Obituaries
Brian Jeff Pickering
Sep 15, 2021
Brian Jeff Pickering, age 55, of Crawfordsville passed away at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville on Wednesday, September 21, 2021. He was born in Lafayette on August 17, 1966 to the late Lee Edward and Charlotte Ann (Crane) Pickering. He worked at Walmart in loss prevention, the tire center, and optical lab. He enjoyed fishing, target shooting, old cars, weaponry, and...
Hal T Marshall
Sep 13, 2021
Hal T Marshall, age 72, of Ladoga, was welcomed into eternal life in Heaven on September 13th, 2021. Hal was born on October 29th, 1948, in Kokomo, to Ray and Maxine (Widner) Marshall. His childhood home was in Walton, IN, where he was a member of Shiloh Lutheran Church. Hal loved Walton and would brag on the fact that...
Gavin Dwayne Lewis
Sep 12, 2021
Gavin Lewis, age 27 of Veedersburg, passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at Methodist Hospital. He was born in Danville, IL on June 10, 1994, to the late Darrell Lewis and Carla Griffin. Gavin attended Fountain Central High School and Lincoln Tech. He married Jessica Renee (Kellie) Lewis on December 19, 2017. He enjoyed working on cars, cooking,...
Wayne Edward Kessler
Sep 11, 2021
Wayne Edward Kessler, age 90 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021. He was born at Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville on October 19, 1930 to Clayton and Louise (Gohl) Kessler. He was a lifetime farmer raising grain and livestock with the assistance of his wife and family members in the Whitesville Neighborhood of Montgomery County. He was...
Warner "Dean" Little
Sep 10, 2021
Warner "Dean" Little, age 89 of Bloomingdale, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, September 10, 2021 while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Howard, Indiana on February 9, 1932 to the late Kelly Earl & Opal Norene (Marshall) Little. Dean graduated from Tangier High School in 1950 and proudly served his country in the United...
Geraldine Almeda (Hughes) Smith
Sep 10, 2021
Geraldine A. (Hughes) Smith, age 93 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Hickory Creek of Crawfordsville. She was born on December 9, 1927, on a farm in Ripley Township in Montgomery County to Harry E. & Mary (Henry) Hughes. She graduated from Alamo High School in 1945 and was valedictorian of her class. She retired...
Mavis Joan (Gross) Sheets-Handley
Sep 7, 2021
Mavis "Joan" (Gross) Sheets-Handley, age 84 of Crawfordsville passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at Hickory Creek of Crawfordsville. She was born in Ferndale, Indiana on May 17, 1937 to the late David Alonzo & Helen Gertrude (Spencer) Gross. Joan graduated from Bellmore High School in 1955. On September 30, 1955, she married William F. Sheets Jr, who...
Bill Gust Platipodis
Sep 6, 2021
Bill Gust Platipodis, age 70 of Crawfordville, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021 at home while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 17, 1950 to the late Gust Platipodis and Carol (Karamesines) Byas. Bill graduated from Valparaiso High School in 1969 and proudly served his country in the United States Navy....
Dan D. Uhey
Sep 6, 2021
Dan Uhey, age 83 of Perrysville Indiana, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 6, 2021 in his home. He was born in Westville, Illinois on June 7, 1938 to the late Elwin and Ruth Uhey. Dan graduated from Newport High School in 1956. He married Sigrid Snavely on June 18, 1965 at the Rileysburg Church. Dan was a career...
Henry Alfred Lollar Sr.
Sep 5, 2021
Henry Alfred Lollar Sr., age 79 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 7:35pm at St. Vincent Seton Hospital in Indianapolis surrounded by his loved ones. He had been diagnosed with cancer in March and had fought a hard battle but it was time to go be with the Lord. He was born at home on...
Ruth Ellen (Bartley) Wurtzbacher
Sep 4, 2021
Ruth Ellen (Bartley) Wurtzbacher, age 76 of Crawfordsville and formerly of Sauk Village, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. She was the youngest of 11, born in Jacksonville, Pennsylvania on December 24, 1944 to the late Miles and Florence Blanche (Neff) Bartley. She graduated from Bellefonte High School in Pennsylvania...
Alice Mae Fischer
Aug 31, 2021
Alice M. Fischer passed away in Crawfordsville on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at the age of 83. She was born in Alamo, Indiana on June 19, 1938 to her parents Fred and Belle Fischer and graduated from Alamo High School in 1956. She worked for R.R. Donnelley's for several years, then moved to Vero Beach, Florida in the mid-1960's...
Daniel Lee Booth
Aug 30, 2021
Dan Booth, age 66 of Crawfordsville, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021 at home while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Crawfordsville on November 4, 1954 to the late Richard Lee & Carolyn Sue (Owens) Booth. Dan graduated from South Montgomery High School in 1973 and attended Indiana State University of Evansville on a baseball...
Richard Max Wills
Aug 25, 2021
Richard Max Wills passed away peacefully at 10:00 pm on Wednesday, August 25 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born to James Clarence Wills and Opal Capitola (Smith) Wills on February 10, 1931. He attended Crawfordsville Schools and graduated in 1949. He was a member of Mt. Zion EUB Church. He married Patricia Pearson from West Lebanon...
Margaret Elizabeth (Brown) Groves
Aug 25, 2021
Margaret Elizabeth (Brown) Groves, age 99 of Crawfordsville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born in New Ross, Indiana on July 31, 1922 to the late Robert Harvey & Doris Edith (Funkhouser) Brown. Margaret graduated from New Ross High School in 1940 and on July 16,...
Tonya Lee (O'Neal) Fielder
Aug 24, 2021
Tonya Lee (O'Neal) Fielder, age 61 of Jamestown and formerly of Bulls Gap, Tennessee, passed away from a brief battle with cancer on Monday, August 24, 2021 at home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Danville, IL on April 30, 1960 to Donald James O'Neal and Vinnie Lee (Thomas) Wilkinson. Tonya married the love of...
Marion Wilford Rayphole
Aug 23, 2021
Marion Wilford Rayphole, age 76 of Kingman, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at Franciscan Health in Crawfordsville. He was born in Danville, IL on October 7, 1944 to the late Harley & Lillian G. (Drake) Rayphole. Marion graduated from Kingman High School in 1962 and married the love of his life, Connie Nichols, on September 8, 1973...
Sharon Kay (Mayotte) Lucas
Aug 21, 2021
Sharon Kay Lucas was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world peacefully and with little notice, but surrounded by her children on August 21, 2021 at age 68. She was born to John and Donna Mayotte on June 14, 1953. After graduating from Crawfordsville High School in 1971, Sharon lived for a time in...
Kyle Wade Plunkett
Aug 17, 2021
Kyle Wade Plunkett, age 35 of Lafayette, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 from a motorcycle accident. He was born in Lafayette on September 13, 1985. Kyle graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Mt. Vernon, Indiana and married Ashley McCarty, who they later divorced. Kyle worked as a welder and fabricator for TMI in Mt. Vernon and...
Amber Rae Smith
Aug 17, 2021
Amber Rae Smith, age 50, of Indianapolis received her Heavenly crown on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 after passing in the home she shared with her sister (what she called "her pack"). She was born on November 14, 1970 in Crawfordsville, the firstborn daughter of Gary Smith and Rita (White) Arthur. Amber graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1989. She...
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