Robert Vernon Crow, Jr.

Robert (Bob) Vernon Crow, Jr., born on January 10, 1936, in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Leta Marie Wiley Crow and the late Robert Vernon Crow, Sr., died at age 83 on March 9, 2019 in West Bend, Wisconsin.

Bob graduated from Baylor University in 1957 and received a graduate degree in Radiation Biology from the University of North Texas. He married Alexene Campbell Crow who also attended Baylor. Bob was employed at Chemsearch Corporation in Irving, Texas and Penetone Corporation in New Jersey. 

Bob was the loving husband of Jane Goode from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his brother, Douglas Wiley Crow; parents, Robert Vernon Crow, Sr. and Leta Marie Wiley Crow; grandmothers, Amanda Moren Crow and Ena Williams Wiley; grandfathers, Richard Vernon Crow and Granada Wiley; aunts, Mary Joyce Crow Church and Jane Wiley Lukas; and uncles, Don H. Crow and James Wiley.

Bob is survived by his children, Carl Crow, Cay Lynn Crow, Denise Charie Crow Reyes, Benjamin Crow, and Andrew Crow; grandchildren, Gabriela Elizabeth Reyes and Sean Alexander Reyes; brothers-in-law, Thomas Goode and Joseph (Dina) Goode; sisters-in-law, Margaret Goode, Ginny Goode and Sharon Crow; mother-in-law, Mary Goode; six nieces and nephews and their families.

Through 2013, Bob enjoyed providing service to others especially through his work at the senior center and at his church in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was an active participant in the research being conducted by the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center.

Bob had many interests and hobbies including being present with people, music, woodworking, gardening, science, watching football, singing, telling jokes, eating seafood/food, and dancing to German polkas.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1:00 pm on June 21, 2019 at the University Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Interment will be at the Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.

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