David R. Crowther ’63

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David died April 15, 2020, of heart failure at home in Clarks Green, Pa. He owned an antiques shop and was active in civic life in Benton Township, Pa. 

Born in Philadelphia, David graduated from Harriton High School in Bryn Mawr, played freshman golf at Princeton, studied at the Woodrow Wilson School, and belonged to the bridge club and Key and Seal. 

After working for Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania, David moved to Scranton for Haddon Craftsman and then ICS, where he eventually served as president. He left the corporate world to pursue his passion for antiques, owning Appletree Antiques for 30 years. He was a member of the Fleetville Volunteer Fire Company and the Benton Township Planning Commission. 

The class sends its sympathies to his wife, Janet; sons David and his wife, Theresa, Alan ’90 and his wife, Sefika, and John and his wife, Adrienne; and six grandchildren, Lillian, Nora, Henry, Jay, Paige, and Samantha.  

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