Obituary

GRADY WILSON CROWLEY

BORN: FEBRUARY 3, 1919 IN POST, TEXAS

DIED: JULY 4, 2011 IN LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA

GRADY WAS BORN THE 8TH CHILD OF OLIVER B?DELL CROWLEY AND LUELLA DIEURANDA GANTT CROWLEY.

HE SERVED 4 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER IN 1946. FROM 1950 TO 1955 HE SERVED IN THE ORGANIZED RESERVE CORPS IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

ON JUNE 15, 1946 HE MARRIED MARY ALACIOUS CONNELLY. THEY WERE MARRIED UNTIL THE DAY OF HER DEATH IN JUNE, 2004 58 YEARS.

GRADY WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ORANGE COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SOUTH LAGUNA FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS.

GRADY STARTED WORKING IN THE SO. LAGUNA POST OFFICE AS A CLERK/CARRIER IN MAY, 1955. HE RETIRED AS POSTMASTER OF THE DANA POINT POST OFFICE IN MAY, 1979.

UPON RETIRING HE AND HIS WIFE MARY DID A LOT OF TRAVELING AND COVERED MOST OF NORTH AMERICA, MEXICO, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZELAND, ENGLAND AND IRELAND.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER BILLIE AND HIS DAUGHTERS DEANNA DELAPLAIN AND JOAN STRAIGHT. HE ALSO HAS 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT-GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN.