Charles L. Crunkleton, 87, of Collingdale, a retired pharmacist, died Monday at Little Flower Manor, a nursing home in Darby.
Mr. Crunkleton was a pharmacist for 47 years.
After graduating from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1929, he worked for a drugstore in Stroudsburg, Pa. After several years there, he moved to Philadelphia and eventually joined the Longaker Pharmacy at 40th and Walnut Streets.
He remained with Longaker and, in 1961, he and two other employees purchased the business. He retired in 1976.
Mr. Crunkleton was born in Greencastle, Pa., and raised in Hagerstown, Md. He graduated from public high school in Hagerstown and then worked at a pharmacy there for several years. In 1926, he moved to Philadelphia and began his pharmacy studies.
In retirement, Mr. Crunkleton was a volunteer for Busy Fingers, an organization of blind and partially sighted women who meet twice a month at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Norwood for arts and crafts. Mr. Crunkleton drove members to and from meetings and also picked up groceries for them while they met, said his son, Charles H. Crunkleton.
Mr. Crunkleton moved to Collingdale in 1973 and was a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church there.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth Bailey Crunkleton; two other sons, John L. and Paul E.; three daughters, Joan Morse, Mary Elizabeth Frye and Rita Hotchkiss; two brothers, two sisters, 18 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Thursday at St. Joseph's Church. Burial was in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple Township.
Mr. Crunkleton was a pharmacist for 47 years.
After graduating from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1929, he worked for a drugstore in Stroudsburg, Pa. After several years there, he moved to Philadelphia and eventually joined the Longaker Pharmacy at 40th and Walnut Streets.
He remained with Longaker and, in 1961, he and two other employees purchased the business. He retired in 1976.
Mr. Crunkleton was born in Greencastle, Pa., and raised in Hagerstown, Md. He graduated from public high school in Hagerstown and then worked at a pharmacy there for several years. In 1926, he moved to Philadelphia and began his pharmacy studies.
In retirement, Mr. Crunkleton was a volunteer for Busy Fingers, an organization of blind and partially sighted women who meet twice a month at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Norwood for arts and crafts. Mr. Crunkleton drove members to and from meetings and also picked up groceries for them while they met, said his son, Charles H. Crunkleton.
Mr. Crunkleton moved to Collingdale in 1973 and was a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church there.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth Bailey Crunkleton; two other sons, John L. and Paul E.; three daughters, Joan Morse, Mary Elizabeth Frye and Rita Hotchkiss; two brothers, two sisters, 18 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Thursday at St. Joseph's Church. Burial was in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple Township.
Charles L. Crunkleton, 87, of Collingdale, a retired pharmacist, died Monday at Little Flower Manor, a nursing home in Darby.
Mr. Crunkleton was a pharmacist for 47 years.
After graduating from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1929, he worked for a drugstore in Stroudsburg, Pa. After several years there, he moved to Philadelphia and eventually joined the Longaker Pharmacy at 40th and Walnut Streets.
He remained with Longaker and, in 1961, he and two other employees purchased the business. He retired in 1976.
Mr. Crunkleton was born in Greencastle, Pa., and raised in Hagerstown, Md. He graduated from public high school in Hagerstown and then worked at a pharmacy there for several years. In 1926, he moved to Philadelphia and began his pharmacy studies.
In retirement, Mr. Crunkleton was a volunteer for Busy Fingers, an organization of blind and partially sighted women who meet twice a month at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Norwood for arts and crafts. Mr. Crunkleton drove members to and from meetings and also picked up groceries for them while they met, said his son, Charles H. Crunkleton.
Mr. Crunkleton moved to Collingdale in 1973 and was a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church there.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth Bailey Crunkleton; two other sons, John L. and Paul E.; three daughters, Joan Morse, Mary Elizabeth Frye and Rita Hotchkiss; two brothers, two sisters, 18 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Thursday at St. Joseph's Church. Burial was in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple Township.
Mr. Crunkleton was a pharmacist for 47 years.
After graduating from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1929, he worked for a drugstore in Stroudsburg, Pa. After several years there, he moved to Philadelphia and eventually joined the Longaker Pharmacy at 40th and Walnut Streets.
He remained with Longaker and, in 1961, he and two other employees purchased the business. He retired in 1976.
Mr. Crunkleton was born in Greencastle, Pa., and raised in Hagerstown, Md. He graduated from public high school in Hagerstown and then worked at a pharmacy there for several years. In 1926, he moved to Philadelphia and began his pharmacy studies.
In retirement, Mr. Crunkleton was a volunteer for Busy Fingers, an organization of blind and partially sighted women who meet twice a month at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Norwood for arts and crafts. Mr. Crunkleton drove members to and from meetings and also picked up groceries for them while they met, said his son, Charles H. Crunkleton.
Mr. Crunkleton moved to Collingdale in 1973 and was a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church there.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth Bailey Crunkleton; two other sons, John L. and Paul E.; three daughters, Joan Morse, Mary Elizabeth Frye and Rita Hotchkiss; two brothers, two sisters, 18 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Thursday at St. Joseph's Church. Burial was in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple Township.
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