Katherine Ann McCraw, known to everyone as Kay, passed away on January 7, 2019 at the age of 74.

Kay was born on August 2, 1944, in Florida to Charles Michael (Mike) Crowell and Lillian Margaret Crowell.

In 1963, Kay graduated from Raymondville High School in Raymondville, Texas.  She went on to marry her high school sweetheart, John Warren McCraw, on February 13, 1965.

Kay and John moved to Southern California in 1968 where they raised their three daughters.

Kay is survived by her husband of 53 years, John; daughter Misty and son-in-law Jim Schulte; daughter Tracy and son-in-law Ken Whitney; daughter Nicole and son-in-law Jay Raftery; brother Foster and sister-in-law Annette Crowell; 7 grandchildren: Brooke, Heather, and Steven Schulte; John and David Whitney; London and Logan Raftery; sister-in-law Jenie McCraw; 3 nieces: Bethany McCraw, Joy Hayworth, and Tiffany Crowell; 3 nephews: Derrick Richardson, Rick Richardson, and David McCraw.

She is preceded in death by her mother Lillian, father Mike, grandson Graham Whitney, sister-in-law Joyce Richardson, brother-in-law Nolan Richardson, and brother-in-law Olan (Sonny) McCaw Jr.

There will be A Celebration of Life Memorial Service on Saturday January 26, 2019 at 11:00am.  The service will be held at Reformation Lutheran Church located at 15750 Magnolia St. Westminster CA 92683 with a reception to follow.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations in her memory be made to one of the following:

The Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders

By Mail The GFPD P.O. Box 33238 Tulsa, OK 74153

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Online www.thegfpd.org

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Reformation Lutheran Church

By Mail Reformation Lutheran Church Attn: Financial Secretary 15750 Magnolia St. Westminster, CA 92683

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Online www.reflutheran.org

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NOTE: Please do not send flowers to the church.  Staff is not always on site to receive them.