Ronald M Hitch

Ronald M. Hitch

August 7, 1940 - December 5, 2015

Ron "Buddy" Hitch, 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana after a year-long illness.

Ron was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana to Ruth (Zurface) and Albert Hitch (both deceased). He has two sisters, Sandra Hitch Pendleton (Doc) of New Richmond, Indiana and Marilyn Kay Hitch who preceded him in death. Ron called Crawfordsville home his entire life graduating from Crawfordsville High School in 1959. He started his career path at twelve years of age early delivering newspapers for the Journal Review for several years. During high school, Ron also began working at Kroger where he continued on for a loyal, 46 years never missing a single day! He started off as sack boy and worked up to and including full-time stock crew, head grocery clerk, and night cashier. He retired in 2003. If you were fortunate enough to know Ron, you knew him as a kind, warm, sometimes quiet, sometimes chatty, always thinking, generous gentleman. Never an unkind word was heard when those who knew Ron described him.

Survivors include the love Ron's life, his wife of 51 years, Annette Foye Hitch. Other survivors include children Scott Hitch (Char-Lynn) of Reynolds, Indiana and Stephanie Swallows (Paris) of Crawfordsville; grandchild Dakota Swallows, step-grandchildren, Tracey Swallows, Chondra Swallows, and step-great grandchildren, Andrew Simpson-Swallows, Sherry Mosier and Lyla Swallows.

Ron was an avid car enthusiast whose pride and joy was his 1946 Ford Coupe. He cheered on the Cubs and the Colts whenever he had the chance or when he wasn't cheering on his grandson, Dakota, playing baseball. He was a NRA member as well as a member of the Crawfordsville Gun Club and the Ben Hur Antique Car Club.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m.until 8:00 PM on Wednesday, December 9 at Powers-Priebe Funeral Home, 315 S. Washington St, Crawfordsville, Indiana. A service will be held at the same location on Thursday, December 10 at 11:00 AM. Interment will be at Waynetown Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, Indiana. Memorial contributions can be made to "Stephanie Steppers" Multiple Sclerosis Support Team, 8 Park Forest Drive, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 47933