Dr. Marie Patricia Crail

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Dr. Marie Crail. Courtesy photo.

Dr. Marie "Patsy" Crail died Jan. 9, 2020, following a lengthy illness.

She was born March 17, 1929, in Lakeport, California, to Julian Sebastian Mostin and Lillian Larsen Mostin of Kelseyville.

Marie attended Kelseyville and Lakeport schools and graduated from Clear Lake Union High School in Lakeport in 1946.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1950 and a doctor of internal medicine degree in 1955 from Stanford Medical School.

Marie is survived by her two sons, Hans Halleck Crail (Kathy) of Chula Vista, California, and Lars Crail (Maile Field) of Oakton, Virginia; and four grandchildren: Erika (Mathias Crawford), Karl, Chauncey and Seth.

She is also survived by siblings Raymond Mostin of Kelseyville and Nancy Bleasdale of Scottsdale, Arizona.

She is predeceased by husbands Howard Whitfield Crail, Kermit Meyer and Hartford Smith.

Marie practiced medicine from 1955 to 2000 in San Francisco; at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville; and in Clearlake Oaks. In 2013 she moved to Chula Vista, California, to be closer to her children.

Marie was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, served on the Konocti Unified School District Board of Trustees and was a member of Eastern Star.

Marie traveled to remote areas of northern Mexico most winters where she treated native tribes of Seri Indians.

She enjoyed playing the piano, bird hunting, traveling throughout the United States and northern Mexico. She loved dogs.

A private celebration of life will be held in Lake County in April.