Eileen (Hedge) Crouse-Groves 97 of Sebring, passed away on January 8, 2017 at 6:55 am at the Crandell Medical Center of Copeland Oaks . She was born on January 1, 1920 in Akron, OH, the daughter of the late J.C. and Marie (Kohr) Hedge. She graduated from Canfield High School, in 1938. She worked for 12 years as the bookkeeper for the Canfield Fair until retiring in 1982. Eileen was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Salem. She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church women fellowship class, as well as a former member of the Country Garden Club, the Mahoning County Farm Bureau, the Eastern Star and a former treasurer of the Salem Historical Society. She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth E. (Pastor Richard) Applegarth of Hanoverton, OH, her sons James V Crouse of Pittsburgh, PA, J Mark Crouse of San Francisco, CA, her stepdaughters, Janice G Lesher of Salem, Kathryn G (Larry) Bennet of Salem, seven grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, five step great-grandchildren, one great great grandchild and her sister, Donna H Beery of Woodsfield, OH. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Joshua V Course whom she married on March 6, 1943 and who died on November 14, 1969, her second husband, Elden R Groves, whom she married on May 17, 1975 and who died on July 6, 1993, and her brothers Glenn E, J Franklin, and James N Hedge. Services will be held on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 AM, at the First United Methodist Church of Salem. Rev. P Douglas George and Pastor Richard Applegarth will be officiating. A time of visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 AM Friday in the church parlor. The burial will be in Mt Olivet Cemetery in N Lima, OH. Arrangements where handled by Arbaugh-Pearce-Greensien & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services, Salem, OH.

Donations can made in Eileen's memory to the organ fund of the First United Methodist Church of Salem, 244 S Broadway, Salem, OH 44460 and 4-H Camp Whitewood, 7983 S Wiswell Rd, Windsor, OH 44099

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