May 26, 1946 – June 13, 2026
Dolly Jane Howell Axsom passed away peacefully on June 13, 2026, at Hospice House, Bloomington, with family by her side.
She was born May 26, 1946, to Homer and Catherine Eisele Howell at Bedford Dunn Hospital. Dolly was a 1964 graduate of Tunnelton High School. She was an employee of the Fairview Truck Stop back in her teen years. She was later employed with Excello Shirt Factory, Medora Plastic factory, and after almost 30 years she retired from The Waffle House in Seymour.
After retirement, Dolly traveled; her longest journey was to South Dakota for a wedding of her brother-in-law’s Granddaughter. She made several trips to Florida, where some of the Axsom family lived. Dolly enjoyed being outside and was handy with many manly duties, such as building her back porch and several other projects. She was a person who was always ready to help others, but never needed the help for her own projects.
She loved to sew, craft items, and gather baby geodes from the nearby creeks to cover birdhouses, ranchhouses, or anything she could find to cover with those gems from the creek.
Surviving to cherish their memories of Dolly are her brother, Jeffrey Howell, Bloomington, her main caregiver in the last few years of her life; sister, Ruth Anne Howell Jones, McCordsville; her precious fur baby, Sweetie Pie; niece, Trish Jones Skeen, McCordsville; one nephew, John Jones, Columbus; Niece, Kimberly Beatty, Columbia City; three Great Nephews, Daniel Jones, Andrew Jones and their companions Tracey Peacock, Elle Malay, Great Niece Della Lou Jones, Charlie Skeen and his fiancé Julia Johnson of Indianapolis.
Preceding Dolly in death were her parents, her husband, Delmar Axsom, and brother-in- law, Charlie Jones.
At Dolly’s request, there will be no service or visitation. Cresthaven Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements, with cremation. Her request was for loved ones to scatter her ashes in the mountains of Letcher County, Whitesburg, Ky, a place she loved to visit.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Dolly’s memory to the White River Humane Society and would be appreciated.
Those who helped during Dolly’s confinement days were Clara Deaton, Larry Thompsons; workers from Waffle House in Seymour, and Dan, who was her boss, and they talked every week, especially discussing the latest NASCAR race, very appreciative of Dan for his caring thoughts of Dolly.
