Albert E. Crosby

[Obit courtesy of u055582 on Ancestry.com]
May 14, 1954

Albert E. Crosby

Albert E. Crosby, route 2, St. Cloud, died this morning at the age of 92 years. He was born July 11, 1861 at St. Anthony, before it became Minneapolis. He came to St. Cloud as a boy and has lived in this area all his life.

Mrs. Crosby preceded him in death eight years ago.

The following children survive: Edgar E., Dunsmuir, Calif., Ralph, Minneapolis; Charles, Renton, Wash.; Burton, Boonville, Calif.; Mrs. Ray Wolhart (Ethel), route 2, St. Cloud; Mrs. Ray Holmes (Edith), Renton, Wash.; Albert H., Creswall, Wash.; Mrs. H.W. William (Alice), McCloud, Calif. There are 23 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and 28 great great grandchildren.

Two brother, Frank in Mossbank, Calif., and Fred, Seattle, Wash., also survive.

Friends may call at the Colbert chapel tonight.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

CROSBY FUNERAL

Funeral services for Albert E. Crosby, who died early Saturday morning were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Colbert chapel with the Rev. Russell Huffman officiating.

Mrs. James Carpenter, organist and soloist, sang "Beyond the Sunset" and "In the Garden.:

Pall bearers were: Leonard Hissock, Willard, Lee and Ted Wolhart, Wesley Perry and Robert Smart.

Burial was made in Brockway Cemetery, north of Sartell.

  Events

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Brockway, Stearns County, Minnesota. He was head of household and property owner.

Albert married Charlotte E. Dayton 15 January 1885 in Stearns County, Minnesota.⁸⁴³⁶ (Charlotte E. Dayton was born in 1863 in Wisconsin,⁸⁴³⁸ died 24 March 1946 in Brockway, Stearns County, Minnesota ⁸⁴³⁹ and was buried after 24 March 1946 in Brockway, Stearns County, Minnesota at Brockway Cemetery ⁸⁴³⁸.)