Obituaries
Rita C. Kestler
Jun 13, 2025
Rita C. Kestler, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and sister, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025. She was 95 years old.
Rita was born in Chicago, IL, on January 30, 1930 to Frank and Helen (Guzowski) Pokrzewinski. She married Gerard Kestler on June 20, 1953, spending over 48 loving years together until his passing in 2002.
Rita lived most of...
Anna Marie Rahm
Jun 12, 2025
Anna Marie (Woolwine) Rahm, age 78 of Covington, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the Waters of Covington. She was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana on February 27, 1947, to the late Curtis Anthony & Clara Marie (Bean) Woolwine.
Anna attended Cates School and Covington High School. She was a loving mother and homemaker and worked in home healthcare for...
Heath S. Pickering
Jun 8, 2025
Heath S. Pickering, age 51 of Crawfordsville, passed away after a short illness on June 8, 2025 at Franciscan Health East in Lafayette. He was born on April 21, 1974 to the late Lee and Charlotte (Crane) Pickering in North Carolina.
Heath attended Douglas Byrd Schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He worked at various local companies including a cashier...
June M. Moore
May 31, 2025
June Maire Kinneer Moore, age 91, a farm girl from near Cates, IN, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 31, 2025. June was born at home on Sunday, May 27, 1934 to Clyde and Hazel Marie (Huffman) Kinneer. She was an only child.
June attended Cates School and Kingman High School, graduating in 1952. She received a BS in Education from...
Michael Young
May 31, 2025
Michael Young, age 72 of Covington, passed away at home on Saturday, May 31, 2025. He was born In Lafayette, Indiana on February 14, 1953, to the late Silas P. & Evadna (Morgan) Young.
Michael graduated from Fountain Central High School in 1971 and graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. He worked in Elkhart County Indiana as a...
Richard D. Brown
May 24, 2025
Richard D. Brown, age 58 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2025. He was born on July 27, 1966 to Vernon and Sylvia (Cooper) Brown in Manning, SC. Richard was raised and graduated from school in Kingstree, SC.
Richard married Patricia Young on December 27, 2012 in Crawfordsville, spending over 12 loving years together. He worked in...
Bobby G. Baity
May 22, 2025
Bobby "Bob" Baity, age 82, of New Market, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Danville IL on August 29,1942 to Ernest King and Ova Mae (Hayes) Baity.
Bob graduated from Danville High School. He retired from General Electric after 27 years. Bob spent 45 years as a...
Don Richard Fuller
May 9, 2025
Don R. Fuller, age 86, of Crawfordsville passed away on May 9, 2025 at his son's home. He was born in Anna-Jonesboro, Illinois on June 25, 1938 to the late Chester and Zora (Pierce) Fuller.
Don retired from Ingress Plastine after 42 years. He married Loretta J. Walls on April 30, 1959. Don was a member of First...
Diana Price
May 8, 2025
Diana Lynn (Fuston) Price, age 60, of New Market passed away on Thursday, May 8,2025 at IU Methodist. She was born in Westminster, California on September 25, 1964 to the late Daniel and Zelma (Osborne) Fuston.
Diana attended Western Boone High School. She worked for ATT as a cleaner. Diana married James Price on March 22, 2005, he...
Gabriella "Gabby" Blankenship
May 7, 2025
Gabriella "Gabby" Blankenship, age 22, of West Lafayette, Indiana, passed away on May 7, 2025, at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. In her generous spirit, Gabby's final act of kindness was to give the gift of life through organ and tissue donation, a decision that will touch many lives for years to come.
Born on August 13, 2002, in Crawfordsville, Gabby...
John L. Whittington
May 5, 2025
John L. Whittington, age 84 of Crawfordsville, passed away on May 5, 2025 at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville. He was born on December 28, 1940 to Fuson and Irene (Samuels) Whittington on the farm in Fountain County. John married Vicki Brook on May 17, 1963 in Tangier, spending 61 loving years together and raising their family.
John attended grade school in Cates...
Kenneth Wayne Gatlin
May 2, 2025
Kenneth Wayne Gatlin, age 60, of Covington passed away on Friday, May 2, 2025 in La Fayette, Georgia. He was the life of the party and is now walking across the big stage singing, “Play that Funky Music.”
Kenneth was born in Shelby County, Tennessee on February 6, 1965 to Louis and Sylvia (Martin) Gatlin. He attended Munford High School in...
Gary Lee Thomas
May 2, 2025
Gary Lee Thomas, age 61, of Kingman, passed away Friday, May 2, 2025, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, surrounded by family. He was born November 8, 1963, in Danville, Illinois, to Ronnie Allen and Helen Louise (Gossett) Thomas.
Gary graduated from Turkey Run High School in 1982. After high school, he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he worked as a...
Donna "Susie" Ellis
May 1, 2025
Donna "Susie" (Bush) Ellis, age 79 of Newport, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at home surrounded by her family. She was born in Clinton, Indiana on February 27, 1946. She was the youngest daughter of Charley & Zula (Trosper) Bush.
Susie first married Kenny High in 1963 and together they had three children, Amy, Kenna and Buddy....
Joe Sanders
Apr 29, 2025
Joseph Earl Sanders, age 70, passed away unexpectedly on April 29th, 2025, at Franciscan Health Lafayette. He was born in Danville, Illinois on January 14, 1955, to the late Elmer "Red" & Betty Jo (Corey) Sanders. He attended Fountain Central High School. For most of his adult life Joe was a truck driver and a friend to all he met....
David "Davey" Alan Wheatfill
Apr 27, 2025
David "Davey" Alan Wheatfill, age 59 of Kingman, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at Franciscan Health Lafayette. He was born in Clinton, Indiana on August 15, 1965, to the late Donald Lee & Geraldine "Jerry" Raye (Gullett) Wheatfill.
Davey graduated from North Vermillion High School in 1985. He married the love of his life, Carolyn Sue Johnston on May...
Sarah Ellen Lang
Apr 26, 2025
Sarah Ellen (Ocheltree) Lang, age 89 of Kingman, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at St Vincent Hospital in Williamsport. She was born in Covington, Indiana on September 29, 1935 to the late John Edward & Ethel Florence (Lonbom) Ocheltree.
Sarah graduated from Kingman High School and on July 29, 1953, she married the love of her life,...
Jeffrey L. Walters
Apr 25, 2025
Jeffrey "Jeff" L. Walters, age 74, passed away on April 25, 2025 at St. Vincent Indianapolis. He was born on October 2, 1950 to Mary (Williams) Walters and Robert Walters in Crawfordsville.
Jeff was graduate of New Ross High School, Class of 1968. He joined the Indiana National Guard in 1968, serving 4 years. Jeff started his career at Indiana Bell...
LaVerna "Betty" Tucker
Apr 25, 2025
LaVerna "Betty" R. Tucker, a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother, age 103 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Ben Hur Nursing Home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 30, 1922, on her family farm to Glenn and Montoma (Sink) Clough.
In 1940 Betty graduated from Alamo High...
Linda Lou Fox
Apr 24, 2025
Linda Lou (Money) Fox, age 77, of Crawfordsville passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Franciscan Health Lafayette. She was born on February 8, 1948 to the late Austin and Margaret (Utterback) Money.
Linda graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1966. She married Ron Edward Fox on August 19, 1978. Linda worked for Crawfordsville Park and Rec...
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