Obituaries

Jimmy Fults

Jimmy Fults

Dec 26, 2020

Jimmy Fults, age 73 of Crawfordsville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Indianapolis on December 22, 1947 to the late J. Keith & Martha Mae (Todd) Fults. Jimmy graduated from Pike High School in 1966 and married the love of his life,...

Cynthea Marie (Lamb)  Walsh

Cynthea Marie (Lamb) Walsh

Dec 25, 2020

Cynthea Marie (Lamb) Walsh, age 62 of Covington, passed away on December 25, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, IL. She was born in Tangier on April 11, 1958 to the late Alonzo Franklin & Mary Anna (Shoemaker) Lamb. She attended Covington High School and throughout the years was a housekeeper at multiple hotels in Indiana, Illinois, and...

Robert Edwin Aldrich

Robert Edwin Aldrich

Dec 25, 2020

Robert E. Aldrich, 81, of Tilton, IL went to be with the Lord on December 25, 2020, at The Waters of Covington. He was born April 28, 1939, to the late Charles R. and Florence (Billings) Aldrich, in Cayuga, IN. He graduated from Cayuga High School in 1957. Robert served in the military at the Pentagon until 1964. He...

Deborah Leann (Clem)  Cotten

Deborah Leann (Clem) Cotten

Dec 25, 2020

Deborah Leann (Clem) Cotten, age 60 of Marshall and formerly of Yeddo, peacefully passed to Heaven on December 25, 2020. She was born in Danville, IL on May 18, 1960, the daughter of Albert Clem & Susan Grady. She graduated from Covington High School after which she married Thomas Wesley Cotten Sr on March 31, 1979. Thomas & Deborah...

Ruth (Stevens)  Musson

Ruth (Stevens) Musson

Dec 22, 2020

Ruth (Stevens) Musson, age 84 of Marshall, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Waters of Covington. She was born in Parke County on November 17, 1936 to the late Fred & Telsie (Stonebraker) Stevens. Ruth loved to sing karaoke, spend time with her family, and had quite a sense of humor and spit fire personality. She...

Beverly Jane (Smith)  Hart

Beverly Jane (Smith) Hart

Dec 21, 2020

Jane Hart, of Crawfordsville, passed away at 10:30am on December 21, 2020 at the Lane House, with her sons, Gary and Mike, by her side. She was born on June 26, 1934 to Lewis Smith and Mary Murphy in Hedricks Co, IN. She was a retiree of South Montgomery School Corporation. She was a teacher’s aide at New Market...

Reitha Marie (Shoe)  Wray

Reitha Marie (Shoe) Wray

Dec 19, 2020

Reitha Marie (Shoe) Wray, age 82 of Crawfordsville, passed away of Covid 19 on December 19, 2020 at the Lane House. She was born in Tipton County, Indiana on July 16, 1938 to the late Freddie Ray & Irene (Goodnight) Shoe. Reitha graduated from Sheridan High School in 1956 and graduated from business school with a degree in accounting....

Laura Alverda Markey

Laura Alverda Markey

Dec 18, 2020

Laura A. Markey, age 90, of Crawfordsville, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Lane House. She was born on November 25, 1930 to William and Marion Markey in Dayton, Ohio. Laura graduated from Ladoga High School in 1949. Due to a birth injury, Laura was dogged by mental problems all her life. However, the Lord gifted...

Desona Ruth (Ebert)  Blakeslee

Desona Ruth (Ebert) Blakeslee

Dec 17, 2020

Desona Ruth Blakeslee Homemaker, Writer Desona Ruth Blakeslee, 98, left The Lane House nursing home in Crawfordsville to go home with Jesus on December 17, 2020. She was born February 1, 1922, in Urbana, Illinois to Ora and Daisy (Neal) Ebert. On April 9, 1942, she married Paul Welshimer Blakeslee; he preceded her in death on November 1, 2010....

Jennifer Lynn (Griffin)  Henderson

Jennifer Lynn (Griffin) Henderson

Dec 17, 2020

Jennifer Lynn (Griffin) Henderson, age 44 of Crawfordsville and formerly of Kingman, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Clinton, Indiana on October 17, 1976 to Paul Edward Griffin & Becky Kay (Grimes) Ellis.

Jennifer graduated from Fountain Central High School and worked at Red Lobster in...

