Crystal Duxbury was Deeply Loved, admired and served as a role model to all she met. She had the ability to make life long friends with chance acquaintances.
Crystal was a loving wife to Tom, sister to Bill and Barbara, mother to Crystal Mary, Lisa and Laura, grandmother to Samantha and Matthew, and great grand mother to Skylr who was such a joy to her, she is 2 1⁄2, broke our hearts on Christmas Day when she asked “Where’s Grandma” as she would have had the most joyous of smiles upon hearing that.
Crystal was also a very civic minded person, served on the Junior Orange Bowl Court, was a very active member of the Northeast Miami Junior Woman’s Club, North Miami Woman’s Club, GFWC Woman’s Club of West Broward, Ronald McDonald House, Business Networking International and the National Human Resources Association.
She and Tom loved to sing in the Choir at Cathedral of Saint Mary’s, so much so that one Christmas when she had broken her leg, she had Craig and Tom carry her up the 40 narrow steps to the choir loft followed by her heavy wheelchair. She wouldn’t dream of not singing on Christmas Day, her favorite holiday. They sang for the Pope at Saint Peters Basilica at the Vatican in Rome and again at Cathedral of Saint Mary’s in Miami.
Heaven is lucky to be welcoming such a beautiful angel. Rest In Peace, You will be Missed
Visitation will take place on Friday, December 30, 2016, from 6-8 p.m. with Tributes of a Lifetime Service at 7:00 p.m. at Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care, University Drive Chapel. Funeral Mass will be on Saturday, December 31, 11:00 a.m. at The Cathedral of Saint Mary. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn South Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations be made in Crystal’s memory to The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, www.stjude.org
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Joseph Batthany (Massapequa, New York)
December 30, 2016, 12:00 am
Tom, My wife Denise and I send our sincere condolences to you and your family. It was a pleasure meeting and talking to Crystal at our reunions . She will be missed.
Craig and Crystal Perry (Lauderhill, Fl)
December 30, 2016, 12:00 am
Mom, Love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck. Will miss you more than words can ever express. Thanks for the love and guidance you have shown me all my life. XOXO
Laura A Axon Rhodes
December 18, 2021, 2:31 am
I Miss you mom you’re little pain in the ass lol I learned to by gracious and heart filled no matter how mean others are I’m still gracious and kind and giving loving like you life knocks you down but I get up I’m a fighter I miss our talks of life and you being hear the holidays are never the same without you but art makes the turkey with the pot you bought before you died. God took you away from me . Tom so alone without out I try but he’s so lost . Without you . My heart died when you and dad left to heaven. I hope you visit my dreams I can feel you’re presence . I miss you mommy you’re youngest daughter. You would be proud .as I was of you .I’ll see you someday again let me know youre in heaven I need to know I know you are but I want it to be real as real as it can be. I’m lost without you Merry Christmas mommy I JUST want to feel you that heaven exists and you’re there . Say hello to everyone in heaven for me I miss all