Eric James Crabbe

June 5, 1928 to October 20, 2023

Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and loved ones on October 20, 2023. He was 95 years old.

Eric was born in Honolulu to Clarence Edward and Ilan Akamu Crabbe. He was the fourth of seven children including his surviving sister, Momi Crabbe, and brothers, Clarence, William, Vollmar, Mogul, and Sturmar (deceased).

He attended Fern School and graduated from his beloved Kamehameha High School in 1946. He witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 from his dorm at Kamehameha school. Upon graduation, he joined the US Army and served in Japan; he was honorably discharged in 1947. Utilizing the GI BILL of RIGHTS, he continued his education at Emporia State University in Kansas, where he played quarterback on the school football team. Eric completed his college education at St. Louis University in Missouri. He graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy.

Upon his return to Hawaii, he secured a job at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, which recently celebrated its 70th anniversary, and was the first Physical Therapist to serve at this facility. He continued his career as a Physical Therapist at Maluhia Hospital, Beverly Manor, and Kaiser Permanente Hospital, retiring from both Maluhia and Kaiser Permanente Hawai’i.

In 1960, he married Janet Ho, whom he met at Maluhia. Eric is survived by his beloved wife, Janet, and their four children, Verdene (Scot) Allen, Kimberly Winn, Brenda (Michael) Crabbe-Jones, and Douglas (Kris) Crabbe. Grandchildren include Nicholas and Spencer Allen, Ace and Sydney Winn, Noah, Isaiah, and Chloe Crabbe, and, of course, his Sister Momi Crabbe

He was a loving family man and a strong believer in his Catholic faith. His first love was Jesus and he was active in many church activities for more than 61 years at St Elizabeth Church in Aiea. He served as an usher, an RCIA Sponsor, an active prayer warrior in the prayer chain ministry, served in the Hospital Ministry at Kaiser Permanente, and was a member of both the Holy Name Society and The This Man Is You organization.

He coached soccer in The 1970s and umpired Little League games. He supported all UH Warrior games. He even completed the Honolulu Marathon in 1978. Being civic-minded, he ran for Honolulu City Council in the 1970s.

A loving and committed husband, he will be missed by all who crossed his path. We are grateful to the nurses and doctors who provided the professional and gentle care he received at Kaiser Hospital.