Allen Morse Crewson^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1917 - 1982  (65 years)

• Name	Allen Morse Crewson  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]
  Nickname	Bud
  Born	7 Feb 1917	Tottenville, Richmond, New York, United States   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40]
  Christened	New York, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Sep 1982	Cloquet, Carlton, Minnesota, United States   [6, 7, 30, 32, 34, 39]
  	Age: 64
  Buried	Lake Superior, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	I133	Costner Descendants
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	George Grant Crewson, Sr,   b. 21 Jun 1887, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 18 Aug 1977, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Ada Jane Moon,   b. 28 Jan 1887, Ohiopyle, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 27 Mar 1968, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1913	Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States   [41]
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ione Rose Wardian,   b. 30 Aug 1915, Holdingford, Stearns, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 25 May 1998, Seattle, King, Washington, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1941	Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
  Children	1. Thomas Allen Crewson,   b. 28 Jan 1943, Carlton, Carlton, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 17 Jul 2018, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States  (Age 75 years)   2. Ann Marie Crewson   3. Mark Arthur Crewson   4. Susan Jane Crewson   5. Joan Louise Crewson   6. Michael John Crewson
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Bud and Ione
  		Bud and Ione

  
  

• Notes

  Biography by AMCF, daughter I've decided this would be a good day to write about my Father since this would have been his 80th birthday, had he lived another 16 years! Allen M. Crewson was born in Tottenville, New York (New York City) February 7th, 1917, 2nd in a family of 5 children born to George and Ada Crewson. I regret not talking with Dad about his childhood memories. We do know that he was a Boy Scout and that he played a Xylophone. He attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and fortunately for us, wrote a diary during those years which we sneaked and savored readings from during our growing up years at Big Lake. He was not pleased when he realized what we were reading. At the time he put it in the garbage, but we were nosy and retrieved pieces of it and have some of it to this day. He wrote about sloughing off on his studies and worrying about his father's admonishings. He played a lot of Bridge during those years and seemed to be going with several 'smooth' girls at a time. Dad graduated from college in 1938 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and was hired by the Wood Conversion Company (later, Conwed) in Cloquet as a Junior Technologist in 1939. He was promoted to Quality Control Supervisor in 1947, Quality and Process Control in 1960, Manager of Plant Engineering Services in 1965 and Manager of Process/Industrial Engineering and Quality Control in 1971. In June, 1977, he received an Outstanding Staff Support Award at Conwed. At that time his picture and the following articles were in the Cloquet Pine Knot (daily paper) and in the Conwed Newsletter. "Al Crewson had served as Engineering Consultant since 1973. In this position he had major authority and responsibility for process technology and quality for selected manufacturing operations, and consulted on major changes, expansions, and problem resolution. "Crewson was appointed to serve as energy and technology consultant to the Fiber Manufacturing Technology Committee in 1975, and as manufacturing representative on the Board Manufacturing and Fiber Manufacturing Technology Committee in 1977. He provided leadership in energy conservation and cost reduction as Director of Energy Conservation at Conwed, and was creative in finding technical solutions to problems and making improvements in manufacturing processes. "Positioned near the top of the technical ladder, Al Crewson has packed a variety of experience into his 38 years with Conwed Corporation. During that period, Al has been associated with process development, quality control and energy conservation. 'Now I'm sort of a free lancer,' Al said recently. 'I go where there is a problem and do what I can to help.' While the approach may sound unsystematic, the result of Al's leadership has been just short of spectacular. "According to Bob Greenhalgh, Al's knowledge of making mineral wool as well as board products is a tremendous resource for the company. 