Robert L. Crum; Banker, Park Commissioner

Robert Leslie Crum, a longtime employee of Glendale Federal Bank who served on the Glendale Parks and Recreation Commission for six years, has died in Arizona. He was 67.

Crum was also an active member of the Glendale Kiwanis Club and was on the advisory board of the Glendale Salvation Army.

He died Monday of a heart attack in Phoenix while on vacation, said his widow, Beverly Crum.

Born Aug. 16, 1922, in Akron, Ohio, Crum moved to California with his parents when he was 12. After graduating from Glendale College in 1942, he served as a private in the Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946 and witnessed the historic flag-raising on Iwo Jima in 1945.

He later managed a local paint store and the Glendale Credit Bureau before becoming a teller for Glendale Federal Bank in 1972. He retired in 1987 as senior business development officer.

Crum served on the Glendale Parks and Recreation Commission from 1967 to 1973. He joined the Glendale Kiwanis Club in 1958, serving as president in 1969 and lieutenant governor for the area’s district in 1972. He originated an anti-drug button-selling campaign for the club.

He also served on the board of directors of the La Crescenta-Glendale Campfire Girls in the mid-1960s and was the coach and manager of a California Junior Baseball League team in La Crescenta in the 1970s, said his longtime friend, Jim Bishop.

At the time of his death, Crum was a member of the Glendale Salvation Army advisory board, a position he had held several times.

He is survived by his wife of 43 years; daughters Nancy Becker of Fresno, Debbie Pierce of La Canada, Sandy Stephens of Irvine and Tammy Bryan of Westminster; and nine grandchildren.

A funeral service is planned for 1 p.m. today at Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, which is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow. Donations can be made in Crum’s name to the Glendale Salvation Army, the American Heart Assn.-Northwestern Division or the City of Hope.