All Obituaries

Randy Eugene Vance, age 64 of Kingman, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Franciscan Health Lafayette. He was born in Crawfordsville on December 8, 1958 to the late Maurice Eugene Vance & Sue R. (Young) Price. Randy graduated from Carmel High School in 1977 and was an Eagle Scout. Throughout the years he was a mechanic at Carmel Concrete, owned and operated B&R Garage in Brownsburg and Randy's Paint and Body Shop in Avon and he was owner and operator of Randy's Truck...

Teresa L. (Busenbark) Pickett-Cotten, age 73 of Lafayette, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at IU University Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Crawfordsville on June 30, 1949 to the late Kenneth & Dorothy (Miller) Busenbark. Teresa graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1968. She married, John Pickett on November 27, 1971, he preceded her in death on June 16, 1999. She then married, Martin Cotten on April 29, 2007, he preceded her in death on...

Jerry Epperson, age 64, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Lexington, KY. He was born in Crawfordsville on December 7, 1958, to the late Leland and Dolores Epperson. Jerry graduated from Southmont High School in 1977, where he played football and wrestled. He then graduated from Purdue University in 1981 with a BS Degree in Ag Econ. He joined the Navy after college, working his way up to Lieutenant. He had over 30 years of management in the food industry with...

On Friday May 26, 2023, Janice Ferrand, at the age of 67, with the love of her life Frank and her daughter Joanna holding her hands, this beautiful soul decided to stop showing dementia whose boss and grabbed hold of Gods hand and went to her heavenly home, where her parents (Kenny Ferrand and Norris Sears), grandparents, dear friends Diane, and Eddie were all waiting for her with open arms!! She was the hardest working women ever and expected everyone else to work just as hard! She worked...

Katherine Louise Barker, age 61, of Veedersburg passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute. She was born in Danville, Illinois on March 10, 1962 to the late Dale Eugene & Frances Orabelle (Rouse) Barker. Kathy graduated from Covington High School in 1980. Throughout the years she worked at Van Vactor Oil in Covington and was working at Scott's Pet Products in Rockville for the last 23 years. She loved the outdoors; enjoyed fishing...

Margaret Ann (Crowder) Martz, age 84, of Crawfordsville passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at home surrounded by her sons. She was born in Rockville to the late Eston Ray and Velma "Dorine" (Newnum) Crowder on March 13, 1939. Margaret graduated from Marshall High School in 1957. She married the love of her life, John Phillip Martz, on April 4, 1958. He preceded her in death on March 27, 2020. She worked at RR Donnelley in her early years and spent 14 years at Coast to Coast....

Joanne Lynn Levato, 64, entered into her rest on May 23, 2023 at Franciscan Health in Crawfordsville. She was born on December 9, 1958 in Chicago, IL to Carmen Levato and Rosemary DiNatale. Joanne attended St. Mary of Perpetual Help and graduated from Richards Vocational High School. Joanne was creatively talented, especially with painting and poetry. Joanne is survived by her 4 children, Jennifer McKinsey (Zachary), Natalie Schrode, Joanna Levato (Sean Harrison), Brian Kolep (Samantha...

Nancy Louise (Garrett) Harwood Galvin, age 77, of Crawfordsville, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023 at Franciscan Health Lafayette. She was born in Crawfordsville to the late Ottie Alexander Garrett and Nada Louise (Stockton) Demoret. Nancy attended Crawfordsville Schools. She married Richard Wayne Harwood and he preceded her in death. She then married Marvin Eugene Galvin and he preceded her in death on January 10, 2017. She worked as a maid at the Days Inn and a nurses aid at the Lane...

Russell Eugene Smith, age 82 of Veedersburg, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at home. He was born in Veedersburg on March 29, 1941 to the late Clarence and Sina Irene (Booe) Smith. Russell attended Veedersburg High School and on October 7, 1961 he married the love of his life, Phyllis Jean Brady. Russell owned and operated Russell's Roofing for over 30 years. He enjoyed gardening, mushroom hunting, working in the yard, and coon hunting. He is survived by his wife of 61 years...

Hardy "Leonard" Allen, age 85 of Wallace, passed away at 7:45am on Monday, May 15, 2023 at his home with family. He was born April 17, 1938 in Cates, Indiana to the late Hardy & Treva Allen. He graduated from Kingman High School in 1954 and proudly served his country in the United States Army for 2 years. On June 14, 1959 he married the love of his life, Karen Ann Williams. They were blessed with three daughters, Joanna, Laurie, and Shelia; eight grandchildren, Craig, Tyler,...