Florence “Ma” Crandall

HUDSON FALLS – Florence “Ma” Crandall, 94, of Main Street, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2019.

Born on March 18, 1925, in the town of Hebron, she was the daughter of the late Ernest G. and Laura (Johnson) Hurley.

On December 23, 1942, Ma married Howard W. Crandall at the United Methodist Church of Hudson Falls.  He passed away on January 28, 1992, after almost 50 years of marriage. 

Following her marriage, Ma and Howard ran a dairy farm in Hartford for many years.   After selling the farm, Ma started a business cleaning homes and camps on Lake George.   She worked in the cleaning business until securing a job as a nurse’s aide at Pleasant Valley Infirmary.   Ma loved her job at PVI, partly because even as a young girl, she wanted to be a nurse.   She found her niche and stayed at PVI for over 25 years, retiring on November 22, 1992.  Two years later, Ma moved to her current address above the Carleton Funeral Home and became part of their family.  

She was active throughout her life.

Ma was a lifetime member of the Adirondack Fiddlers and a member of the Country Round & Square Dance Association, formerly the Dick Ladd Square Dance Association.  She loved spending time with her friends on the Tuesday Senior and the Friday Senior Bowling Leagues.  Even occasionally having her name printed in the paper for her score.   Ma also belonged to the Fort Edward/Hudson Falls Senior Citizen Group and enjoyed sharing trips to the casinos and on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad.

Her faith and especially her church, the Hartford United Methodist Church was very close to her heart.  She enjoyed the Sunday Service and also all the wonderful dinners prepared by the church congregation.

Besides her husband, Ma was predeceased by her 6 week old son, Arthur Howard Crandall, her daughter, Carolyn Wells, who passed away in 1995 and her son Daniel Crandall, who passed away in 2018 and her brother, Donald Hurley and her sisters, Verna Hoyt and Rita (Rathbun) Todd.

Survivors include her daughters, Joan Brown and her husband, Norman of Fort Edward, Joyce Wilcox and her husband, Wayne of Adamsville and Eleanor Johnson and her husband, Richard of Adirondack; nineteen grandchildren; several great grandchildren; several great, great grandchildren; her daughter in law, Betty Crandall of Glens Falls; her sisters, Carrie Dunbar of Corinth, Anna Mae Andrews of Granville and Martha Osser of Granville; her two brothers, Gordon Hurley and his wife, Norma of Granville and FL and Raymond Hurley and his wife, Doris of Hudson Falls and FL; her sister in law, JoAnne Hurley;  and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Family will greet friends on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.

Funeral Services will follow the calling hours on Monday at 1 p.m. Reverend Patti Girard, officiating.

Burial will follow at Morningside Cemetery.

The family suggests that memorial donations be made to the C.R. Wood Cancer Center, Pruyn Pavilion, 102 Park St., Glens Falls, NY 12801 or the Glens Falls Association of the Blind, 144 Ridge St., Glens Falls, NY 12801.