Kenneth Crow of Pomona, Missouri passed away quietly in the evening of July 5th, 2024, at age seventy-three.
Known to his family and friends as Ken, he was born to Dave and Allene Crow on September 12, 1950, and grew up in West Plains, Missouri. He graduated from West Plains High School and went on to attend Southwest Missouri State where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. After a short career as a salesman, Ken started his own business, Howell County Termite Company, and began a long career as it’s owner and operator. Along with his father Dave, Ken also operated a family cattle farm in Pomona. Ken eventually retired from his career as a small businessman but maintained the cattle farm until his death. Ken married his wife Irene Crow and they settled on their farm in Pomona, Missouri. Together they shared a fun loving and joyful approach to life until Irene’s untimely death. An avid hunter and fisherman, Ken enjoyed hunting seasons and spent time at lake Norfolk where he boated, swam and fished. Yet as much as Ken relished his time in these pursuits, for Ken the true joy of conservation sports lay in swapping stories about hunting and fishing with family and friends. Tales about hunting and fishing trips, be they successes or failures, were touchstones in his life that he savored again and again with those who knew him.
Ken is survived by his brother, Dr. David E. Crow, Sr. (Ed) and his wife Joan A. Crow, of Glastonbury, CT, his nephews, Dr. Scott D. Crow of Gainesville, Florida and David E. Crow, Jr., Esq and David’s family of his wife Rosa M. Crow and their three children Joshua C. Crow, Rachael T. Crow and Jacob C. Crow, of Orange, CT. Ken’s family, on behalf of Ken, would especially like to recognize Kate Mullins (Irene’s daughter), Bub Kelly, Sam Taylor and Brett Henry, all of whom held special places in Ken’s heart and were an integral part of Ken’s life.
Ed and his family would like to invite all of Ken’s relatives, friends and well-wishers to attend visiting hours at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main St., West Plains, Missouri on Monday July 15, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Relatives, friends and well-wishers are also invited to attend a graveside ceremony officiated by Pastor Brandon Harris of the First Baptist Church at the Howell Memorial Park Cemetery (5804 US-63 Pomona, MO) on Tuesday July 16, 2024, at 2:00 PM.
In conclusion, to Ken’s relatives and friends we send this message. While we share your sorrow at his passing, we ask that you take solace in the memory of Ken’s easy charm, his ready smile and hearty laugh, and urge you to celebrate his life with a drink, a smile and a happy story. Know that he passed away a happy man, surrounded by family and friends, and is now embraced by the circle of family and friends that went to the other shore before him. For those of us still on this shore, Ken lives on in our hearts and the joyful stories about him we tell among ourselves until, in God’s good timing, Ken greets us in the next life.
We love you, Ken. God speed, and rest in peace.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, West Plains, Missouri and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.
