Elmer G. Crouch, Hartford, died of natural causes, March 4, 2021, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was 92.

Elmer was born on Jan. 3, 1929, in rural Coffey County, to Marion and Alta Watts Crouch.

Elmer married Doris Arlene Summa Hardacre, Nov. 7, 1953. She died April 7, 2015.

Elmer worked for over 30 years as an engineer at Panhandle Eastern. He was a member of the Hartford United Methodist Church and was a part of the Hartford community for over 70 years. He was involved in every community project that came along and was always the first to volunteer and the last to leave. He was also the city treasurer of Hartford for over 25 years.

Elmer was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and his daughter, Carla Ann Bonjour.

Elmer is survived by his son, Ricky Hardacre and wife Dawna, Emporia, four grandchildren, Tyson Hardacre, Oviedo, Fla., Amanda Curry, Scottsdale, Ariz., Mike Bonjour, Freeport, Fla., and T.J. Bonjour, San Antonio, Texas, nine great-grandchildren, two brothers, Bobby Crouch, Carbondale and Lawrence Crouch, LeRoy, other relatives and friends.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the Hartford United Methodist Church, Hartford, Kan. There will be a come and go visitation on Friday evening, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Jones Funeral Home, Burlington. Burial will be in the Hartford Cemetery.

Contributions can be made to the Sunset Manor Nursing Home or the Hartford United Methodist Church and may be sent in care of Jones Funeral Home, P.O. Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839.