Robert J. Crabb

Robert Joe “Bob” Crabb, 93, of Carlsbad, NM, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Good Life with members of his family by his side. Visitation will be 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 AM, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at Carlsbad Cemetery with Chaplain Dennis Durfee officiating. Interment will follow at the Carlsbad Cemetery. Carlsbad Veterans Honor Guard will perform military honors. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Bob was born April 4, 1931, in Tipton, California to Tollie Willis and Lucille (Ridgeway) Crabb and moved to Carlsbad with his parents as a child. He graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1950. Shortly afterwards he joined the U.S. Air Force and served his country at Tulln Air Force Base near Vienna, Austria. While there he met and married his wife, Gertrude Klementine (Trude) Kruisz. Bob returned to Carlsbad with his young bride in 1954. He began working for National and Kerr McGee Potash Mines where he eventually retired as an electrician. Bob enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends, and travelling in the US and Europe to visit family and friends. He and Trude recently marked 70 years of marriage in February of this year.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters: Irene Dorey and Rosa “Sissy” Jump; brother, William (Bill) Crabb.

Survivors are his wife, Gertrude Crabb; son, David Crabb; daughter, Charlene Crabb; son-in-law, Stuart Gilder; granddaughter, Castileah Ming-Ming Gilder; brothers: Charles Lee Crabb, Walter Fred Crabb; sister, Joann Saunders, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choosing.

The family would like to extend their appreciation to the kind and compassionate help given to us by the Good Life, Enhabit Hospice, and Comfort Keepers staff. We are very appreciative of your devotion to dad.

Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com