Cheryl Lynn Crawford

Cheryl Lynn (Nagle) Crawford was born on May 14, 1952 in La Crosse, WI to Edward and Elrose (Murphy) Nagle, Jr. She died Nov 5, 2026 in Eau Claire, WI after a fall which resulted in a serious head injury.

Cheryl was a 1970 graduate of La Crosse Logan High School. She married David Crawford on September 5, 1970. This union resulted in the birth of their daughter Rachel. Cheryl supported Dave during his 2 kidney transplants, including donating a kidney to him in 2003, and other medical issues that developed later. Cheryl spent her adult life working for several area businesses including Jack Winter, Click Distributing, Health Traditions Health Plan, ultimately retiring from Mayo Clinic Health Systems La Crosse in February, 2020. When not working, Cheryl enjoyed reading and spending time with her family, truly enjoying the birthday dinners and annual Thanksgiving dinners.

She is survived by her daughter, Rachel, sisters Pat (Ger) Christianson, Barb (Steve) Hoff, Deb (Dean) Seidel, Kerri Nagle, Janet (fiancé Scott Finch) Bahr, sisters-in-law Jeannette Nagle, Kathy Crawford, Cindy Ashland, Jamie Hardie, brother-in-law Don (Mary) Hardie and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Cheryl was preceded in death by her husband, Dave, parents Ed and Elrose Nagle, parents-in-law Jim and Jeanine Hardie, brothers James (Jim) Nagle, Randy Nagle, Scott Nagle, Kevin Nagle, Kent Nagle, Kurt Nagle, sister Donna Johnson, brothers-in-law Bob Crawford, Greg Ashland, Rich Dunlap, Floyd Johnson, sisters-in-law Dee Dee Nagle and Diane Dunlap, niece Dawn Swenson and nephew Jim Crawford.

Funeral Services will be held at Schumacher-Kish funeral home La Crosse (200 West Ave South) at 11 AM on November 19th with Rev Scott Skogen officiating. Family and Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday November 18 from 4pm until 7pm and November 19 from 10AM until time of service. Private burial will be done at a later date. Cheryl’s family would like to thank her care teams at Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital for the wonderful and compassionate care she and the family was shown during her time there. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.