Lura A. (Williams) Crowell of East Dennis, MA passed away on August 24, 2016.  Born August 24, 1934 in Taunton, MA,she was  the daughter of Clinton J.
and Martha (Hollindale) Williams.  Lura graduated from Taunton High School in 1952 as valedictorian of her class.  She attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, graduating in 1956 at the top of her class.  Lura and Seth Crowell met at the University of Massachusetts, married and settled in West Springfield where they raised their five children.  Lu was a teacher, with an interest in early childhood education.  For many years she taught and directed the Mittineaque Methodist Preschool.  When Lura and Seth retired, they moved to Seth’s great great grandfather’s home in East Dennis.  She was active in the Dennis Historical Society and the Josiah Dennis Manse Committee.  For years she wrote the Historical Society News Letter.
 
 Lu was pre-deceased by her brother, John C. E. Williams.  She is survived by her husband, Seth H. Crowell and their children, Elizabeth (Crowell) Deck, Nathan D Crowell, Martha (Crowell) Doolin, Dorothy (Crowell) Wrona, and Cathleen (Crowell) Parzych and eleven grandchildren. 
 
Friends and relatives are invited to attend a memorial service on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. in Dennis Union Church, Route 6A, Dennis, MA.  Burial will be private.
 
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Dennis Historical Society, P. O. Box 607, South Dennis, MA 02660 or to the Dennis Memorial Library, 1020 Old Bass River Rd., Dennis, MA 02638.

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