Crystal Osborn
November 22, 1935 ~ March 16, 2022
Crystal 'Cris' Janette Osborn (nee Carmer), 86, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, passed peacefully surrounded by her family on March 16, 2022. Interment will be at the Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, Iowa, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2022. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon.
Crystal was born November 22, 1935, to Roy and Beryl Carmer. She was born and raised in Mount Vernon by Beryl and Emil Walter. Crystal was the MV Band Queen, graduating from Mount Vernon High School in 1953, before going on to business school in Davenport.
She married Frank Osborn in 1958, and together they raised their three children. She relished time with friends and family on weekend camping trips and the yearly week-long fishing trips to Minnesota and Kentucky Lake. She enjoyed time spent with friends hosting card club and gliding with Frank around the dance floor at Saturday night dances. She loved her crafts and was an avid quilter.
Crystal is survived by her beloved husband of 63 years, Frank Osborn; their three children, Randy (Chris) Osborn, Rick (Cindy) Osborn, and Rhonda (John) Mont; seven grandchildren, Cory, Angie, Bryan, Aaron, Michelle, Logan, Riley, and seven great grandchildren, Hunter, Dakota, Mackenzie, Emmy, Carson, Adaline, and Alivia.
She was proceeded in death by her parents; siblings, Delbert (Grace) Carmer, Audrey (Lynn) Gage; stepbrothers, Richard Walter, and Jerry (Kathy) Walter; and stepsisters, Marjorie Nickols, Darlene McGee, and Catherine Sessler.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to St. Croix Hospice (stcroixhospice.com) or Mount Vernon Alumni Association (mvalumni.org) are appreciated.
Please share your support and memories with Crystal's family on her Tribute Wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under Obituaries.
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Please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your loss… Our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
Aunt Crystal was a wonderful lady and will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. We are so sorry for your loss. Bert & Janet Carmer
We were so sorry to read of Crystal’s passing. We always enjoyed visiting with her and Frank over the years. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Our deepest sympathy. Don and Carol Jilovec
The deepsest sympathies at this time of loss. You are in our thoughts. This memorial will live on as well as your wonderful memories of your mother.
Sorry to hear of Crystals passing. Our deepest sympathy to the family. We always enjoyed her at family gatherings. Kathy and Larry Bearce
Such great memories we all shared with you. we will miss her deeply.
Please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your loss… Our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
Frank and Family, I am sending my sincere condolences to you all. Chris was a very popular member of our card club. When she would arrive, the room would light up. Chris was a delightful , fun friend, and will always be in my memories, especially dancing away with Frank at the old ballrooms. Now she for sure is dancing in heaven, a well deserved place she has earned. Most Sincerely, Elaine Ferguson Green Valley , AZ.
Thank you for the opportunity to care for Crystal! She was truly a gem and I loved coming to see her. May you rest in peace Crystal until we meet again!
Very sorry to hear Crystal had passed. Always enjoyed seeing her. Sympathies to her family. Wishing you peace and good memories.
What a treasurer Cris was. I have several of her handiwork items and will always think of her when I see and use them. The many fun times we had at dances with Frank, Cris, Reyhons’ Montgomerys’ Fishers’, Pat, Louie and the rest. We would go to dances and stay till the end and always went somewhere for breakfast, usually at Osborn’s at 1,2 in the morning. Those were such fun memories and so many laughs. Hold Cris’ memory close and always think of her with love, she is the angel on your shoulder now. She will be missed, Annamae and Ed