Evelyn L. “Lynn” Crabtree, 89, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at Journeycare Hospice in Barrington, Ill., of complications of the pulmonary and cardiac diseases that she lived with for many years. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, at Calvary Chapel in Holbrook.
She was born Aug. 10, 1925.
While Lynn lived the past 10 years in Barrington and Algonquin areas of Illinois, her heart and soul belonged to Holbrook, Ariz. She moved to Holbrook in the early spring of 1960. In 1961, she married Buddy Crabtree and together they opened the Plainsman Restaurant in 1966.
In 2004 Lynn moved to Las Vegas to live with her son Buddy. In 2005 when her son changed job locations, she moved to Barrington to live with her son David. In 2010 Lynn moved into a supportive living apartment in Algonquin, Ill., and resided there until her passing
Lynn loved to paint, and won many awards and recognition both at the county fair in Holbrook and in Algonquin’s North West Herald newspaper.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Buddy Crabtree of Holbrook in 1999; her son, Richard Rhine of Holbrook in 1967 (Vietnam); and by baby Peggy Rhine, who was one week old, of Fulton, Ind., in 1950.
Survivors include her daughter Patricia (Patty) Fenex of Holbrook; her son Buddy Crabtree and wife Kim of Spokane, Wash.; her son David Rhine and wife Merle of Newark, Del.; 10 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are cousins Marge Forman and Margaret Best, both of Delphi, Ind.
