Robert Lee Lowe
Jun 17, 2011
Robert Lee Lowe, 88, of Crawfordsville, passed away at 2:50 p.m. Friday at his home in Crawfordsville. Mr. Lowe was born on March 21, 1923 in Crawfordsville to Emory and Ida M. Marcum Lowe. After Crawfordsville High School, he served in the U.S. Army and fought in World War II in Rhineland, Ardennes and central Europe. He married Aileen Sneath...
Steven A Dalbey
Jun 16, 2011
Steven A. Dalbey, 61, of Crawfordsville, passed away at 11:22 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Health-Crawfordsville. Mr. Dalbey was born Sept. 16, 1949 in Williamsport to Stanley R. and Violet L. Long Dalbey. He graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1968 and married Linda Cain on April 26, 1969 in Crawfordsville. She survives. He retired after 40 years as a...
Delores Darlene Blacker
Jun 11, 2011
Delores Darlene Blacker of Crawfordsville died Saturday in Ben Hur Nursing Home. She was 73. Ms. Blacker worked as an internal auditor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Field Enterprises Educational Corp. Her memberships included First United Methodist Church and Delta Zeta Sorority. She was a 1955 Crawfordsville High School graduate and earned a bachelor's degree in business...
Mary Nevins
Jun 10, 2011
Mary Ellen (Cunningham) Nevins died Friday in her daughter's home. She lived in Sugar City, Colo., for 20 years where she owned a dog grooming business. Survivors include: her partner Lorin Selby; daughters, Gwenda Thayer, Cindy Crowe Lane and Angie Carver; brother Jack Cunningham; sister Susie (Jack) Clements; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Her parents Jack and Vivian Weliever Cunningham...
Herschel D Brenda
Jun 8, 2011
Herschel D. Brenda, 63, Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday evening at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health - Crawfordsville. He was retired from R.R. Donnelley's and HOD Carrier No. 274. He enjoyed the outdoors, mushrooming, hunting, fishing, ginseng and his dog, Sabrina. He had served in the National Guard and was a member of American Legion Post No. 72. Born May 7, 1948,...
Jeff Grady
Jun 7, 2011
Jeffrey A. Grady, 35, of Crawfordsville passed away Tuesday due to an accident. He worked for Craw-Con Inc., Schieck Steele and B&L Engineering. He loved to hunt mushrooms, go deer hunting and be with family and friends. He attended Southmont High School. Born June 30, 1975, at Crawfordsville, he was the son of Glenn O. and Kathy (Yano) Grady. He...
Raymond Needham
Jun 4, 2011
Raymond "Ray" Needham died unexpectedly, but peacefully in his sleep, at home Saturday June 4. He was born in New Ross Indiana on December 27,1931, the son of Harold and Mary Graves Needham. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Everett Milton Needham, Edna Ruth Steed, Mary Roslein McCormick, Aenita Pearl Burns, and baby daughter Sue Ellen....
Suzanne Kalinowski
Jun 4, 2011
Suzanne McCarthy Kalinowski died of liver failure in Indianapolis on June 4, 2011, three days before her 72nd birthday. She was born on June 7, 1939 in Lafayette IN to Mary Elizabeth "Tibi" Kelly and Leo McCarthy. She graduated from Ladywood High School in Indianapolis. After graduation she entered the Sisters of Providence at St Mary-of-the Woods IN where she...
Ethel Nelson
Jun 2, 2011
Ethel May Nelson, 70, of Crawfordsville, passed away on June 2, 2011, at St. Elizabeth East, Lafayette. She was retired. A graduate of Tech High School, she was born Jan. 8, 1941, in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of Calvin and Dola Batson Wray. Survivors include a daughter, Rose Pedro of Crawfordsville, a brother, Paul Wray of Terre Haute; two grandchildren...
Patsy Todd
May 31, 2011
Patsy Todd of Crawfordsville died Tuesday in Witham Memorial Hospital at Lebanon. She was 78. Mrs. Todd was a homemaker and member of Christ's United Methodist Church. She was a Crawfordsville High School graduate. She was born Feb. 20, 1933, at Crawfordsville, to Robert Glenn and Emma Elizabeth (Sering) Gill. She married Donald Eugene Todd. He died in 1991. A...
