STERLING – Howard Wiley McCrum, 98, died July 26, 2007, at Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, Little River. He was born March 21, 1909, in Saxman, the son of Alexander M. and Luella F. Cole McCrum. He graduated from Sterling High School and Pittsburg State Trade School for printers. A longtime resident of Sterling, he was a retired linotype operator for the Sterling Bulletin. He belonged to United Methodist Church, was a former secretary and member of the Masonic Lodge, former president and board member of USD No. 376, former president and member of the Sterling Country Club, former chief and volunteer fireman for the Sterling Fire Department, all in Sterling, past worthy patron and member of the Eastern Star, Lyons and Sterling, and received his 60-year pin for the Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge. On Oct. 12, 1933, he married Charlotte M. Vogel in Sterling. She died Jan. 8, 2004. Survivors include: two daughters, Johannah Knoll, Chandler, Ariz., and Priscilla Carder, Sterling; a son-in-law, Leonard Doughty, Wichita; eight grandchildren, Marty Doughty, Mike Knoll, Jo Beth Mills, Jenny Knoll, Jeff Knoll, Doug Carder, Rob Carder and Ted Carder; 18 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jane Ann Doughty; and two brothers, Verner McCrum and Kenneth McCrum. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at United Methodist Church, Sterling, with the Rev. Nancy Goddard presiding. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday at Birzer-Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling, with the family present. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Sterling Country Club, or Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, both in care of the funeral home.

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Parents:
Alexander McLoud McCrum (1865 – 1950)
Luella Francis Cole McCrum (1877 – 1952)

Spouse:
Charlotte Marie Vogel McCrum (1913 – 2004)*

Children:
Jane Ann McCrum Doughty (1934 – 2004)*

Siblings:
Verner Eugene McCrum (1896 – 1973)*
Howard Wiley McCrum (1909 – 2007)
Kenneth Willard McCrum (1914 – 1997)*

*Calculated relationship