CROUSE, James Howard

Source: Indiana State Burial Permit #319

Crouse, James Howard
Died Sept 21, 1995

\Male White Age 69

Died Crawfordsville, Montgomery County Indiana

Permit to bury in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery, Waynetown, Montgomery County, Indiana

Cramer-Shoemaker Funeral Home PO Box 455, 202 t Rd 25, Waynetown

Carl B. Howland, MD Issued Sept 21, 1995

Interment; Sept 24, 1995

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Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review 22 Sept 1995 p 2

Waynetown - James Howard Crouse, 69, of Waynetown died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday in Culver Union Hospital. Mr. Crouse worked as a book binder for RR Donnelley for 40 years, retiring in 1968. He served in the Navy from 1943-46 serving in the South Pacific. He received the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, the Phillippine Libertain Ribbon and the Victory Ribbon in WWII. He was a charter member of Woodland Heights Christian Church. He had worked earlier in life with Boy Scouts. He was a graduate of Perrysville HS. He was born Nov 20, 1925 in Perrysville, Ind to Carl and Zola Mae Smith Crouse. He married Ellen Howard. She died in 1967. He remarried Evelyn Boller in Waynetown. She survives. Also surviving are a son, James E. of Fort Mill, SC; two daughters, Vene Birchfield and Linda Lucas both of Hope, Ind; three brothers, John of Durham, NC; Robert of Lake Holiday and Richard of Covington; a sister, Donna Fortner of Wingate and eight grandchildren. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday in Cramer-Shoemaker Funeral Home at Waynetown with Rev. Ed Maurer officiating. Burial will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted at the gravesite. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice.