Archie Krout

May 13, 1922-May 13, 1922

After 100 well-lived years, Archie Krout passed away June 15, 2022, at Crawfordsville.

He was born May 13, 1922, at Alamo, to the late Clarence Krout (Julie) and Fay Keller (Elmer Mitchell). Archie resided in Crawfordsville his entire adult life.

Archie loved to share memories of his beloved maternal grandparents, Benjamin and May Keller, and of his childhood on the farm.

Archie was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Mt. Zion UM church, and a long-standing member of the Crawfordsville Masonic Lodge. He was retired from Indiana Bell Telephone Company. Archie had a life long passion for music. He sang in barbershop chorus and quartets and played several instruments, but his primary love was the fiddle. He won many Old Fiddlers competitions and was inducted into the Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014. Late in life, Archie learned to make violins. While he proudly never sold one, many persons were blessed to be gifted one of his hand made violins. Many in the community enjoyed his fiddle music with the Back Porch Pickers and the Smartsburg Pickers

Archie was preceded in death by two wives, Mary Louise Kendall Krout and Alberta Rhoads Nichols Krout and three siblings, Wilmer (Pat) Keller, Max Richard (Dick) Mitchell and Helen Lorraine Newman.

He is survived by daughter Linda Krout Mckinnon (Michael) of Southport, North Carolina; siblings, Clyde Krout (Ruth) of Montezuma and Berta Ruth Mitchell Ocheltree (Jim) of Hillsboro; as well as several loved nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral and celebration of his life will be held Thursday, July 7 at Hunt and Son Funeral Home, Crawfordsville. Visitation is noon to 2 p.m. with service immediately following at 2 p.m.