All Obituaries

Beverley Jane (White) Turner, age 86 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Brookdale Carmel Senior Living. She was born in Plymouth, Indiana on July 21, 1936 to the late John C. & Savannah (Barkley) White. Beverley graduated from Plymouth High School in 1954 and Purdue University in 1959 with a Master's degree in Education from the School of Home Economics. Throughout the years she was a teacher and started out teaching Kindergarten at Walnut Elementary and then Home...

Jenny V. (Nanny) Britt, age 84 of Crawfordsville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, June 2, 2023 at Whitlock Place. She was born in Glasgow, Kentucky on October 6, 1938 to the late Rosco & Flora (Decker) Nanny. Jenny attended Wood High School in Indianapolis and on April 16, 1955 she married the love of her life, Walter Thomas Britt Jr, who preceded her in death on September 27, 2018. She was a loving mother and homemaker and worked in several area school cafeteria's...

Fredrick L. Humphreys passed away on Friday, June 2, 2023 at Franciscan Lafayette East Hospital.  He was born on September 3, 1946 in Crawfordsville to Carl and Ferris (Hesler) Humphreys.  He married Sally Miles on September 1, 1968 in New Market.  Fred was a graduate of Turkey Run High School, Class of 1964.  He served in the Army National Guard from 1965-71.   Fred and Sally opened Crawfordsville Auto Supply from 1972-1988, when he sold and continued as a...

Randy Eugene Vance, age 64 of Kingman, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Franciscan Health Lafayette. He was born in Crawfordsville on December 8, 1958 to the late Maurice Eugene Vance & Sue R. (Young) Price. Randy graduated from Carmel High School in 1977 and was an Eagle Scout. Throughout the years he was a mechanic at Carmel Concrete, owned and operated B&R Garage in Brownsburg and Randy's Paint and Body Shop in Avon and he was owner and operator of Randy's Truck...

Teresa L. (Busenbark) Pickett-Cotten, age 73 of Lafayette, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at IU University Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Crawfordsville on June 30, 1949 to the late Kenneth & Dorothy (Miller) Busenbark. Teresa graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1968. She married, John Pickett on November 27, 1971, he preceded her in death on June 16, 1999. She then married, Martin Cotten on April 29, 2007, he preceded her in death on...

Jerry Epperson, age 64, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Lexington, KY. He was born in Crawfordsville on December 7, 1958, to the late Leland and Dolores Epperson. Jerry graduated from Southmont High School in 1977, where he played football and wrestled. He then graduated from Purdue University in 1981 with a BS Degree in Ag Econ. He joined the Navy after college, working his way up to Lieutenant. He had over 30 years of management in the food industry with...

On Friday May 26, 2023, Janice Ferrand, at the age of 67, with the love of her life Frank and her daughter Joanna holding her hands, this beautiful soul decided to stop showing dementia whose boss and grabbed hold of Gods hand and went to her heavenly home, where her parents (Kenny Ferrand and Norris Sears), grandparents, dear friends Diane, and Eddie were all waiting for her with open arms!! She was the hardest working women ever and expected everyone else to work just as hard! She worked...

Katherine Louise Barker, age 61, of Veedersburg passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute. She was born in Danville, Illinois on March 10, 1962 to the late Dale Eugene & Frances Orabelle (Rouse) Barker. Kathy graduated from Covington High School in 1980. Throughout the years she worked at Van Vactor Oil in Covington and was working at Scott's Pet Products in Rockville for the last 23 years. She loved the outdoors; enjoyed fishing...

Margaret Ann (Crowder) Martz, age 84, of Crawfordsville passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at home surrounded by her sons. She was born in Rockville to the late Eston Ray and Velma "Dorine" (Newnum) Crowder on March 13, 1939. Margaret graduated from Marshall High School in 1957. She married the love of her life, John Phillip Martz, on April 4, 1958. He preceded her in death on March 27, 2020. She worked at RR Donnelley in her early years and spent 14 years at Coast to Coast....

Joanne Lynn Levato, 64, entered into her rest on May 23, 2023 at Franciscan Health in Crawfordsville. She was born on December 9, 1958 in Chicago, IL to Carmen Levato and Rosemary DiNatale. Joanne attended St. Mary of Perpetual Help and graduated from Richards Vocational High School. Joanne was creatively talented, especially with painting and poetry. Joanne is survived by her 4 children, Jennifer McKinsey (Zachary), Natalie Schrode, Joanna Levato (Sean Harrison), Brian Kolep (Samantha...