CROWDER, Pearl Setser

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 5 March 1973 p 4

Perrysville, Ind - Mrs. Pearl Crowder, 71,of Perrysville, died at 6:55 p.m. Sunday March 4, 1973 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She had been a patient 9 days and had been ill two months. Born Feb 6, 1902, in Indianaola, Ill, she was the daughter of William Frances and Vina Robinson Setser. She married Sept 2, 1920 to Fred Crowder, who survives. A resident of the Perrysville area most of her life, she was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Other survivors include two sons, Howard of Covington Rt 1 and Lewis of Bluffton; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Kathryn Williams of Wildwood, Ill; 3 sisters, Mrs. Nancy Church of Danville; Mrs. Louisa Wolcott of Covington and Mrs. Myrtle Wynkopp of Venice, Fl; 9 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a daughter, a brother and 4 sisters. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Carmel, with Rev. Alfred Dobbs and Rev. William Rudd officiating. Burial in Hicks Cemetery. Visitation will be at Bodine & Shelby after 1 p.m. Tuesday. The body will be taken to the church an hour before services.- kz

Source: Covington Friend Wednesday, March 14, 1973

Mrs. Pearl Crowder, 71, of Perrysville, died at 6:55 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She had been a patient nine days and had been ill two months.

Born Feb. 6, 1902, in Indianola, Ill., she was the daughter of William Frances and Vina Robinson Setser. She was married Sept. 2, 1920 to Fred Crowder, who survives.

A resident of the Perrysville area most of her life, she was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.

Other survivors include two sons, Howard of Covington Route 1 and Lewis of Bluffton; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Kathryn Williams of Wildwood, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Nancy Church of Danville, Mrs. Louisa Wolcott of Covington and Mrs. Myrtle Wynkopp of Venice, Fla.; nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

A daughter, a brother and four sisters preceded her in death.

Services were 2 p.m. EST Wednesday at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Alfred Dobbs and the Rev. William Rudd officiating. Burial was in Hicks Cemetery. Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home was in charge of services. The body was taken to the church an hour before services. – thanks to “S”

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