All Obituaries

Dwayne Edwin Harris, age 73, of Crawfordsville passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville. He was born in Crawfordsville on July 7, 1947 to the late Delmar Edwin and Virginia Juliet (Parks) Harris. Dwayne attended Almo Schools and graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1967. On April 12, 1969, he married Phyllis Elaine Schumann, she preceded him in death on July 14, 1979. He later married Catherine Ann Sarver on February 14, 1981 at Yountsville...

Scott Andrew “Butch” Kiger, age 50 of Kingman, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Clinton, Indiana on September 20, 1970 to the late Clifford Richard & Mary Ann (Hutson) Kiger. Butch graduated from Covington High School and worked for several different farmers. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, mushrooming, and working around horses. He was handy and could work on anything. He is survived by two brothers, Tony &...

Connie Joan Pearson, age 84, a lifelong resident of Kingman, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at the Waters of Covington. She was born in Kingman on July 10, 1936 to the late Raymond & Ruth (Newnum) Pearson. Joan graduated from Kingman High School in 1954 and worked at RMC in Attica from 1955-1986, then worked at Dormeyer in Rockville from 1986-1999. Joan was a member of the Kingman Methodist Church and the Pairs and Spares Sunday school class and enjoyed cooking, gardening, worked...

Garry Wayne Stonebraker, age 67 of Crawfordsville, passed away at home on Thursday, October 1, 2020. He was born in Crawfordsville on August 13, 1953 to Herschell Wayne Stonebraker and Ivis Marie (Taylor) Pickell. Garry had a great sense of humor and loved making everyone laugh. He especially liked giving everyone nicknames. He enjoyed cooking, taking care of others, working crosswords puzzles, and drawing. He loved making sure everyone knew how smart and good looking he was. He is...

Alan Jeffrey Lang, age 63 of Crawfordsville, passed away at home on Monday, September 28, 2020. He was born in Anderson, Indiana on May 25, 1957, the son of Charles Robert & Dorothy M. (Nelson) Lang. In May of 1979 he married, Paula Hughes, and they later divorced; he then married Maralee Keller, who preceded him in death on February 16, 2015. Throughout the years Alan worked as a mechanic at Horner’s and was a welder for Hysters in Danville, IL. He loved animals, fishing,...

Sandra Kay Murbarger, age 74 of Marshall, passed away at 6:50pm on Monday, September 28, 2020 at Hendricks Regional Health in Danville, Indiana. Born April 1, 1946 in Danville, Illinois, she was the daughter of James E. & Catherine M. (McCloud) Thornton. She went to Rockville High School and lived in Valparaiso for 20 years before moving to Marshall, Indiana. She worked at West Minster Village in Terre Haute for 15 years. She is survived by a son, Tom (Gail) Engle of Madison Heights,...

Margaret (Swank) Kidd, age 91, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Whitlock Place in Crawfordsville. Margaret was born in Montgomery County on May 5, 1929 to Benjamin Franklin & Velma (Layne) Swank. Margaret graduated from New Market High School and worked at General Telephone Company and R. R. Donnelly as a proofreader. She loved collecting antique glassware, pottery, and giraffe figurines. She will be missed by many. She is survived by her nieces: Beverly Bashia, Janis...

James E. Petrey, age 80 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at the Lane House. He was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky on August 27, 1940 to the late Elmer & Eldora (Oaks) Petrey. James proudly served his country in the United States Air Force and retired from Raybestos in 2004 after working 32 years. He enjoyed watching sports, TV news, horse races and reading the newspaper. He is survived by a son, Mark Petrey of Crawfordsville; two grandchildren, Valerie...

James "Jim" Douglas Stephens, age 76, of Crawfordsville, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Franciscan Health in Crawfordsville. He was born on September 30, 1943 in Crawfordsville to Dallas "Bob" and Myrtle (Knee) Stephens. Jim graduated from Richland Township High School and proudly served his country in the United States Navy from 1961-1965. He married the love of his life, Barbara Sandusky, on May 3, 1985 and was a member of Parkersburg Christian Church....

Michael Wayne Esra, age 79 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2020 at Franciscan Health in Lafayette. He was born in Crawfordsville on August 25, 1941 to the late Harold “Colonel” Esra & Elizabeth “Libby” (Fruits) Todd. Mike attended Crawfordsville High School and on February 7, 1959, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he married Judie Grabman, who preceded him in death on July 17, 2012. Mike owned and operated Esra Industrial Construction since...