Ada Madge Croger

Obituary Ada Madge (Cowing)Croger Ada Croger, 85, was born in Springfield, Maine, on February 19th, 1923. She passed away on October 15, 2008. She graduated as Salutatorian from Milo High School in 1940, where she was a forward for the girls' basketball team. She went to work for the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., and had assignments there and in New York. While in DC she met and married Theodore William Croger who was stationed there with the Navy at Bliss Electrical School. They celebrated 50 years of marriage in 1993, and he preceded her in death in 1999. She worked as a fashion model in Seattle in the early 40's and then settled down to be a full-time mom. Her favorite pastime was competitive bowling, and she and her WIBC team won many championship trophies. Ada is survived by her sisters, Ivis Marie Campbell and Beryle Donna McLaughlin, as well as her brother Leigh Erwin Cowing and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister Helen Mae McDonald and her brother Shirley Earl Cowing. She has three daughters, Carol Ann Hart (John V.), Janice Leigh Gomez (Michael Buck) and Barbara Croger Marshall (John Patrick) and nine grandchildren (John, Steve, Colleen, Caryn, Joelle, Jay C., Stefana, Brian and Kevin), two great grandchildren (Sage and Iliana) with three more on the way (Athena, Will, and Tuula)! She will be truly missed as she was our mother, grandmother and great grandmother and bound our family together. Funeral service will be held Saturday, October 18, 2008, at 3:00 PM at Gaffney Funeral Home Chapel, Tacoma, Wa. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to V.F.W., Department of Washington, 5213 Pacific Highway East, Fife, WA., 98424 (Please note "National Home" on the contribution). You may leave online condolences at www.GaffneyCares.com Arrangements by Gaffney Funeral Home, 1002 Yakima Avenue, Tacoma, WA. 98045, 253-572-6003.