William David Crofoot^[1]

1887 - 1961  (73 years)

• Name	William David Crofoot  [2]
  Born	30 Nov 1887	Blue Springs, Gage, Nebraska, United States   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1895  [4]
  	Lost Springs Township, KS
  Census	1900
  	Cowley County, KS
  Census	1910
  	Cowley County, KS
  Education	Graduate of a Culinary Arts School  [5]
  Name	Dave
  Occupation	Chef  [6]
  Reference Number	2
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5813828
  _FGRAVE	5813828
  _FSFTID	LLHG-455
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLHG-455
  _UID	2D879FEBD3B5426FB3CEC641AAC7A597AC81
  Died	25 Jun 1961	Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, United States   [7]
  	Cause: Stroke
  Buried	I.O.O.F. Cemetery, 1900 Brick Mill Rd, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, United States   [8]
  Person ID	I29184	Wyman
  Last Modified	4 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Crofoot ,   b. Feb 1854, , , Indiana, United States ,   d. 13 Jan 1918, , Cherokee, North Carolina, United States  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah Louzetta Barnes ,   b. 12 Oct 1856, Marion, Grant, Indiana, United States ,   d. 16 May 1943, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1880	Galt, Grundy, Missouri, United States
  Marriage Fact	1908
  _STAT	Divorced
  Family ID	F19074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillian Lucille Hardy ,   b. 24 Feb 1901, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States ,   d. 24 Mar 1979, Colonial Villa Nursing Home, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1923	Story City, Story, Iowa, United States
  Marriage Fact	15 Apr 1955  [9]
  	Washington, D.C.
  _STAT	Divorced
  Children	1. William Henry Crofoot ,   b. 13 Aug 1923, Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States ,   d. 1 Mar 2005, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 81 years)   2. Robert Lowell Crofoot ,   b. 2 Jun 1926, Washington Park Hospital, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States ,   d. 27 Feb 2000, Hennepin County Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States  (Age 73 years)   3. Jack Leonard Crofoot ,   b. 23 Jun 1927, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States ,   d. 15 Oct 1958, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia, United States  (Age 31 years)   4. Living
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2012
  Family ID	F15831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Nov 1887 - Blue Springs, Gage, Nebraska, United States Married - Bef 1923 - Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Died - Cause: Stroke - 25 Jun 1961 - Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, United States Buried - - I.O.O.F. Cemetery, 1900 Brick Mill Rd, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1. My father, William D. Crofoot, was living in Lost Springs, KS, in 189 5, Cowley Co, KS in 1910, Iowa City, IA in 1922, Arkansas City, KS in 192 3, Chicago, IL in 1926, Holland, MI in 1927, Chicago, IL in 1929, Blakesle e, PA in 1940, Holland, MI in 1941, Santa Ana, CA in 1943, and Ellensbur g, WA, from 1952 until his death in 1961. He was called Dave by friends a nd family. At age 17 his left leg was amputated due to an injury receiv ed playing football. In 1941 he was hit by an auto, and received serious i njuries to his remaining leg. Dad liked to serenade my Mother with songs s uch as, 'Isle of Capri' and 'I Had A Dream Dear', he sang with great feeli ng. When I was a child my Father entertained me by sketching beautiful pic tures of birds in a large 'sketch' book. He made stilts and rubber guns f or my brothers to play with. 2. Funeral services for William David Crofoot were held at 11A.M. June 2 8, 1961, at Evenson Funeral Home. Officiating, Rev. Peter Burkhart; Organi st, Mrs Elvah Crim Frank; Soloist Mrs Dorothy Bonjomi. Pall Bearers: Lou is Scholl, M.P. Scholl, Louis Borgorni, Henry Reed, D.J. Sackett, Charl es Sheeley. Concluding services were at IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, WA .

  
  

• Sources

  [S1337] GEDCOM Dottie Farrar, compiled by Dottie Farrar [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]. [S1383] Certificate of Birth for Dorothy Maxine Crofoot, Illinois State Board of Health, 06 October 1929, File No. 45134 (Reliability: 3). Wm David Crofoot's date and place of birth appear on his daughter, Dorothy's birth certificate [S1383] Certificate of Birth for Dorothy Maxine Crofoot, Illinois State Board of Health, 06 October 1929, File No.45134 (Reliability: 3). Wm David Crofoot's date and place of birth appear on his daughter, Dorothy's birth certificate [S1371] Kansas State Historical Society (Reliability: 3). Index to the 1895 Kansas State Census for: Crofoot, Lost Springs Township, KS. [S1369] Interview with William David Crofoo t, 1947 (Reliability: 3). William David Crofoot Oral Interview, 1947, by his daughter, Dorothy Crofoot Farrar, at Williams home in Ellensburg, Washington [S1363] Information provided by Dorothy Crofoot Farrar (Reliability: 3). During the 1940s, I frequently visited the restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, where my father, William David Crofoot, was employed as a chef. [S1352] Funeral Card for William David Crofoot, Evenson Funeral Home, Ellensburg, Washington, D.C., 25 June 1961 (Reliability: 3). Copy in possession of Dorothy Crofoot Farrar, Interlachen, FL. [S1352] Funeral Card for William David Crofoot, Evenson Funeral Home, Ellensburg, Washington, D.C., 28 June 1961 (Reliability: 3). [S1361] Judgement of Absolute Divorce for William David Crofoot and Lillian Lucille Hardy, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 15 April 1955, Civil Action No. 247-53 (Reliability: 3). Notorized document in possesssion of Dorothy Crofoot Farrar, Interlachen, FL.