Services held for Landon Crossley

Landon Britain Crossley passed away on February 9, 2024. Landon was born in Oklahoma City on September 4, 1997.

Landon is the son of Kimberly Stinson Kurak and Simon Crossley, the stepson of Bill Kurak, the brother of Logan Crossley, Kamryn Crossley, Kyle Kurak, Cameron Kurak, and Kelsey Kurak, and is also survived by his grandparents Janice and Doug Stinson and Sharon and Bill Kurak; his stepmother Belinda Martin and stepsisters Maddie and Genna Horvath; his aunts and uncles Kevin and Charity Stinson, Kristal and Rip Garcia, Kandi and Jim Sigona, Beverly Crossley, Jonathan Crossley, Lesley Crossley, Julia Crossley, Sloan and David Kurak, and Dan Kurak and Tom Coenen; and many cousins and extended family.

Landon excelled at sports. He was a talented and creative player in basketball, football, and baseball, but his standout abilities in soccer carried him to a decorated high school career as the captain of the Plano West team and a college scholarship as a center full-back at Georgia Southern University for the first two years of his undergraduate. For his junior and senior years of college, Landon attended the University of Oklahoma.

After graduating from OU, Landon moved to Dallas. He was a homebuilder. Uniting his passions for craft and quality design with his natural people skills.

It was at this time that Landon met and fell in love with Katie Albers. A fellow graduate of OU, Katie was a friend of a friend who quickly became a wellmatched girlfriend, then cherished companion, then committed partner. Beyond that, she was and continues to be the love of his life, sharing everyday life and love with Landon for a joyfilled three years The very center of Landon’s life was his family. He was a mentor and a role model to cousins, trusted counsel to siblings, and priceless treasure to parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Ever on call to lend a hand, mow a lawn, move something heavy, or join in the search for something, Landon’s loyalty and advocacy for others will outlive him. His generosity of spirit extended from the beginning of his life to the end and beyond, and his gift of life as an organ donor will benefit countless people and their families.

To all who knew him, Landon’s strength, grace, clarity, humor, and unending energy created an aura that filled every room he entered and every life he impacted. His legacy of kinetic joy—his bias towards action—will long endure and offer strength in trying times to those he loved. He will be missed ferociously and celebrated frequently, with the same boundless embrace of the known and unknown which he so fully embodied in life.

There will be a funeral service at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 15th, at Prestonwood Baptist Church North Campus, 1001 W Prosper Trail, Prosper, Texas 75078, officiated by Dr. Connor Bales. Landon will be laid to rest at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas immediately following the service.

There will be a celebration of Landon’s life from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday evening at The HUB at 1289 Johnson Rd, Allen, Texas 75013.