Tillie McCroskey "slipped the surly bonds of Earth and touched the face of God" on Monday morning, March 17, at 5:49am. She was born in Goessel, Kansas on May 22, 1926. She was the 2nd of 6 children born to Alvin and Mollie Schmidt. At the close of World War II, one of the returning servicemen was a high school classmate of Tillie's brother. His name was Bob McCroskey. When Bob got back to Fredonia, he made it a point to renew his friendship with Tillie, and a week later he proposed. They were married on February 10, 1946 and had three children: Bob, Carolyn and Melanie. Bob and Tillie felt called to missions and spent 37 years as missionaries with the Church of the Nazarene. Most of their time was in the Philippines but they also had ministry in Hong Kong and Indonesia. Tillie was preceded in death by two younger brothers, Ron and Ray. She was also preceded by her husband, Bob, in 2008. They had been married 63 years. She is survived by one brother, Milford (Lois) of Clinton, Missouri; two sisters, Alma, of San Antonio, Texas and Jane (Aaron) of Fredonia, Kansas; three children, Bob Jr. (Rosa) of Bethany, Carolyn Rowe of Oklahoma City, and Melanie Hykes (Bill) of Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, Kim Anderson of Oklahoma City, Traci Kindred (Torrance) of Seattle, WA, Aimee Doss (Robert) of Oklahoma City, Kara McCroskey of Austin, TX, Kent McCroskey (Aimee) of Bartow, FL; and 12 great-grandchildren, Mychajlo and Samuel Doss of Oklahoma City, Josiah, Levi, Sarah, Hope, Eden and Jesse Kindred of Seattle, WA, Connelley, Campbell, Coleson and Collier McCroskey of Bartow, FL. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 21, 2:00pm at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene with interment in Bethany Cemetery. The children would like to honor their mother's memory by establishing a memorial in her name. The memorial will be used to help defray the catastrophic medical expenses of Pastor Agus, a Nazarene pastor serving in Indonesia. Contributions may be made to BFC, marked Tillie McCroskey. Funeral Service Friday, March 21, 2014 02:00 PM Bethany First Church of the Nazarene 6789 N.W. 39th Expressway Bethany, OK 73008