Theodore Elliott Crabb (1901 - 1976)

Born 29 Jul 1901 in Louisville, Kentucky

Husband of Lois Gwin (Jacobs) Crabb — married 27 Jun 1931 in Janesville, Wisconsin [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Lougard (Yonker) Yonkers — married 12 Aug 1939 in Decatur, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 11 May 1976 at age 74 in Decatur Macon County Hospital; Decatur, Illinois

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Biography

Name: Theodore Elliott Crabb. The or Theo. aka Found multiple versions of name. Using Theodore Elliott Crabb. Died 11 MAY 1976. Decatur Macon County Hospital; Decatur, Illinois. Cause: Emphysema. Occupation: Last job was as a Night Watchman at the news paper in Decatur. Religion: Not affiliated. Education: Not known. Buried 14 MAY 1976. Mt. Gilead Cemetery; Decatur, Illinois. Medical Entry: Smoked most of his life until just several year before his death. Lost his right hand to prevent gangrene from getting into his body. (see notes). Note: #N1. Marriage Husband Theodore Elliott Crabb. Wife Marie Lougard Yonkers. Child: Anthony Albert Crabb. Child: Annette Marie Crabb. Marriage 12 AUG 1939. Possibly St. Thomas Catholic Church; Decatur, Illinois. File .

Notes

Note N1He was helping a farmer, Dale Shaw, of Macon, Illinois, pick corn with a relatively new corn picker. This was back in 1930 +-. It was a dry year and the corn stalks were breaking off and becoming stuck in the corn picker. Dad was riding on the picker, at the top of the snap rollers that break off the ears of corn. As he tried to pull a stalk out as he had done countless others, the snap rollers started to pull it down and into the picker. He didn't let go, thinking it would release and he could pull it out. It didn't release and the snap rollers crushed his index and possibly his middle finger on his right hand. He and Dale headed for the hospital rather quickly but it was a dozen or so miles away in Moweaqua, Illinois. And they had to come in from the field. This all took time. By the time they arrived at the hospital, gangrene had set in. This wasn't discovered immediately and when it was the doctors removed the two injured fingers. But by this time the gangrene had moved into the palm of his hand. A second operation to try and get ahead of the gangrene removed the two remaining fingers. It soon became apparent that all the gangrene was not removed and a third operation was scheduled. This time the entire hand, up to just above the wrist, was removed. This time all the gangrene was removed. He once told me that the hardest thing resulting from this handicap was not being able to tie his shoes. And he even accomplished this after many years by using the opposite foot of the shoe lace he was tying. Eventually, shoes called slippers, came into existence and were without shoe laces. As I remember, he wore these most of time that I recall. His son by his marriage to Marie Lougard Yonkers, Anthony A. Crabb

Sources

• from memories and information from Tony Crabb (Crabb-1614)