'In 1976,' Bob explained, 'under Al Crewson's leadership, the reduction of steam used in mineral board production saved Conwed over half a million dollars.' "Recently Al shifted his attention to making Red Wing production more efficient. (Manufacturers have for years accepted the fact that considerable raw material is lost in the process.) The results of Al's leadership so far this year show promise of increasing production at Red Wing substantially while utilizing the same amount of raw material. "One of Al's greatest assets is his technical, inquiring mind and his ability to synthesize solutions to problems that confront him. Al sinks his teeth deep into a problem and hangs on until and answer is found. This capability has paid off regularly for the company. "Five scientists currently hold upper level positions in Conwed's technical ladder. On the engineering side, Al Crewson, Engineering Consultant, is the companies top-ranked engineer." Dad arrived in Cloquet from New York in the midst of a winter blizzard. Owen Johnson, who later was Dad's best man at his wedding, picked him up at the train station in Carlton. They happened to stop at the Wold drug store where Mom, Ione Rose Wardian, was working that day. Owen introduced them and Mom said it was love at first sight. Dad lived at "Mom" Watkins' big house for room and board with several other young Cloquet new comers. One of the Watkins boys invited Mom to a party at their house to help the new people get acquainted. All of the guys' names were put in a hat and Mom drew Dad's name so he was her partner for the evening. Watkins continued to have parties once a month including scavenger hunts and bowling. Dad's 2 year courtship included dancing, picnics, skiing, and lots of Bridge playing and a close call for tennis. When Dad first proposed to Mom, she turned him down because he resisted the promise to raise any children they might have in the Catholic faith. Dad pursued Mom and finally agreed. They were married on Flag Day, June 14th, 1941. Dad more than lived up to his agreement. He supported us through our Catholic education, putting all of us through Sacred Heart Elementary, and me through 3 years at Stanbrook Hall (private Catholic girls high school), helping us memorize the Latin Mass responses and our catechism questions. He always respected our religion and attended church whenever we were involved in anything special. Mom always hoped he would convert, but he never did. Dad had high moral standards. He never preached to us in a repetitive fashion, but used real life circumstances to quietly demonstrate honesty. For example, he would never lie about our ages or allow us to do so, in order to get a cheaper ticket. He said one lie would lead to another and the best policy would be to speak the truth always. I never heard him swear or use foul language. Dad read to us, taught us card games and helped us with our homework. He taught me how to tell time and how to understand fractions. He encouraged all of us to learn foreign languages and join organizations. He took us out in the woods when he was grouse hunting and pointed out amazing things like a bear up in a tree and the differences in the kinds of trees. Dad was a Boy Scout leader, liked to fish, work with wood, and plant a garden. He bought us a water ski boat and barrels of gas, took us swimming and camping. To play in our yard, he constructed a high wire swing and a circular teetertotter. All the years we lived at Big Lake we had a dog and a horse and for the winter he made us a sleigh with a bench seat that faced both front and back to accommodate all of our neighbor friends. We were showered with gifts at Christmas: bikes, skis, skates, dolls, radios, clocks, crafts, games.... After Christmas, Dad would call us together and spread the US map out onto the table and ask us where we wanted to go for Easter vacation. We would pick Buffalo New York ( Crewson Grandparents) one year, Spokane, Washington (Wardian Grandparents) the next, then Florida, Texas other Gulf states and California. They would drive for the first day and night until we were far enough south to camp out. We even brought our dog, Rusty, along on one trip. In 1958 we drove all the way to Acapulco, Mexico and camped in the parking lot of a luxury hotel. Dad and Mom were avid Bridge players. They both received the ACBL's Life Master Award. He was also active in Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Cloquet Gold Club and the American Chemical Society. Dad encouraged us all to get a college education by inviting us to apply for college anywhere we wanted to go. We had automatic summer and vacation jobs at the Wood Conversion Company during our college years and handed our earnings over to our parents to contribute toward our education, but they took responsibility for our tuition, books and living expenses. Thanks to this parental support, all 6 of us earned a 4 year degree. He always accepted my grades without pressing me for better, offered to help when I would say I needed it. Dad was generally an optimist, never a complainer and seldom judged anyone; when he did he would say, 'Now, that is ridiculous' and label the questionable character as 'phony or a goof ball.' He had a rip roaring laugh and loved a party. Dad enjoyed excellent health until his liver cancer diagnosis in August of 1981. He lived one month after that, deteriorating rapidly, dying September 2, l981 in the den of our Cloquet house with Mom, his sister Hap, and all of us taking turns being with him. Dad was only 64 years old when he died, a year away from his retirement from Conwed. I have a habit of bringing him back to our family in my dreams, where we are often on vacation together, usually in a boat, laughing.

  
  

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