Ada Lee Crowder

July 07, 2010

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Ada Lee Crowder, 81, passed away at Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center July 7, 2010 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Akron, Ohio February 21, 1929. She grew up in Lowes, KY. Ada married James Walden Crowder in 1947. They moved to Des Moines in 1955. She retired from Hy Vee in 1984 as a department manager.

Ada was preceded in death by her husband, James; parents, Dick and Opal Sullivan; a brother, D O; and three sisters, Patsy, June and Mona. She is survived by her five children, Sharon Kirkpatrick (Dave) of Pleasant Hill, Gary Crowder, Sr.(Linda) and Donna Crowder (Mike Spear) of Altoona, Robert Crowder (Michelle) of Des Moines and Dr. James Crowder (Barbara) of Englewood, CO; brother, Harold; two sisters, Sandra and Norma; 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 9, 2010 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, with a private family burial.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Iowa Hospice.

www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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