Elden Lee Crosby
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The Daily Sentinel page 4A - December 30, 2023
Elden Lee Crosby, 84, of
Lumberton, Texas passed
away on December 9, 2023,
at his home in Lumberton,
Texas
A Celebration of his life
will be held on January 11,
2024, from 5:30pm-7:30pm
at the Book Nook Inn in
Lumberton.
Cremation has already
taken place and his ashes
will be spread in his home state of Colorado in the Rocky
Mountains.
Elden was born in Karval, Colorado on May 15, 1939,
and was the son of Charles and Fern Crosby who preceded
him in death. After high school he attended business school
in Denver completing a course of training in accounting.
He then joined the US Marine Corps serving 8 years with
the last year being in Japan. Elden was always proud of the
fact that he climbed Mt Fuji while there.
After serving in the military, he eventually became employed for the US Postal Service and retired after 30 plus
years. He served the last 23 years as Postmaster in Mesa,
Colorado. Since Mesa was such a small town, there was
no mail delivery and people had to pick up their mail at the
post office. Elden was known for his smile, his jokes, and
being the town counselor. People often confided things to
him which he never revealed unless it was about my daughter. Most of it was gossip. Elden was a dedicated postmaster
and did many things to help the community. They are too
numerous to list. He was a member of the American Legion
and served as an Honor Guard many times for deceased
members and put flags on the graves of veterans at the local
cemetery on Memorial and Veterans’ Days. Elden became
a Christian late in life being baptized in October of 2013.
Because of his health he became unable to attend his church
which he greatly missed.
Elden was a gunsmith and enjoyed repairing guns and
loading shells for hunting when he was in better health.
Elden was preceded in death by his parents, a son,
Kevin Spanicek of Grand Junction, and a Grandson, Drew
Holmberg of Kentucky. He is survived by his wife of 37
yrs, Carol Crosby of Lumberton, a daughter, Noma Lee
Brandon of Grand Junction, a Step-son, Brent LaForge
(Tammy) of Beaumont, Texas, and a Step-Daughter, Stacie
Hearne(David) of Lumberton, a sister, Peg Mattson(Greg
Berg) ofDenver, Ron Crosby(Donna) of Broomfield, Co , 5
Grandchildren and 16 Great Grandchildren.
All who knew Elden or his family are invited to his
Celebration which will be very casual as Elden didn’t want
anything to mark his passing. EIden was a great man and all
who knew him loved him.
