GERALD DUANE CREWS

LAMAR- Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar for Gerald Duane “Skip” Crews, 62, Lamar, who died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. Burial will be in Sheldon Cemetery.

The family will receive friends prior to the service time, beginning at 1 p.m.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife Nancy; four sons, JD Crews and wife Jess, Michael Kirbey, Eric Daniels and wife Kari and Jeremy Daniels and Daniel Griffith; one daughter, Amber Zupan and husband Jason; 22 grandchildren, Grady, Griffin, Joani and husband Stan, Kayla and husband Jesse, Keaton, Hunter, Kimber and husband Zac, Nicholes, Rylee, Eli, Adi, Tanner, Brodee, Ayden, Madison, Ethan, Monika, Gunner and Kannon; nine great-grandchildren; his father, Ron Crews and two brothers, Troy Crews and Jay Crews.

He was preceded in death by his birth mom, Pat; his mother, Ruth Crews; two sons, Wesley Crews and Charles Crews and two brothers, Tracey Crews and Ronald Crews Jr.

Mr. Crews was born July 17, 1960, in Shawnee, Okla., to Ronald James Crews and Pat Rochelle (Lancaster) Crews. He married the love of his life, Nancy LuAnn Turner, on Sept. 19, 2009, in Lamar. He received an honorable discharge in 1990, having served in the United States Army and in the National Guard during Operation Just Cause.

He was a machinist for 30 years, working the last 12 years at TEI. He also worked armed security and hauled trailers for FEMA. Mr. Crews was a member of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Irwin. Of his many hobbies, he was a competitive shooter (going by the name of Sisco Sim) with SASS, an avid fisher and hunter, a blackbelt in Tang Soo Do and enjoyed camping with his wife.