Mary Glaves
July 9, 1948 — June 19, 2010
Mary Lou Glaves died June 19, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 61 years old.
Mary was born on July 9, 1948, at Charleston, West Virginia to Homer and Maudie O. (Buzzard) Underwood. She graduated from Seth, West Virginia High School.
She was united in marriage to John Charles Crosby. Mary moved to the McCook community in 1989 and was a homemaker. She enjoyed working in her flower and vegetable garden and fishing.
Preceding her in death were her parents; one son; and one sister.
Survivors include her husband, John Crosby of McCook; son, Paul Hoffer of Racine, WI; six daughters, Cathy Hoffer and Rhonda Hoffer of West Virginia, Linda Boone and Mary Ann Mobray of McCook and Myra Smith and Sandy Wilson of Colorado; two brothers, Warren "Bucky" Underwood of AL; three sisters, Claudett Banales of IL, Jean Brown of MS, and Kathleen Bairfield of WV; 25 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorials were to be given in her name to the St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Funeral services were Friday, June 25, 2010, 11:00 a.m., at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home with Pastor Brett Scollard officiating. Cremation followed the service and inurnment will be in the family cemetery in Illinois at a later time.
Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook was in charge of the arrangements.