Jane Louise Burkett
Jane Louise Burkett, 90, Rochester, passed away at 12:10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Life Care Center of Rochester.
In Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 17, 1930, Jane was born to John and Alma Peters Crosby.
Jane was a member of Faith Outreach Center of Rochester. She read her Bible daily. Playing board games with her grandkids was always enjoyed. Grandma was very good at Yahtzee and Chinese Checkers. Jane could often be found working word search puzzles.
Jane is lovingly remembered by two daughters, Mary Lou Swanson and Tina VanSpeybroek, both of Rochester; two sons, David John Burkett and wife Ann, Plainfield, and Paul Burkett and wife Jaime, Warsaw; 18 grandchildren; and 26 great grandchildren.
Preceding Jane in death are her parents, her twin Jack Crosby in infancy, two sisters, Lucille Karney and Grace Locy, four Crosby brothers, Richard, Robert “Bob”, Howard and William “Bill”.
A celebration of the life of Jane Burkett will be at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in the Faith Outreach Center, 1125 E. 9th St., Rochester. Pastor Terry Baldwin will officiate. Friends may visit with the family one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be made to the Faith Outreach Center, 1125 E. 9th St., Rochester, IN 46975. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Good Family Funeral Home of Rochester. Electronic expressions of sympathy may be made to her family on the funeral home website.