Dennis Crowley

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dennis John Crowley, 80, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Aug. 1, 1923, in Rochester, N.Y., son of Dennis Leo and Mary Estelle Kavanaugh Crowley. He and Charlotte M. Bancel were married April 30, 1949. She died Aug. 14, 1997.

Crowley was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was sales manager and buyer 20 years for Marshall Field and Co. He was formerly of Evanston, Ill.

Survivors include a son, Paul Crowley of Buffalo Grove, Ill.; a daughter, Anne Crowley of Sikeston; a brother, Thomas Crowley of Rochester; a sister, Mary Crowley of Plant City, Fla.; and a granddaughter.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.

Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Ill., with the Rev. Jim Heyd officiating.