Nancy Jo (Gidley) Crowe, 73, of Vine Grove, Kentucky, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ at 2:21 pm, Thursday, July 21, 2022, from a heart attack at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She was born on August 10, 1948, in Wabash, Indiana, to Wayne A. and Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” (Pitts) Gidley.
Nancy was a 1966 graduate of Wabash High School and a graduate of Marion Beauty College. She married Donnie Crowe on May 4, 1985. Nancy owned and operated Nancy’s Swirl and Curl for 10 years before joining the US Army. As a Gulf War Veteran, Sergeant First Class Crowe retired from the Army in Fort Knox, Kentucky in 2003, after 24 years of service. Nancy was a member of the VFW Post 286 and a life member of the American Legion Post 15, both of Wabash. She enjoyed gospel music, helping others, and was a servant of the Lord. She was very patriotic.
She is survived by her husband, Donnie Crowe of Vine Grove; two brothers, Larry D. Gidley and Gary (Marta) Gidley, both of Wabash; two sisters, Brenda (Steve) Norman of Brighton, Michigan, and Beth (David) Girtz of Monticello, Indiana; along with several nephews, nieces, great nephews and great nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, William E. “Duke” Gidley and Jeffrey P. Gidley, and her nephew, Matthew Turner Gidley.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Nancy’s husband Donnie Crowe officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-8 pm Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is American Heart Association.
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