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Crawfordsville, Indiana Obituaries

Brenda Sue Billingsley

Brenda Sue Billingsley

Nov 18, 2006

Brenda Sue Blackford Billingsley, 47, of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday November 18, 2006 after a long battle with cancer and heart disease. She was born May 19, 1959 in Crawfordsville to Merle & Grace Redmon Blackford. She graduated North Montgomery High School in 1977. She was the Head Cashier at Kroger's East where she had worked for 25 years. She...

Betty A. Blair

Betty A. Blair

Nov 17, 2006

Betty A. Blair, 74, of Crawfordsville, passed away at 1:10 p.m. Friday at St. Clare Medical Center. Mrs. Blair was born Sept. 19, 1932 in Iowa to Clyde and Mildred Rutter Robinson. She attended Mt. Carmel (Ill.) schools. On April 18, 1954, she married Donald Blair in Mt. Carmel. Mr. Blair survives. Mrs. Blair worked in the voter registration office...

James "Jim" Jones

James "Jim" Jones

Nov 16, 2006

James "Jim" Jones, 47, New Ross, passed away 4:00 AM Thursday at the I.U. Medical Center located in Indianapolis following a courageous year long battle with leukemia. He was owner of J.J. Machine in New Ross which he established in 1988. He was a 1978 graduate of North Montgomery High School. Jim was a dedicated baseball, basketball and soccer coach...

Mildred L. Reeves

Mildred L. Reeves

Nov 9, 2006

Mildred L. Reeves, 83, of Crawfordsville passed away 9:31am Thursday at St. Clare Medical Center. She was born March 7, 1923 in Evansville, Indiana to Allie & Cora Evans Yates. She attended Evansville Schools. She was a homemaker and attended the Church of God. She is survived by her children, John W. (Kris) Reeves of Santa Rosa, CA; Darlene (Michael)...

Harry A. Moore

Harry A. Moore

Nov 3, 2006

Harry A. Moore, 76, of Sun City Center, Fla., and formerly of Crawfordsville and Frankfort, passed away peacefully on Nov. 3. Mr. Moore was born and raised in Crawfordsville. He graduated from Indiana University in 1951 where he earned a scholarship and three varsity letters in baseball. After serving in the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command during the Korean...

Johnny D Poore

Johnny D Poore

Nov 1, 2006

Johnny D. Poore, 78, Waveland, passed away 7:32 PM Wednesday at St. Clare Medical Center. Mr. Poore was a retired baker. He was born September 4, 1928 at Buffalo, MO to A.E. Poore & Mary Franklin Poore. Survivors include his companion, Judy Wilson, sons, Scott of Crawfordsville, James Watson (Angie) in Colorado, daughters, Sandra Sovero (Fred), Sheila Wright and Suzette...

Joshua Paul Kelsey

Joshua Paul Kelsey

Nov 1, 2006

Joshua Paul Kelsey, 23, Lansing, MI, formerly of New Ross died 9:00 AM Wednesday at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. Mr. Kelsey was a student at Mt. Hope Bible Training Institute and a member of Mt. Hope Church. He graduated from Southmont High School in 2001. Mr. Kelsey was born on November 14,1982 at Crawfordsville to Marvin & Ronetta McCandless Kelsey....

Marilyn Jo Utz

Marilyn Jo Utz

Oct 31, 2006

Marilyn Jo Utz, 54, of Crawfordsville passed away Tuesday in her home. She was born May 15, 1952 in Crawfordsville to Randall "Rex" & Wynona "Onie" Allen Hunley. She was a 1970 graduate of Waveland High School. She worked at Pearson Education, and was a member of the Eagles Lodge. She married Larry Joe Utz September 15, 1972 in Waveland,...

Henry L. Thompson

Henry L. Thompson

Oct 25, 2006

Henry L. Thompson, 80, of Crawfordsville passed away 5:15pm Wednesday in his daughters home. He was born December 26, 1925 in Linden to James & Naomi Cox Thompson. He attended Clarks Hill Schools. Mr. Thompson retired in 1991 from PFSI Trucking in Indianapolis. He was a member of the Moose and Eagles Lodges. He married Hazel Dowell in 1945. In...

Frederick E. Collins

Frederick E. Collins

Oct 22, 2006

Fred E. Collins, 69, of Crawfordsville passed away Sunday at Methodist Hospital. He was born April 29, 1937 at Ridgefarm, IL to Jonathan E. & Anna Lucille Sanders Collins. He attended Wallace, Indiana School. He married Shirley Perkins May 26, 1956, she survives. He was a member of Montgomery County Pioneers Association and Covered Bridge Antique Power Association. He was...

