Elinor VanBlarcom Crowley, 90, of 126 County Road, wife of the late Esmond R. Crowely, Jr.,  died Friday March 20, 2009 at the Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Gloucester.

She is survived by four children, Mark VanB. Slade of San Jose’, CA, Frank E. Crowley of Kailua, HI, Susan E. Stone of Ipswich, Linda C. Dolan of Gloucester; stepson Steven Crowley and ten grandchildren, Morgan and Michael Slade both of CA, Thomas Stone of ME, Geoffrey Stone of Boxford, Susan Meyer of FL, Christopher Liporto of Boston, Ruth Stone of Essex, Harry Dolan of Gloucester, Nicholas Crowley and Andrew Crowley both of CA.

Private arrangements are under the direction of the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home of Ipswich.