Herman Charles Crabb

Herman Charles Crabb, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Friday, June 3, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00am, Saturday, June 11, 2016 in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Claude Duty, Spokane Washington will conduct the services and a reception will follow, at 1:00pm at The Community of Christ, Sagle Church. Herman was born on February 2, 1928 in Sawyer, Idaho the son of Clarence D. and Ruth Crabb. He went to grade school at the Long School and the Morton School, later going to the Sandpoint High School and the Central Valley High School in Spokane, Washington. He joined the US Navy in 1945, serving in the Pacific Theater, during WW II. On April 25, 1949 he married Roberta in Kernville, California where he worked for the U.S. Forest Service. On January 1, 1955 he returned to Sagle, Idaho. He logged in North Idaho, also operating logging trucks, and was named “Bull of the Woods in 1994. He also followed construction, working on highway bridges in Coeur d’Alene and Naples prior to his retirement. Herman was an ordained minister in The Community of Christ, the Sagle Church and was a lifelong member of the NRA. He enjoyed his saddle horses and had captured wild horses in Owyhee County, training them, and using them on his Elk hunting trips. In his retirement he traveled to the desert country around Quartzite, Arizona where he hiked, cooked out and collected rocks to bring home. He enjoyed his family and friends especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He had many extended family members that had been taken in, and cared for, over the years. Herman is survived by his wife, of 67 years, Roberta Crabb in Sagle, ID; three children Bruce (and Marsha) Crabb; Bert Crabb; Candy (and Pat) Moon all in Sagle, ID; 6 grandchildren Jacque (and Toby) Gladwell in Kirkland, WA; Ryan (and Lisa) Crabb in Sagle, ID; Angie (and Matt) Brass in Sandpoint, ID; Nikki (and Aaron) Vierra in Sagle, ID; Chrissy (and Coy) McKitrick in Bonners Ferry, ID; and Matt Ross in Brooklyn, NY. Also surviving are 11 great grandchildren and his brother Ralph (and Leona) Crabb in Sagle, ID. He was preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers, 4 sisters, a son, a grandson, and a great grandson