Debra Lynn Griffin

Dec. 22, 1958-March 7, 2022

Debra “Debbie” Griffin of Crawfordsville passed away Monday morning at home. She was 63.

Born Dec. 22, 1958 in Crawfordsville she was the daughter of Marion Luther Kiger and Carole J. Ingram Whitaker.

Mrs. Griffin worked as a nurse in the skilled nursing unit of the hospital, did home health care and worked at a couple of long-term healthcare facilities. She was a member of Rock Point Church. She liked the great outdoors and the wonderful creations God made. Most of all, she loved her family, her grandkids, friends, home and God’s amazing grace.

She graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1977 and earned a nursing degree from Ivy Tech. She married Vernon Dale Griffin on Jan. 21, 1989. He passed away Dec. 13, 2014.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Cary Alan Brock and Crystal; son and daughter-in-law, Michael J. Baumgardner and Mariah; father and step-mother, Marion and Rosemary Kiger; step-father, Floyd Franklin Whitaker; grandchildren, Kiera, Angela, Kaydence, Andrea, Michael, Bella and Chadd; brother, John Alan Kiger; sister, Belinda Kiger; and loving sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale; mother, Carole Whitaker; and an uncle that was raised as her brother, John Ingram.

Visitation is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, March 11th at Burkhart Funeral Home. Services will begin at 2 p.m., after which she will be laid to rest next to Dale at the Linden Cemetery.

Online condolences may be made at www.BurkhartFH.com.