Alda Mae Louise Crawford Lashley

Alda Mae Louise Crawford Lashley, age 87, of Warfordsburg, PA, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2026.

Born Friday, September 8, 1939, in Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Preston and Irene Hess Crawford.

Alda Mae was a member of The Gideons International, The Future Business Leaders of America in the Everett and Southern Fulton Schools, and the Lioness Club. She was also a member of Buck Valley Christian Church.

She was a teacher for over thirty-six years for Everett and Southern Fulton Schools. She taught accounting, shorthand, bookkeeping and elementary and high school keyboarding.

Alda Mae enjoyed cooking and canning. She loved genealogy and sewing. For years, she played the piano and organ for weddings, funerals, church, and leisurely.

She is survived by one daughter, Leda Louise (Lashley) Fischer; one son, Thomas Lee Lashley and wife Lori Lashley; two grandsons, Traber Fischer and husband Collin Smith, and Dalton Fischer and wife Megan Fischer; two granddaughters, Ashely Banegas and husband Brian Banegas, and Brooke Cressler and husband Ray Cressler; one great-grandson, Preston Fischer; and two great-great-granddaughters, Mabel Cressler and Macy Fischer.

In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her loving husband whom she married on July 22, 1961, Lee Francis Lashley, who passed away February 3, 2021.

Funeral service date and time will be announced soon. Pastor Bill Croteau will officiate.

Burial will follow at the Buck Valley Memorial Cemetery, 6600 Buck Valley Rd, Warfordsburg, PA 17267.

Arrangements were entrusted to Grove-Rogowski Funeral Home, 141 West Main Street, Hancock, MD 21750. Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.grfuneralhome.net.