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Frank Harlow Crosby was born in July 1864 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and Emma Lucy (?) were married about 1887.² He died on 12 October 1943, at age 79, in Pierce County, Washington.^3,4,5 He was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup, Pierce, Washington.⁵

Frank Harlow Crosby was a Grocer-Owner.³

Edith Crosby was born about 1866 in Pennsylvania.¹

Bertha Crosby was born about 1869 in Pennsylvania.¹ She died before 10 June 1880.²

Howard Z. Crosby was born on 7 December 1870 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and Ruby May Lester were married about 1893.² He died on 11 January 1964, at age 93, in Prosser, Benton, Washington.^3,4 He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Benton, Benton, Washington.³

Howard Z. Crosby was a County Commissioner.⁵

Charles Coran Crosby was born on 15 April 1877 in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri.^1,2,3,4 He and Cynthia Louise Bardwell were married on 6 December 1900 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. He died on 8 October 1957, at age 80, in Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota.³

Charles Coran Crosby was a Druggist in United States Rubber Company.^5,6

Myrtie Crosby was born in November 1879 in Missouri.¹

Emma Lucy (?) was born in April 1864 in Canada.¹ She and Frank Harlow Crosby were married about 1887.¹ She died on 5 December 1941, at age 77, in Pierce County, Washington.^2,3,4 She was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup, Pierce, Washington.⁴

Emma Lucy (?) immigrated in 1869.⁵

Ruby May Lester was born in May 1872 in New York.^1,2 She and Howard Z. Crosby were married about 1893.¹ She died on 5 August 1950, at age 78, in Benton City, Benton, Washington.^2,3 She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Benton, Benton, Washington.²

Miriam Louise Crosby was born on 29 August 1905 in Minnesota.^1,2,3 She died on 16 March 1973, at age 67, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.² She was buried in Hillside Cemetery (Section X, Lot 54, Grave 2), Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.⁴

Miriam Crosby was a boarder in Stearns, St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1930.

Findagrave shows death as 19 Mar 1973.

Valda Mabel Capwell was born on 24 December 1894 in Auburn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.^1,3 She and George Smith Tewksbury were married on 26 June 1918 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.^4,3 She died on 22 January 1970, at age 75, in Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania.^4,3

Virginia May Whitcomb was born on 30 January 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.^1,2,3 She and Henry J. Getler were married between 1945 and 1947 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She died on 18 November 2009, at age 89, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.^2,3 She was buried in Mentor Municipal Cemetery (Plot 33), Mentor, Lake, Ohio.^4,5

Virginia May Whitcomb was a Realtor-Lifetime Realty. A Funeral Mass for Virginia M. (Whitcomb) Getler, age 89, of Mentor, will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 8560 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Please meet at the church.

Mrs. Getler died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Hospice House in Cleveland.

She was born Jan. 30, 1920, in Detroit.

She was a gourmet chef who loved to cook, travel, read and spend time with her family. She was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Mentor. She belonged to the seniors group at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, St. John Vianney Church, and Mentor Senior Citizens.

Virginia retired as a self-employed realtor for Lifetime Realty in Willowick.

Survivors Include her daughters, Karen Dyckes of Parker, Colo. and Susan (Dwight) Bowden of Austinburg; grandchildren, Jamie (Meg) Dyckes, Shannon (Dale) Abler, Jason (Rachel) Bowden, Matthew (Jessica) Bowden and Adam (Kerri) Bowden; nine great-grandchildren, Logan, Mackenna, Brady, Alyssa, Kylie, Carson, Elliott, Reagan and Camden; and brother, Robert (Rita) Whitcomb of Englewood, Fla. She is adored by her many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry J. Getler; son, Jack Getler; parents, Guy and Margaret Whitcomb; sisters, June McCormack and Marge Shaughnessy; brothers, William and Jack Whitcomb; and companion, John Antonelli.

Interment will be in Mentor Cemetery in Mentor.

Contributions can be made to Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119; Littlest Heroes, 8228 Mayfield Road, #3B, Chesterland, OH 44026; or St. Mary of the Assumption Church Building Fund, 8560 Mentor Ave., Mentor, OH 44060.

Arrangements were entrusted to Brunner Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Mentor.