Sharon Crane

May 27, 1943 – June 4, 2022

Sharon Kay Crane of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday night at home.  She was 79.

Born May 27, 1943 in Crawfordsville, she was the daughter of Edward Gladden Young and Thelma Louise Edwards Young Jellison. 

She attended Montgomery County schools.  She married David Crane on Dec. 19, 1959 and they celebrated 62 happy years of marriage this past year. Mrs. Crane liked flowers, cardinals, hummingbirds and butterflies.  Most of all, she loved her grandkids.

Survivors include her husband, David Crane; six children, Cathy (Ivan) O’Neal, Ronda Thompson, Thomas (Tracy) Crane, Kylie Lowe, J.C. (Jaime) Crane and Tiffany (Jason) Kelly; bonus kids that she raised, Elaine Grooms, Carol Grimes, Ray Grooms, Phil Grooms and Teresa Grooms; brother, Donald Godbey; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, and members of her large extended family.  The family would like to make special acknowledgement to Sharon’s long-time caregiver, Barbie Jo Hanley.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Bob Young and Charles Young; two sisters, Cheryl Johnson and Ruby Parker; and eight great-grandchildren.

In keeping with her wishes, there will not be a visitation or funeral.  Her family will hold a graveside service at Indian Creek Hill Cemetery.  Arrangements were made through Burkhart Funeral Home.