Gregory Crouch

Gregory Dean Crouch, age 70 years of Rochester Hills, Michigan died on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan following an extended illness.

He was born on September 3, 1945 in Niles, Michigan to Dillard and DeLoris (Behm) Crouch. He was graduated from Niles High School, and earned a Bachelors Degree in Education from Michigan State University (East Lansing). He was employed by the Detroit Public Schools for thirty-two years teaching in elementary schools.

Dean enjoyed travelling through the United States as a hitchhiker. He was a musician with a certain proficiency in piano and guitar, and had composed songs about his adventures on the road, and about his students including the music for a video about his students visiting the Detroit Zoo. He wrote and published – along with the illustrator Jane M. Donovan - the book Children’s Stories in Rhyme for School and Bedtime: Volume 1 , and offered an entire line of resources for children on the website “Gregory Dean Crouch Productions” at www.deancrouch.com. One of his greatest joys was taking students from the inner-city to true field trips with lessons on nature, and experiences with a quiet, calm environment.

Surviving family includes his siblings, Doug (& Viola) Crouch of Luneburg, Germany, David (& Jerie) Crouch of Niles, Dan Crouch (& Melody Rockwell) of Niles, and Diane (& Tom) Blackstone of Rochester Hills, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.

The memorial service for Gregory Dean Crouch will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. Fran Lane-Lawrence of First Presbyterian Church officiating. The family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday at the funeral home beginning at 1:00 p.m. Contributions in memory of Dean may be made to the Detroit Public Schools’ Fine Arts Program, Albert Kahn Building, 7340 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202.

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