Dawn M Cummins
May 30, 2011
Dawn Michelle Cummins, 37, of Ladoga, passed away Monday. Born Oct. 14, 1974, at Danville, Ill., she was the daughter of Michael Cummins and Pamela Laperle. Survivors include her mother, Pamela Vars of Grafton, N.Y.; sons Brent Rhoda and Blake Rhoda; a daughter, Candace Rhoda; a brother, Eric Cummins; and a sister, Stephanie White. Graveside services will be at 11...
Donald F. Backe
May 28, 2011
Donald F. Backe of Crawfordsville died Saturday morning at The Lane House Nursing Home. He was 93. He was born May 14, 1918, in Crown Point, Ind., to Frank J. and Teresa (Franz) Backe. Don graduated from Catholic Central High School in Hammond, Ind., in 1936 then served as a sergeant in the Army from June 1941 to August 1945...
Gerald R Dreyer
May 26, 2011
Gerald R. Dreyer of Crawfordsville died Thursday in Lane House. He was 88. He was born Aug. 12, 1922, at Sunman in Ripley County, to Fred and Effie Dreyer. He grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in 1940. He married Bess Maxine Best on July 19, 1947. She survives. Other survivors include: sons, Gerald A....
Thomas Alan Bayless
May 21, 2011
Thomas Alan Bayless of Crawfordsville died at 2:51 p.m. Saturday in his home. He was 47. Mr. Bayless worked 18 years at CSI. He was a member of the National Rifle Association. He earned an associate's degree in electronics from ITT Technical Institute. He was born July 9, 1963, at Crawfordsville, to Thomas and Barbara Bayless. He married Deana Birch....
Marian Joan Grabman
May 20, 2011
Marian Joan Grabman of Crawfordsville died Friday in IU Health Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis. She was 76. She retired as a housekeeper at Ben Hur Nursing Home and was a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church. She was born April 20, 1935, at Great Falls, Va., to Joseph and Marian P. (Howard) Grabman. Survivors include: sons, Steve (Marilyn) Whitecotton of...
Russell Miller
May 18, 2011
Russell Clifford Miller, 85, Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday afternoon at home. He was retired from R.R. Donnelley's in management and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Memberships included Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church where he was an elder and a deacon, Crawfordsville town council, Boy Scout Master, Chairman of Sugar Creek Canoe Race, Elks and volunteer driver for...
Deloris Mae Harris
May 5, 2011
Deloris Mae Harris, 73, of Crawfordsville passed away Thursday at Williamsburg Health Care. She had been a homemaker and had received an associate's degree in accounting from Purdue University. Born June 11, 1937, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Ray and Lucy (Keith) McCaslin. She married Ernie Harris on Aug. 20, 1955. He survives. Additional survivors include her daughters,...
Glenn Grady
Apr 19, 2011
Glenn O. Grady of Crawfordsville died Tuesday in St.Vincent Hospital at Indianapolis. He was 59. He was a Crawfordsville High School graduate. He was born Sept. 12, 1951, at Crawfordsville, to Charles O. and June (Presslor) Grady. Survivors include his mother of Toledo, Ohio; sons, Jeff, Steven and Mark, all of Crawfordsville; daughter Sara Grady of Crawfordsville; sister Sandra Beauchamp...
Jett Allan Morris
Apr 12, 2011
Jett Allan Morris, 9-days-old, of Crawfordsville, passed away Tuesday at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born April 3, 2011, the son of Lincoln Morris and Kaylee Brooks, of Crawfordsville. He is survived by his parents; paternal grandparents, Donald and Martha Morris of Crawfordsville; and maternal grandparents, Don and Beth Brooks of Crawfordsville. Funeral services are at 2 p.m....
Pamela K Trimble
Apr 12, 2011
Pamela K. Trimble, 54, of Crawfordsville, passed away Tuesday at her residence. She was born March 2, 1956 in Crawfordsville. She is the daughter of Robert & Martha Shannon Trimble. She was a 1974 graduate of Crawfordsville High School. She had worked at Pace Dairy. She was a member of the First Christian Church. She played with the Montgomery County...
