Richard Crouthamel

Richard "Lefty" Crouthamel, born on April 18, 1934, and son of Willard and Elizabeth (High) Crouthamel, made his final earthly journey and passed away on April 21, 2025.

Lefty seemed to be born for a life of activity and adventure. As a youth, he had various jobs in his Perkasie neighborhood. In school he excelled as an athlete, earning a yearly mention in The Free Press for his "legendary" touchdown in the Sel-Perk/Quakertown Thanksgiving Day game.

After graduation, he and his best friend traveled across the country working odd jobs as they went to California and Florida. After returning home, Lefty joined the United States Air Force and was stationed in Bingen, Germany for 3 years, decoding classified information. During his service career, he traveled extensively throughout Europe.

Not long after his return home, he met and married his beloved "Rose", Rosella Bleam, and together they raised a family. They vacationed almost every summer while raising their 2 daughters in a 1700's farmhouse. He enjoyed camping, hiking, hunting and fishing, as well as playing and watching sports. Lefty was a very hard worker, doing whatever was needed to support his family. He worked at Mack Trucks for 20 years, then drove school bus for Moravian Academy after taking early retirement. He also took up painting, at which he excelled. Many adventures followed, including summers running B&Bs in both Prince Edward Island and Alaska where they forged lifelong friendships, visiting friends who lived out of state and attending many of the activities that their grandchildren were involved in.

Lefty's dream lifestyle was granted him and Rose when they spent 7 years living in Alaska where they attended Kenny Lake Chapel and made many new friends. They enjoyed fishing, hiking, game nights, snow shoeing, hunting, snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, chopping wood, gardening and their life of faithfulness to others, whatever the need may be.

Lefty confessed that though all the adventure made him happy, his life changed when he heard the good news that God sent His Son, Jesus, to save us from our sin and selfishness, and that by believing Him, we would receive the gift of amazing grace for here on earth, and eternal life with Him in Heaven. Though many difficulties followed, Lefty's testimony of his pursuit of God, his faithfulness to family and friends and his desire for adventure all prevailed.

Because of health issues, Lefty and Rose moved back to PA in 2013 and continued to love and serve family, friends and the church. Their passion for God and people was displayed right up to their dying days as they continued to pray and sing together every morning and night. Together they had an impact on many lives and they are sorely missed.

Lefty is survived by his daughters, Terry MacBride (married to Daniel) of Palm, PA and Sherry Green (Married to Timothy) of Barto, PA, 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. His wife Rose preceded him in death on Feb. 19, 2025. A joint celebration of life was held for them on March 9, 2025, at Butter Valley Community Church in Bally, PA