Ethel L. (Rigney) Crisp
Born: Wed., Dec. 25, 1918
Died: Sat., Jan. 10, 2015
Visitation
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Wed., Jan. 14, 2015
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Wed., Jan. 14, 2015
Location: G. J. Gonce Funeral Home, P.A.
Funeral Service
11:00 AM Thu., Jan. 15, 2015
Location: St. Jane Frances Church
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Ethel Lorraine Crisp (nee Rigney), age 96, a resident of Pasadena for 60 years, passed on January 10, 2015.
She was born on December 25, 1918, in Hamden, Baltimore, to the late Elsie and Luther Rigney. Prior to 1945, she worked for Elite Laundry and Coopers Company, then went on to become a homemaker and mother. A member of St. Jane Frances Prayer Group, she also volunteered her time at the school. She enjoyed cooking, reading, vacations, and spending time with her family.
Along with her parents, Ethel is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 51 years: Alvin Chester Crisp, Jr.
She is survived by her two sons: Alvin C. Crisp, III and his wife Sally, and James E. Crisp and his wife Jennifer; all of Pasadena; her sister Vivian Merritt; three brothers: Earl, William "Buck", and Donald Rigney; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Family invites friends to visit at the Gregory J. Gonce Funeral Home, PA, 169 Riviera Drive, Pasadena, on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. The procession will leave the funeral home on Thursday at 10:30 AM to go to a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Jane Frances Church at 11 AM, with her interment to follow in Meadowridge Memorial Park. Feel free to express your condolences here as well.
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NORMAN L. SQUIRES
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Posted Sun January 11, 2015
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Dear Aunt Ethel, May you be held, in the sweet graces of our Lord.
I will greatly miss, our quiet talks, at all the gatherings that our family held over all the years and your words of encouragement, in times of indifference.
I will miss your family favorite Chocolate Brownies and the Strawberry Cake you made for me when I was a youngster. And the special way you made me feel at home during so many summers when I came to Pasadena to play with Alvin. I would never have imagined working in the same mill as Uncle Chester (REDS) when I was a kid. Being one of the last from the old school to work in a steel mill.
Thanks for being an important person in my life. As the Beatles once sang,
There are places I remembered.............In my life....I loved them all...
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Jeana West
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Posted Sun January 11, 2015
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Jim,Jenny,Al and Sally, Lou and I are so sorry for your loss. Ethel was a very loving,caring and wonderful woman. I feel blessed to have had her in my life, as an Aunt & Godmother, she meant the world to me. I will truly miss her sweet smile and laughter. I know she is happy to be with Uncle Chester and the rest of her family. My prayers are with all of you. May God give you comfort and peace. R.I.P. Jane ! All my love, until we meet again. <3
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Chris and Susan Beatty
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Posted Sun January 11, 2015
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Even this very Christmas, as I passed by one of those "life savers books,: I though of Aunt Ethel. I always loved those when she would give them to us. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family.
"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Cor 4:17-18
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Jennifer Crisp
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Posted Sun January 11, 2015
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Ethel, the best mother-in-law a girl could ever have! Truly an inspiration to me and to all my family with her gentleness, her love of adventure, her laughter, her immense patience, and of course her love of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. We had so much fun on shopping trips, school trips, vacation, Christmas parties, Easter celebrations, and so much more. So much love and enthusiasm for life; I have been blessed and am grateful for all she has done. She will be missed and I know for sure that she is very busy in her new life! Thanks for all your love!
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