Patricia Ann Crawford

Patricia Ann Crawford, 58, of Springvale, passed away on May 28 at the Goodall Hospital in Sanford from complications of a recent illness.Born and raised in Beemerville, NJ to David and Anna May (Kinney) Crawford on November 19, 1950, she went on to graduate from Trenton State College.After leaving New Jersey, she settled in Kingfield where she began a career in real estate. After several years of selling real estate predominately in the Sugarloaf area, she expanded her expertise by becoming a Real Estate Appraiser. Several years later, she again broadened her expertise by working for Real Estate Auction Companies in Maine during the first bank failures in the early nineties. In the mid nineties to the present she devoted herself solely to appraising in the southern Maine area.She met and married her husband in 1996 and together they settled in Springvale in 2000 where they lived with their beloved cat and dog.Patti was predeceased by both of her parents, an infant brother Keith and a brother Gary all of Beemerville, NJ.She is survived by her husband, Clifford M. Desjardins and their pets Ashley and TC, several in-laws, aunts uncles and two very close cousins, James "Jimmy" Kinney and Harold "Butch" Kinney, both of New Jersey. A very special friend has always been Barbara Nickerson of Kingfield.Funeral arrangements are private through the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main Street, Springvale.For those who wish, make a donation in Patti's name to the Girl Scouts of Maine, Bauneg Beg Neighborhood, P. O. Box 9421, So. Portland, ME 04116 or Maine Huts & Trails at www.mainehuts.org. Condolences may be expressed at the Condolences tab at left.