2 Evening News, Wed., May 7, 1997
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Forest E. Crooks

FLAT ROCK— Forest Elton
(Joe) Crooks, 76, of Flat Rock
died at 9:42 p.m. Monday at his
home after an extended illness. .

Friends may call from 5 to 9
p.m. today and from noon to 9
p.m. Thursday at the Arthur
Bobcean Funeral Home, where

i services will be held at 11 a.m.
Friday. Pastor Turner Paseur of the
Church of Christ, Red Bay, Ala.,
will officiate, assisted by Minister
Timothy J. Dunn of the Flat Rock
Church of Christ. Entombment
will be at Huron Valley Cemetery.

Born June 15, 1921, in Port
Creek, he was the son of Forest
R. and Lucille M. (Quick) Crooks.
He was married on May 15, 1943,
to Juanita M. Conrad at the Grosse
Tle Naval Base chapel.

Mr. Crooks had been employed
as a laboratory analyst for Mobil
Oil for three years and was then
employed for 24 years by Mon-
santo Chemical, retiring on Jan.
1, 1982. !

A Navy veteran of World War II, ~
he served from 1942-45 in Guam,
New Hebrides, the Solomon
Islands and other locations in the
South Pacific. After the war, he
and his father owned and operat-
ed Forest Crooks & Son Brikcete
until 1957,

He was a member of the Flat
Rock Church of Christ; Miller-
Strawn Post 9363, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the National
American Legion.

A 1939 graduate of Flat Rock
High School, he enjoyed wood-
working and building.

Surviving are his wife; his moth-
er of Flat Rock; three sons, Wayne
of Madison, Ohio, Ronald of St.
Louis, Mo., and Richard of Lin-

coln Park; a daughter, Mrs. Jeffrey ~ |

(Sue) Piippo of Trenton, and five
grandchildren. bien
He was preceded in death by his
father. oe
Memorials may be made to the
Hospice of Henry Ford of Wyan-
dotte. :