Eloine Veatrice Dial Crews,
104, of Edmond, OK
( formerly of Poteau, OK)
passed away February 26, 2015, in Bellevue
Health & Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma
City, OK. Eloine was born January 19, 1911 in Holland, Effingham,
Illinois to Eli Valentine and
Mary Jane Netta (Sweazy) Dial the only girl among four boys. She came to Heavener, OK with her family in 1913. Her father was a conductor for the Kansas
City Southern Railroad. Eloine graduated
from Heavener High School, being active in Rainbow
Girls and later in Eastern Star. In
1929 she married a local young man, Roland Alford Crews of Poteau. In
1952 the family moved to Poteau where Eloine became active in the
community with Garden Club, Eastern Star, Country Club and was an active member
in the First Methodist Church. Eloine worked for the New York Store, Town
& Country in Poteau and the Boston Store in Ft. Smith. She loved to Tole paint, sew and garden. She is preceded in death by her parents, her
loving husband of seventy years Roland Crews and her four brothers, Rosco,
Leland, Denzel and James Dial all of Heavener.
Eloine is survived by her
only child and son-in-law Merry Roline and Jim Askew of Edmond, OK; her
grandson Steve and wife Michelle Askew of McKinney, TX; eight great grandchildren;
and one great great grandchild; special nephew Jim Dial of San Francisco, CA and his
three children, Jim, Bob, and Carrie;
many other nieces and nephews, friends and a special friend, Peggy
Talley of Poteau.
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