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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Dec 2, 2020

Wayne Allen Diffenderfer Sr “Papa Bear”, age 56, formerly of Danville, IL and current resident of Clinton IN, passed away peacefully at 12:40pm on December 2, 2020 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in Danville, IL on June 6, 1964 to Josephine Marie Diffenderfer.

He attended Danville High School and throughout the years worked...

Dec 1, 2020

Ernest “Sonny” Albert Melvin, age 79, of Crawfordsville passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Indiana University Health Methodist. He was born in Crawfordsville on May 22, 1941 to the late Ward E. and Kathryn (Davidson) Melvin. Ernest attended Hillsboro and Crawfordsville Schools. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. He married the love of his...

Nov 29, 2020

Marcus Ray Light, age 46 of Ladoga, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville ER. He was born in Crawfordsville on June 30, 1974 to Marion Keith & Betty Lou (Howard) Light.

Marcus graduated from North Montgomery High School in 1992 and received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Marion University. On October...

Nov 22, 2020

David Wayne Brown, age 58 of Waveland, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Lafayette on November 29, 1961 to Ivan Leroy Brown and Elizabeth (Myers) Pearson. David graduated from Fountain Central High School and worked at Ceres Solutions. He enjoyed hunting, camping, fishing, shooting guns, and spending...

Nov 22, 2020

Betty Jean Hester Keys, 93, peacefully passed away at Whitlock House on Sunday, November 22, 2020. Jean was the youngest daughter born to Roy and Nora (Pefley) Hester on April 6, 1927. A life-long resident of Montgomery County, Jean graduated from New Market High School in 1945. While in high school Jean was invited by her uncle Lawrence Hester...

Nov 20, 2020

Thomas W. Martin, age 65 of Covington, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in Danville, IL on April 18, 1955 to James & Francis (Dale) Martin. Throughout the years Tom worked as an auto mechanic and HVAC technician.  He enjoyed the outdoors and fishing, and loved spending time with...