Elizabeth L. Crusoe

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Church of Our Lady in Manannah for Elizabeth L. Crusoe, age 84, of Eden Valley, who passed away Feb. 27, 2015. The Reverend Brian Mandel will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 PM on Tuesday, and after 9:30 AM on Wednesday at the CHURCH OF OUR LADY in Manannah.  The Rosary will be prayed at 4:00 PM and Parish Prayers will be at 7:00 PM at the church on Tuesday.

Betty was born on July 15, 1930 in Manannah Township, Meeker County, to Wilfred and Pauline (Tiemens) Hendrickson. She grew up in the Grove City and Eden Valley area, graduation from Paynesville High School.  She married Wilfred Crusoe on August 26, 1948 at the Church of our Lady in Manannah.  They made their home on the family farm.  Along with raising her family she worked for 40 years for The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Paynesville, working several different positions becoming the administrator in 1978.  She was a lifelong member of the Church of Our Lady, the CCW, and a member of the Daughters of Isabella.

Betty loved most in her life was her faith, family and friends.  She was an incredibly kind and patient woman.  She also loved to read, entertain her artistic side by writing, drawing, and whittling and loved to travel, preferably by car so that she could enjoy the scenery.

Betty is survived by: children, Margaret (Dick) Wojtanowitz of Richmond, Mary (Barry) Schultz of Grove City, Lynda (George) Frenchick of Paynesville and Lori Crusoe of Eden Valley; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; brother Douglas (Shirley) Hendrickson of Paynesville, sister Annette Warwick of Oakland, CA, brother-in-law William Dunton of Fullerton, CA; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Wilfred in 2001, son Francis in 2008, sisters Carol Hendrickson, Evelyn Dunton, and brother Wilfred and sister-in-law Aldys Hendrickson.