Residence: Burnettsville (rural White County), Indiana
Died: Thursday, December 11, 2008
Location: 4:39 p.m., at her residence in Burnettsville (rural White County), Indiana
 
 
Age: 79
Date of Birth: Monday, June 24, 1929
Birth place:

 

 
Father: Garnett Barker
 
Mother: Mary Bell Michaels
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: In the Burnettsville, Indiana area most all of her life.
Funeral Date: Monday, December 15, 2008
Funeral Location: 10:30 a.m., at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Dr. James H. Gabhart and Rev. Herb Bruss
Burial will take place:
Davis Cemetery in rural Burnettsville, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
2:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Jean had lived in the Burnettsville, Indiana area most all of her life, and was a 1948 graduate of Burnettsville High School in Burnettsville, Indiana. She had also attended Indiana University in Kokomo, Indiana working on her nursing degree. Jean was a bookkeeper for the family farm and Midwest Pallet for several years. She had also worked with her daughter, Sandra Alma, with Demo's by Sandee for several years, and on the family farm. Jean was an active member of the Bell Center Bible Church in rural White County, Indiana. She had also taught Sunday School, and Vacation Bible School. Jean was a Lincoln - Jackson Township advanced foods 4-H Leader for over eighteen (18) years. She enjoyed traveling, walking, hiking, site seeing, rodeos, and spending her winters in Benson, Arizona. Jean loved her family and friends very much, and always loved it when her family came home, all forty-nine (49) of them.
Special Services:
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Bell Center Bible Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On November 27, 1948, at the Burnettsville Baptist Church Parsonage, in Burnettsville, Indiana, she married Boyd Criswell. He survives.
Survivors include:
Husband, Boyd Criswell of Burnettsville, Indiana; Daughter, Sandra (husband Dick) Alma of Burnettsville, Indiana; Sons, Stephen B. (wife Candice) Criswell, Timothy C. (wife Leesa) Criswell, both of Burnettsville, Indiana, andMark B. (wife Susan) Criswell of Monticello, Indiana; Grandchildren, Heather (husband Chris) Barnett, Chad (wife Aimee) Criswell, Jason (wife Stacie) Criswell, Tami (husband Chuck) Snow, Chris (wife Elizabeth) Alma, Ryan (wife April) Alma, Elizabeth (husband Mike) Andrews,Melissa D. (husband T. Matthew) Herman, M. Diane (husband Wayne) Schroeder, Kaleena Criswell,Kristina Criswell, and Kathryn Criswell; Eighteen (18) Great Grandchildren; Brother, Gordon D. (wife Marge) Barker of Monument, Colorado;Sister-in-law, Mary Barker of Benson, Arizona;Numerous Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins.
Preceded in Death:
One (1) Infant Sisters; Two (2) Infant Brothers; Two (2) Brothers.
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home