spent 44 years as a widow. In her later years, she lived at the Greensburg Nursing and Convalescent Home. She died there on Nov. 1, 1998, and is buried beside her husband.
Daughter Betty Martin (1926-2004) had seven children. She was "employed by the Greensburg Care Center," said the Greensburg Tribune Review. "She also "had been a volunteer dispatcher for 15 years for the Mutual Aid Ambulance Service Inc., Greensburg." She passed away at age 77 on March 30, 2004, with burial in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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