bred, Dew 4, 1944
Kenneth Crooks

FLAT’. ROCK Kenge,
Crooks, 82, of Flat Rock died at
4:40 a.m. Tuesday in his home. He
had been ill for three years.

Friends may call from 1:30 to 9
p.m. Thursday and from 10 to
11:30 a.m. Friday in the Arthur
Bobcean Funeral Home, Flat
Rock, where services will be held
at 11:30 a.m. Friday. The Rev.
Marilyn C. DeGraw of Waterman-
Preston United Methodist Church,
Detroit, will officiate. Burial of
the cremated remains will be in
Michigan Memorial Park, Flat
Rock.

Born Oct. 30, 1912, in Flat
Rock, where he had lived most of
his life, he was the son of John Hi.
and Catherine M. (Ivor) Crooks.
He was married Dec. 17, 1948, to
Grace A. Curl in Wagner, S.D.

Mr. Crooks had been employed
by Downriver Auto Parts in Tren-
ton, retiring in 1977.

From 1943-1970, he had been
employed as a mechanic for
Crooks Super Service in Flat
Rock. Hee

An Army veteran of World War _
II, he served from May 30, 1942,
to Sept. 20; 1943.

He had received the Golden |
Eagle for 50 years membership in |
the Eagles Club of Walla Walla,
Wash.

_ _ Surviving are his wife; a step-
daughter, « Mrs. Richard
(Stephanie) Henkel of Seattle,
Wash.; a brother, John of Pinck- |
ney; a sister, Mrs. Karl (Mary) |
Smith of Flat Rock, and five
grandchildren. |

He was preceded in death by
two brothers, Everett and Donald.

Memorials may be made to the |
First United Methodist Church of
Flat Rock. J

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