PULLMAN, Wash. – Harold M. Crumley, who worked for Washington State University Pullman from February 1970 to December 1982, died Oct. 22, 2017.
Crumley last worked for WSU as part of the Physical Plant/Custodial Services team.
Crumley, 95, lifetime Princeton area resident, passed away at the Tekoa Care Center.
He was born on Feb. 26, 1922, in Princeton, Idaho, to Samuel & Gertrude (Morrow) Crumley. He grew up in the Princeton area and attended schools at Potlatch. He enlisted in the Air Force in November 1942 and served in the Pacific Theatre before being honorably discharged on Christmas Day 1945.
After returning home, he worked for Potlatch Corporation, working both in the forest as a logger and in the mill doing maintenance and construction. He later became a millwright before going to work at Washington State University as a lead custodian. He retired from WSU in 1986. He married Donna Whitehead on Sept. 23, 2016, at Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
Crumley was a lifetime member of the Potlatch VFW Post #10300 as well as a member of the CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps – helping build roads at Chatcolet Lake near Rocky Point, Idaho. He was also a member and past president of the Hatter Creek and Flat Creek Cattlemen’s Association. He very much enjoyed raising black angus cattle when not otherwise working elsewhere.
Harold is survived by his wife Donna Crumley of Princeton; sons Ronald (Karen) Crumley and Gary (Barbara) Crumley of Potlatch; step-sons Ed Adams of Harvard, Steve Adams of Minnesota and Ronnie Adams of Nebraska; sisters Peggy Jean (Julian) Grabski of Napa, California and Janise Stoltz of Vancouver; cousin Melvin (Evelyn) Crumley of Potlatch and three grandchildren and six step-grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Harold was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Karen and his sister Thelma. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Potlatch VFW Post #10300, PO Box 386, Potlatch, Idaho 83855.