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Obituary of Eileen Kathleen Crosbie
Crosbie, Eileen
Eileen passed away following a short illness in Ottawa on Tuesday March 26th, 2019 at the age of 70 years. She was predeceased by her parents, Raymond and Kathleen (Wiseman) Riley and brothers, William, Ronald and Henry Riley. She was the cherished wife of Jim Crosbie for 49 years and loved mother of Kristina (Sebastian Dragos) Crosbie and Shawn (Sarah Baker) Crosbie; Grammy of Crosbie and Sloane Dragos; sister of Eleanor (Cecil) MacPhail, John (Ada) Riley, Charles (Joanne) Riley and Mike (Betty) Riley. Eileen will be sadly missed by her sisters-in-law Faye and Rose Riley, Beverly Marshall (Jim), her Granddog, Kiki; all her many working colleagues and friends in the community and organizations in which she was involved.
Eileen was one of the last employees of the Bank of Montreal who rose from the bottom ranks as a, "poster” to become branch manager and subsequently area manager. She served as one of the first female, branch managers. The branches included, Westport, Elgin, Perth and Smiths Falls before retiring after 29 years. After her brief retirement, she decided to branch out on her own and became a mortgage broker. At the time of her passing, Eileen had spent 19 years with Dominion Lending Centres, The Mortgage Source, from whom in January 2019 she was awarded the Community Excellence Award and was also presented with the Top Performers Master Award which is given to the top 2% of all DLC brokers. Eileen was a long time member of the Smiths Falls Rotary Club (Past President and Paul Harris Fellowship recipient), Chair of the Smiths Falls Community Hospital Foundation, Executive Director of the Smiths Falls Chamber of Commerce and was awarded Smiths Falls business person of the year in 2011. She devoted her life to her family and friends, her profession and serving her community. Family and friends may pay their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 112 Beckwith St. N., Smiths Falls on Sunday, March 31, 2019 from noon until 5:00 p.m. Funeral service in Celebration of Eileen’s life will take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 11 Church St. W., Smiths Falls, on Monday at 10:30 a.m. Interment, Hillcrest Cemetery. In memory of Eileen donations may be made to Smiths Falls Community Hospital Foundation or the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation (CHEO Foundation).