Kathryn "Katy" Powell

Kathryn "Katy" Powell

Oct 12, 2006

Kathryn "Katy" Powell, 96, Crawfordsville, died Thursday in Lane House Nursing Home. Mrs. Powell was retired from Ben Hur Life Insurance Company. She was a graduate of Waveland High School and Indiana Business School. She was born Oct. 31, 1909, at Waveland, to Sanford N. and Catherine T. Hastaday Moody. She married Russell "Bud" Powell on Oct. 11, 1931. He...

Alice M. Darwactor

Alice M. Darwactor

Oct 9, 2006

Alice M. Darwactor, 71, Crawfordsville, died Monday at St. Clare Medical Center. Mrs. Darwactor was a cook working at the Elks, Countryside Inn, Ben Hur Home and Houston Healthcare. Her memberships included the American Legion Auxiliary and First Baptist Church. She was a 1952 Crawfordsville High School graduate. She was born Feb. 15, 1935, at Detroit, to Chester G. and...

Michael D. Hinkle

Michael D. Hinkle

Oct 7, 2006

Michael D. Hinkle, 71, of Batesville, IN and formerly of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. Mr. Hinkle was retired from the Crawfordsville School Corporation having served as Principal at Tuttle Middle School from 1967-1987, he also taught English at Crawfordsville High School for three years. Prior to that he had taught in Chicago, and...

Nellie Dodds

Nellie Dodds

Oct 3, 2006

Nellie Gleason Dodds, 96, Crawfordsville, passed away Tuesday evening at the Lane House Nursing Home. She was a 1928 graduate of Crawfordville High School. Upon graduation she was employed in the office of Dr. H.W. Sigmonds who operated an x-ray laboratory in the Ben Hur Building. After Dr. Sigmonds death in 1933, she then worked for Dr. Wemple Dodds who...

Jack G. Swem

Jack G. Swem

Oct 1, 2006

Jack Swem of Crawfordsville passed away Sunday at Methodist Hospital. Mr. Swem was retired from Raytech as a Human Resource Specialist. He served in the US Navy from 1953-1955. His memberships include Indiana Personnel Association, American Management Association and the Montgomery County Alliance for the Mentally Ill. He was born October 30, 1933 in Huntington, Indiana to A.P. & Myrtle...

Nathaniel Adair

Nathaniel Adair

Sep 28, 2006

Nathaniel Jason Adair, 29, Crawfordsville, died Thursday in St. Clare Medical Center. Mr. Adair worked for Total Logistics Control, Lebanon. He was a member of First Church of God and a 1995 Crawfordsville High School graduate. He was born Jan. 18, 1977, at Crawfordsville, to Kenneth E. Adair and Theresa Chism Adair. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Rusty Adams,...

Robert J. Morrow

Robert J. Morrow

Sep 26, 2006

Robert J. Morrow, 82 passed away Tuesday at St. Clare Medical Center. He was born October 25, 1923 in Crawfordsville to Paul Reed & Julia Almarine Long Morrow. He graduated Crawfordsville High School in 1941. Bob was a veteran of the US Marine Corps serving from 1942-1945 as a corporal in the 3rd Marine Division, 9th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Fox...

Richard L. Pittman

Richard L. Pittman

Sep 23, 2006

Richard L. Pittman, 76, Alamo, died 8:55 p.m. Saturday in his home. Mr. Pittman was retired from the Ben Hur Building and Hayic Sheet Metal. He served in the Army in Korea and Vietnam. His memberships included American Legion, VFW, Moose Lodge and Eagles. He was born Feb. 19, 1930, at Brazil, Ind., to John Buford & Ella May Pittman...

Lawrence C. Smith

Lawrence C. Smith

Sep 22, 2006

Lawrence C. Smith, 57, Crawfordsvile, died 3:20 a.m. Friday in St. Clare Medical Center. Mr. Smith was a Certified Public Accountant. Previously he was a commercial pilot and flight instructor at Brownies Sky Airport. His memberships included American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Indiana CPA Society, National Association of Public Accountants, Better Business Bureau of Central Indiana, and St. Thomas...

Charlotte I. Sosbe

Charlotte I. Sosbe

Sep 22, 2006

Charlotte I. Sosbe, 71, Crawfordsville, died Friday at her home. Mrs. Sosbe retired from Sommer Metal Craft and also worked at Burger King South. She was born July 30, 1935, at Philadelphia, to John and Esther Karpinsky Monahan. Survivors include daughter Sandra Hall, Crawfordsville; son Doug Sosbe, Greencastle; one brother; two sisters; and six grandchildren. Cremation was chosen.

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