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Her Life

Obituary

July 30, 2018

Toni D. Crooks, 52, daughter of Thomas Crooks Sr. and Cordelia Crooks was born in Lakewood, NJ at Kimball Medical Center on September 17, 1965. She graduated from Lakewood High School in 1983. She then pursued a career in phlebotomy. After she became a nursing assistant for many years at several different facilities. She then worked as a teacher’s aide at Head Start preschool. Later she became a well-respected member of the Shoprite crew for 11 years.

After a lifelong battle with diabetes, she gained her wings on July 26, 2018.

She was predeceased by her father Thomas Crooks Sr., and her mother Cordelia Crooks. Also, her older siblings Henry Townsend Sr., Rosetta Francis, and Thomas Crooks. Toni leaves to mourn, her daughter Donisha Crooks, and son Donovan Wilson Jr. Her sisters, Diane, Susan, Lynda, Roxanne, and Debbie. Her brothers, Frank, David, Charlie, Irving, and Manzo. Several in-laws, Keith Francis, Anita Crooks, Youlanda Crooks, and Isabel Zamot. Also, a lifetime-long cousin/best friend Betty-Ann Kenney, and two very close friends Crystal Calhoun, and Patricia Leach. Lastly, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and her first unborn grandchild ♥.