Robert Dwight Crum, 81, died June 9, 2015 at home.
Mr. Crum was born and raised in Plant City, where he graduated from Plant City High School in 1951. He attended the University of Florida from 1951 to 1952 and became a lifelong Gator. He served in the United States Army for two years, and then the U.S. Army Reserves. Mr. Crum worked for his father and uncles on their cattle ranch and also worked for the railroad. He graduated from Tampa Technical Institute and was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration as an electronics computer technician. He worked for the FAA for 37 years before he retired.
He was a member of Sanlando United Methodist Church in Longwood. Mr. Crum loved to hunt, fish and waterski. He was a patient waterski instructor on Lake Louisa and enjoyed snow skiing with his two sisters.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sandra Louise (Gentry) Crum; two sisters Mary Jo Campbell and Lynda Maureen Crum; daughters, Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Crum Cary, Robin Maurese Crum Kapur (Rajiv Kapur); son, Robert Dwight Crum II (Xiao Chun Ye “Spring” Crum); grandchildren, Anita Christine Kapur, Anjali Elizabeth Kapur, Samantha Maureen Cary, Hunter William Cary, Michael Li Crum, Daniel Howard Crum; two nieces; two nephews; and many great-nieces and great-nephews. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Mr. Crum is preceded in death by his parents, Maurice Gordon “Pete” Crum and Helen Elizabeth (Moore) Crum.
A visitation will be held Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Wells Memorial and Event Center. A funeral service 11 a.m., and a burial with military honors at Memorial Park Cemetery in Plant City will follow at. Online condolences may be made at WellsMemorial.com.