Elvin Crotwell

A retired employee with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, he died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009, at his residence in Brusly. He was 77, born in Livingston Parish, and a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Monday, May 4, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., with a Moose ritual at 7 p.m. Visiting on Tuesday in the funeral home chapel from 10 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Carl Sullivan. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife, Margaret Crotwell; son and his wife, Gordon and Linda Crotwell, of Grosse Tete; two daughters and sons-in-law, Pauline and David Hayes, of St. Rose, and Rhonda and Ross Wagner, of Livonia; two stepdaughters and husbands, Wanda and Doren Daigle, of Brusly, and Rhonda and Michael Neal, of St. Cloud, Fla.; stepson and wife, Hugh and Rachel Avery, of Chesapeake, Va.; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; two brothers and wives, Hamlet and Helen Crotwell, of Denham Springs, and Robert and Becky Crotwell, of McComb, Miss.; two sisters, Gloria Neva Hood and Nell May, both of Denham Springs; sister-in-law, Lena Crotwell, of Baton Rouge; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents, Roy Crotwell and Linnie Crotwell Slaughter; daughter, Sharon Gail Lambert; brother, Clifford Crotwell; and great-grandson, Trystan Young. Mr. Crotwell was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose. Special thanks to Dr. Brian Gremillion and Life Source Services of Baton Rouge. Pallbearers will be his grandsons and nephew. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to either Moose Charities, 155 S. International Drive, Mooseheart, IL 60539, in memory of Pilgrim Elvin Crotwell, or Life Source Hospice, 3049 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 100, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Monday, May 4, 2009
59pm 050509 10am

Service

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
2pm

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816

Memorial Contributions

Moose Charities
in memory of Pilgrim Elvin Crotwell
Mooseheart, IL  60539

Life Source Hospice
3049 South Sherwood Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA  70816