Crouse - Ellen Howard
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 18 April 1967 p 8
Waynetown - Mrs. Ellen Loraine Crouse, 40, died at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill., where she had been a patient since Friday. She had been ill two months. She was born Feb. 20, 1927 in Fulton Township of Fountain County, a daughter of Dewey and Ruth Shaw Howard. She married James Howard Crouse Nov. 1, 1945. She was a member of the Woodlawn Heights Christian Church at Crawfordsville and was a 1945 graduate of Perrysville High School. Survivors include her parents who live at Rt. 1 Covington; her husband; three children, James Earl, Venne Sue and Linda Lou all at home and a brother, Joseph Howard of Angola, Ind. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. (EST) Wednesday at Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington with Rev. Don Sharp officiating. Burial will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today. - kbz
Source: C Obituaries contributed by the Covington Public Library – thanks so very much p 47 – hand marked 1967
Mrs. Ellen Loraine Crouse, age 40 of Waynetown daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Howard of Covington Rt 1, died at 2 p.m. Monday April 17 in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill where she had been a patient since Friday. She had been ill two months. Mrs. Crouse was born Feb 20, 1927 in Fulton Township, Fountain County, the daughter of Dewey and Ruth Shaw Howard. She was married Nov 1, 1945 to James Howard Crouse who survives. She was a member of the Woodlawn Heights Christian Church at Crawfordsville and she was a 1945 graduate of Perrysville High School. Surviving in addition to her husband are three children: James Earl; Venne Sue and Linda Lou all at home and one brother, Joseph Howard of Angola. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington. The Rev. Don Sharp officiated and burial was in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.