Genevieve Enid Crossman, 89

Genevieve Enid Crossman, age 89, of Woodstock, passed away at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital on November 1, 2024, after a short hospital stay, suffering cardiac arrest and complications from diabetes.

She was born to Wilmer H. and Louise Reichardt on December 12, 1934, and was raised in Woodstock in a farming family, the youngest of five (5) children. She graduated from Woodstock High School, married, and raised three (3) daughters. During those years she worked at The Casto lite Company in Woodstock, as an aide at Woodstock High School while her daughters attended there, and at Guardian Electric for many years before retiring. For the past 10 years she enjoyed volunteering at The Sparrow’s Nest Thrift Shop in Woodstock, meeting many new friends and forming treasured friendships.

She was a fashionable lady, to the delight of her daughters, always put together and looking her best. She enjoyed her weekly appointments in the last few years having her hair done. She also enjoyed decorating her home, always moving furniture and decor around, changing and adding new items, particularly decorating for the holidays (every holiday) with her extensive and ever-changing collections.

She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and “Grandma Great”. She had a keen sense of humor and a heart of gold. The joy of her life were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, all of whom she adored and enjoyed spoiling with gifts and surprises throughout the years.

Genevieve was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Lester W. Crossman, her daughters, Annette H. Bechaud on January 26, 2016, and Corinne H. Steffen on July 8, 2016, and her siblings, Thomas Reichardt and Evelynne Walter.

She is survived by her daughter, Brenda (Philip) Stack; her grandchildren, Anthony John (Jen) Polizzi, Jamie Michele Steffen, Austin Mathew (Heather McCarthy) Stack, Cody Philip (Ophelia) Stack; her great-grandchildren, Madison Pappalardo, Landon Polizzi, Levin Polizzi, Sophia Elise Stack, Gabriel Philip Stack, and Ophelia Annette Stack; her stepson, Jack M. (Betty) Crossman of Arizona, her siblings Myron “Mike” (Jean) Reichardt and Doris Meyer Warn, and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Friday, November 15, 2024 from 11:am until the 12:30 am funeral service at Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock. Interment services will be private. 

Along with flowers, memorials may be made to Home of the Sparrow or The Sparrow’s Nest Thrift Shop.