Jane Crooks

NASHUA — Jane Crooks, 89, of Nashua, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the Mayberry Gardens Assisted Living in Denton, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the United Methodist Church in Nashua with the Rev. John Tunnicliff presiding. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Friends may greet the family from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, at the Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home – Olson Chapel in Nashua. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Online condolences for Jane’s family may be left at www.hugebackfuneralhome.com.

Jane Evelyn Crooks was born Dec. 2, 1927, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Chris and Grace (Wright) Sorensen. She received her education in the Spencer, Iowa schools, graduating from Spencer High School in 1946. She then attended teacher’s college, receiving a teacher’s certificate. On July 20, 1952, she married Merle Francis Crooks; to this union, two sons were born. After raising her sons, she attended Wartburg College in Waverly, receiving a degree in Elementary Education. Jane taught in the Nashua Elementary School for many years. In her free time she enjoyed playing the piano, teaching Sunday School, traveling and sightseeing around the United States with her husband, Merle.

Survivors include two sons, Paul (Annette) Crooks of Aubrey, Texas and John (Colleen) Crooks of Chillicothe, Ohio; four grandchildren: Alison Crooks of Aubrey, Texas, Carolyn (Philip) Schwab of Aubrey, Texas, Sean Crooks of Apache Junction, Ariz., and Kevin Crooks of Philadelphia, Penn.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Merle on Jan. 23, 2011.