Edward R. Cruver

Edward R. Cruver, Pullman, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Whitman Senior Living. He was 94. A Memorial Service will be planned for later this spring at St. Martins Episcopal Church in Moses Lake. Edward was born November 30, 1918 in Moscow, Idaho. He graduated from Central Valley High School in Spokane and went to work for The Crescent Department Store there. He met his future wife, Virginia Aucutt, while both were attending a church youth group function. They married and made their home in Seattle. Virginia was an elementary school teacher in Washougal and Edward worked as an aircraft mechanic for the U.S. Navy Ship Yard and also at Boeing. Through his years of hard work and dedicated service Edward rose to the level of inspector and would check the work of the other mechanics. They lived in Alameda, Calif. for a few years before moving to Moses Lake, Wash. in the mid-1950s. She continued to teach and Edward worked on the planes at Larson Air Force Base. Following retirement from his mechanics work, he was the warehouse manager for the Moses Lake School District for nearly twenty years. He was an excellent golfer and loved to golf whenever he could. He and Virginia were also members of the Moses Lake Sandy Sam's Club and took their Airstream camper on many camp-outs and as "snowbirds" for many winters to Desert Hot Springs, California for over twenty years. Edward's pride and joy was his yard at their home along Moses Lake. Virginia died in 2001 and in 2011 Edward moved to Pullman, Wash. to be closer to family. He is survived by a son Patrick and his wife Christiana of Pullman; daughter Cherie and her husband Paul Zehm of Oakesdale, WA.; 4 grandchildren, Emmett Cruver, Pullman, Micah Cruver, Portland, OR., Steven Zehm, Yakima, WA. and Jessica Parks, Alaska; one great-grandson, Alex Parks; and his former daughter-in-law, Jacqueline Cruver, Pullman. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a grandson Tye Cruver in 2007, 2 brothers and 1 sister. The family suggests memorial gifts be made to St. Martins Episcopal Church in Moses Lake. On-line guest book is at www.kimballfh.com. Kimball Funeral Home, Pullman, is in charge of the arrangements.