Dr. Charles Crown

Obituary of Dr. Charles A. Crown

Dr. Charles A Crown was born December 11, 1923 and died in August 20, 2019. He received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend IN in 1945 and a Medical Degree from University of Illinois in 1947. He interned at Queens General Hospital in Jamaica, NY from 1947-1949. He served as a medical officer in the US Army in Frankfort, Germany from 1951-1953. He began a family/internal medicine practice in 1954, from which he retired in 2003.

He was a member of the VNA medical advisory committee; president of the medical staff at Waveny Care Center and a member of the New Canaan Town Band, of which he was the president, before retiring from it in 2015. He was also a founding member of the band, The Crown jewels, which played regularly at Waveny Care Center. He spent his last 3 years as a patient at Waveny Care Center, continuing to entertain the residents with his piano playing.

He is survived by four children, Katherine Crown of Litchfield CT; Charles Crown of Rock Hill, NY; , Susanne Crown Walker of Madison, CT  and Nancy Crown of New York City. He is also survived by four grandchildren and his sister, Ann Marie Horan from Florida; his second wife, Patricia Crown and three step children.

Funeral services for Dr. Crown were held privately, to leave online condolences please visit www.hoytfuneralhome.com