Ida Mae Kidwell, 89, of Paw Paw, West Virginia, and a patient at Blue Ridge Hospice in Winchester, Virginia, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday evening, February 8, 2022.

She was born October 17, 1932 at Kiefer, Maryland and was the daughter of the late Michael Joseph Crane and Margie Susan Hartman Crane.

Mae was a 1949 graduate of Oldtown High School.  She had worked at Moser's Store in Paw Paw and was a bar attendant at Millstone in Oldtown.  She transported senior citizens for the Paw Paw Committee On Aging, was a member of the Paw Paw Church of Christ, Paw Paw Vol. Fire Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary and the Paw Paw Parade Committee.

On February 3, 1950, she married Glenn Harrison "Spinny" Kidwell, who preceded her in death on March 29, 2005.

Surviving are –

Three daughters –

Glenda (Eddy) Ridgeway of Paw Paw

Rhonda (Allen) Kidwell of Paw Paw

Julie (Lynn) Kidwell of Slanesville

Three sons –

Roger (Trudi) Kidwell of Paw Paw

Richard (Leah) Kidwell of Paw Paw

Jeff (Dee) Kidwell of Paw Paw

Sixteen grandchildren including a special grandson, Kevin Kidwell, whom she raised

Twenty-six great-grandchildren

And a brother-in-law –

Adrian Kidwell (Jan) of Vancouver, WA

Mae was preceded in death by three brothers, William Crane, Floyd Crane and John Crane; three sisters, Mary Dean, Judy Rice and Shirley Campbell; a daughter, Brenda Clatterbuck; and two granddaughters, Destiny Kidwell and Janelle Kidwell.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 PM Friday, February 11, 2022 at Kimble Funeral Home in Paw Paw.  A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, February 12 at the Paw Paw Church of Christ with Evangelist Richard White officiating.

Interment will be at Camp Hill Cemetery.  Her grandsons will serve as her pallbearers.