SYRACUSE – Alfred M. Crook, 75, Cromwell, passed away at 10:46 a.m. Aug.17, 2015, as the result of an automobile accident near Ligonier. He was born Jan. 27, 1940, in Nashville, Tenn., to Henry Alfred and Mary Emeline Kenneth Crook. On June 20, 1976, in Attleboro, Mass., he married Mary E. Coplin, who survives. He grew up in Tennessee and attended public school there. He was a former self employed painter and construction worker and moved to the Cromwell area five years ago from Nashville. Also surviving are: three daughters, Elsie (and spouse Jim) McGinn, Pawtucket, R.I.; and Laura DeCosta and Amandalee (and spouse Johnny) McCollum, all of Syracuse; two sons, Brian Poliquin, Warsaw, and Henry (and spouse Alexis) Coplin, Cromwell; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Laura Margaret Reposa, East Providence, R.I. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Mary Ann Elizabeth Anderson, two brothers, Nelson and Ronnie Crook, and stepfather, Thomas Miller. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Owen Family Funeral home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, with Pastor Harlan Steffen of Wawasee Lakeside Chapel officiating. Burial is in Syracuse Cemetery. Calling is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. ***** Memorials to Alfred Funeral Fund, c/o Owen Family Funeral Home, 1001 S. Huntington St., Syracuse, IN 46567. Condolences via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com
