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- MARYLYN C. CROCKER DIES AT 66
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - June 12, 1990
Marylyn C. Crocker, 66, of 7420 Lincoln Ave., former proprietor of a Pulaski clothing store, died Monday in the State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, after a long illness.
The funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. James Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Richard A. Clay, rector, officiating. Burial will be in Pulaski Cemetery.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, 7385 Park St.
Contributions may be made to Northern Oswego County Ambulance. A blood drive will also be held in her memory from noon to 5 p.m. June 21 at the Pulaski American Legion.
Surviving are two sons, Christopher J. and Timothy J., both of Pulaski; a daughter, Tamara J. Woodruff, Pulaski; nine grandchildren; three brothers, Edward Carl, St. Petersburg, Fla., Roy Carl, Watsonville, Calif., and Don Carl, Pulaski, and a sister, Patricia C. Davis, Pulaski.
Born May 21, 1924, in Adams, a daughter of Howard E. and Mary Bowen Carl, she was graduated from Pulaski Academy High School in 1942, where she was valedictorian of her class. She also attended the Kings County School of Nursing, Brooklyn.
She married Howard A. "Bud" Crocker Jr. March 4, 1944.
Mrs. Crocker resided most of her life in Pulaski. She was employed as a nurse in the offices of Dr. Mason. She later owned and operated Tinytown, a clothing store in Pulaski, retiring in 1983.
Mr. and Mrs. Crocker also owned and operated Crocker's Tractor Sales in Pulaski from 1955 to 1976. Mr. Crocker was a former instructor at the Oswego County BOCES. He also owned various car dealerships. A native of Pulaski, he died Nov. 22, 1988, at the age of 64.
Mrs. Crocker was a member of St. James Episcopal Church, Northern Oswego County Ambulance and the Pulaski Academy Central School Alumni Association. She was a charter member of the United Friends of Homeless Animals.
Mrs. Crocker also helped to organize the movement to change the name of the Pulaski Elementary School to the Laura M. Sharp Elementary School.
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