In Memory

Paula Crapisi (Class Of 1970)

Paula Crapisi (Class Of 1970)

PAULA JEAN (CRAPISI) VIANDS, 55 ROCKFORD - Paula Jean (Crapisi) Viands, 55, of Venice, Fla., died at 5:28 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2007, in Northwestern Hos-pital in Chicago. Paula, the daughter of Alex C. and Reva E. Baker Crapisi, was born in Feb-ruary 1952 in Rock-ford. She graduated from Auburn High School in 1970 and also from the X-ray technology department at Rockford Memorial Hospital in 1972. She married Robert L. Viands Jr. on Nov. 17, 1973, in Rockford and moved with her immediate family to Florida in 1982. In Florida, Paula worked at Radiology Associates of Venice and Englewood (RAVE) as an X-ray technologist for 18 years. Survivors include her husband, Robert of Venice; her daughters, Angela and Leah Viands of Chicago; her mother, Reva Crapisi of Rockford; her brother, Thomas Crapisi of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; her father and mother-in-law, Nora and Robert Viands Sr. of Loves Park; her brother and sisters-in-law, William C. (Cassandra) Viands, Betty Jo Viands, Barbara (Kent) Milton, all of Rockford, and Beverly Hayes of Elgin. Service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in Christ United Methodist Church, 4509 Highcrest Road; Pastor Patty Anderson will officiate. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. in the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family for the benefit of the Chicago Cultural Center.