Jane Katherine Crouse Crawford
September 19,1937- May 26, 2025
Jane Katherine was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The daughter of Carl Jessen Crouse, Sr. and Georgia Drury Crouse. She attended Nicholson Junior High School and Baton Rouge Senior High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music Education at Louisiana State University.
In September 1961, Jane married Kenneth G. Crawford in Houston, Texas. Jane and Kenneth were married for 63 years and had two children, Diana Katherine Crawford Miller and Alan Jessen Crawford. Jane was an accomplished pianist who performed at many society events in the 1950s around Baton Rouge, including at the Governor’s Mansion. She went on to teach music in New Orleans and at other South Louisiana schools, as well as in Houston, Texas, where she and Kenneth ultimately resided and raised their children. She continued her love for music by teaching private piano lessons from her home for many decades.
Jane loved her family dearly and was loved immensely in return. She will be deeply and sorrowfully missed by her loving and devoted husband, Kenneth G. Crawford; daughter, Diana Crawford Miller, son-in-law, David Miller; and granddaughter, Rachel G. Crawford-Miller of Winona, MN. At the end of her life, she was lovingly and tenderly cared for, and is survived by, her brother, James Crouse, sister-in-law, Judith Crouse and nieces, Janet Crouse and Cynthia Crouse LaRue, all of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jane was proceeded in death by her parents, Carl and Georgia Crouse; brothers, Carl Crouse Jr. and Joe Crouse; and sister, Lillian Ernestine Crouse Potter. Also proceeding her in death was her beloved son, Alan Jessen Crawford.
The family would like to acknowledge and thank Audubon Hospice for their excellent care and support over the last months.