Nola Nyjo (Brown)  Gardner

Nola Nyjo (Brown) Gardner

Dec 14, 2020

Nola Nyjo "Jo" (Brown) Gardner, age 93 of Columbus, Ohio and formerly of New Market, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020 at Worthington Christian Village in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Crawfordsville on September 1, 1927 to the late Leola (Zachary) Brown and William Brown.

Jo attended Crawfordsville High School and on December 8, 1946...

Carolyn Sue (Knowling)  Hedrick

Carolyn Sue (Knowling) Hedrick

Dec 14, 2020

Carolyn Sue “Susie” Knowling Hedrick, 79 of Crawfordsville passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 at St Franciscan, Lafayette, Indiana. Born October 4, 1941 to Theodore Riddlen and Vera Mae Hancock Knowling, at Detroit Michigan, later moving to the family farm in Roachdale, Indiana. A graduate of Roachdale High School in 1959. She worked at Steel Industries Impex and retired...

Evelyn June (Rudolph)  Thompson

Evelyn June (Rudolph) Thompson

Dec 12, 2020

Evelyn June (Rudolph) Thompson, age 89 of Terre Haute and formerly of Kingman, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at home. She was born in Gessie, Indiana on June 14, 1931 to the late Frank A. & Elsie Edith (Smith) Rudolph. Evelyn graduated from Perrysville High School in 1950 and Lakeview School of Nursing in Danville, IL. On...

Viola Josephine (Haut)  McCloud

Viola Josephine (Haut) McCloud

Dec 12, 2020

Viola Josephine (Haut) McCloud, age 95 of Crawfordsville, passed away at Whitlock Place on December 12, 2020. She had been a resident there since 2017. She was born September 21, 1925 in Steger, IL to Benjamin and Elsie (Fostner) Haut, the second of 10 children. She married Benjamin Pearson of Attica, IN in 1944 and they began farming. They...

Franklin Rogers Powers

Franklin Rogers Powers

Dec 11, 2020

Franklin Rogers Powers, age 77 of New Market, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 at St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Smartsburg on February 4, 1943 to the late Lloyd James & Bernice Maxine (Rogers) Powers. Frank graduated from New Market High School in 1961 and married the love of his life, Nancy Kelsey on...

Nancy Sue (Dunbar)  Rankin

Nancy Sue (Dunbar) Rankin

Dec 8, 2020

Nancy Sue (Dunbar) Rankin, age 83, of Crawfordsville, passed away December 8, 2020 at The Lane House. She was born on April 6, 1937 to the late Austin W. and Catherine I. (Everhart) Dunbar.

She graduated from Granville Wells High School in 1955. In 1964, she married Donald Eugene Rankin, who proceeded her in death on September...

Mary Virginia (Ratcliff)  Campbell

Mary Virginia (Ratcliff) Campbell

Dec 7, 2020

Mary Virginia (Ratcliff) Campbell, age 92 of Hillsboro and formerly of Anderson, Indiana went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 7, 2020. She was born in Kingman on April 1, 1928 to the late Ross Ephlin & Maxine (Glascock) Ratcliff. Mary graduated from Kingman High School and on December 25, 1949 she married Robert Walter...

Sondra Sue (Rennick)  Jeffers

Sondra Sue (Rennick) Jeffers

Dec 4, 2020

Sondra Sue (Rennick) Jeffers, born in Cates, Indiana December 17, 1938 to Ralph and Maxine (Dark) Rennick.  She attended Cates grade school and graduated from Kingman High School in 1956.  Married Robert Allen Jeffers, Sr March 8, 1957.  She was a waitress at the restaurant in Kingman and babysat nearly everyone in Kingman in her home.  She worked at...

Keith McCurrey

Keith McCurrey

Dec 4, 2020

Keith McCurrey, age 58, of Crawfordsville, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville. He was born on March 16, 1962 to the late Melvin Thomas McCurrey and Charli W. Haltom.Keith attended Michigan City High School. He graduated from Ivy Tech with a degree in welding. He volunteered for New Market ambulance service and Civil Defense.

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Ace Allen Crum

Ace Allen Crum

Dec 3, 2020

Baby Ace Allen Crum was stillborn on December 3, 2020 at Franciscan Women’s Center Lafayette. He was the son of Devin Allen Crum and Calli Michelle Patton. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Corbyn Joshua Armstrong; maternal grandparents, Faith and Nate Hixson and Josh and Melissa Patton; paternal grandfather Brian Crum; great-grandparents, Larrie and Pat...