After 100 well-lived years, Archie Krout passed away on June 15, 2022 in Crawfordsville Indiana.  He was born in May 13, 1922 in Alamo, Indiana to the late Clarence Krout (Julie) and Fay Keller (Elmer Mitchell).  Archie resided in Crawfordsville, Indiana his entire adult life.

Archie loved to share memories of his beloved maternal grandparents, Benjamin and May Keller and of his childhood on the farm.

Archie was a WWll Navy Veteran, a member of Mt Zion UM church, and a long-standing member of the Crawfordsville Masonic Lodge.  He was retired from Indiana Bell Telephone Company.  Archie had a life long passion for music. He sang in Barbershop chorus and quartets and played several instruments,  but his primary love was the Fiddle. He won many Old Fiddlers competitions and was inducted into the Wabash Valley Musicians  Hall of Fame in 2014. Late in life, Archie learned to make Violins.  While he proudly never sold one, many persons were blessed to be gifted one of his hand made violins.  Many in the community enjoyed his fiddle music with the Back Porch Pickers and the Smartsburg Pickers

Archie was preceded in death by two wives: Mary Louise Kendall Krout and Alberta Rhoads Nichols Krout,  and 3 siblings: Wilmer (Pat) Keller, Max Richard (Dick) Mitchell, and Helen Lorraine Newman.

He is survived by a daughter: Linda Krout Mckinnon (Michael) of Southport NC, siblings: Clyde Krout (Ruth) of Montezuma IN and Berta Ruth Mitchell Ocheltree (Jim) of Hillsboro IN, as well as several loved nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral and Celebration of his life will be held at Hunt and Son Funeral Home in Crawfordsville IN on July 7, 2022.  Visitation  12-2pm with service immediately following at 2pm.

In lieu of flower, memorials made be made to a charity of your choice.