Raymond M. Crosby, 81, Tonganoxie, KS, died Wednesday May 2, 2007 at Tonganoxie Nursing Center.

Graveside services will be 2 pm Sunday May 6 at Lanagan Cemetery in Lanagan, Missouri.  Visitation will be from 6-8 pm Saturday at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie, KS. 

Raymond was born December 25, 1925 in Anderson, Missouri, the son of James Nelson and Dessa M. (Epperson) Crosby.  He was a WWII US Army veteran.  He owned and operated Crosby Excavation and Construction Company, Tonganoxie, KS for forty years.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Copp, Lawrence, KS and Peggy Henderson, Grove, OK; two brothers, Carol Crosby, Joplin, MO and Phil Crosby, Lawton, OK; three sisters, Rosalee Clark, Neosho, MO, Nova Hall, Wichita Falls, TX and Barbara Shearhart, Kansas City, MO; three grandchildren, Tonya Bruce, Daron Copp and Stacy Sigley and five great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.