Rachel Irene Crossan

Rachel Irene (Manning) Crossan, 97, formerly of Glasgow and recently of Great Falls, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, of natural causes.

She was born in Illinois to Zina and Edith Manning. She graduated from Nashua High School in 1934. She married Merle Spaulding that year and moved to South Dakota. After his death she and her three children moved back to Glasgow where she began her secretarial career. She worked in Fort Peck at the Farmers Stockgrowers Bank and the Mental Health Clinic in Glasgow. She later married Robert Crossan.

She loved to play pinochle and was also known for her divinity candy that she made for special occasions.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Roy and Robert Manning; one sister, Kathryn; and one son, George Spaulding.

Survivors include two children, Dorothy (Spaulding) Plouffe of Great Falls and John Spaulding of Clatskanie, Ore.; two sisters, Thelma and Lois; and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

No services are planned. Burial will be will be in Glasgow at a later date.

Schnider Funeral Home of Great Falls is handling arrangements.