BEDFORD – Kelsey Sierra Collard-Cazee, 34, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at her residence after a three year battle with cancer.
Born September 22, 1990 in Reno, Nevada, she was the daughter of Wayne David Collard, Sr. and Angela Mae (DuBois) Collard. She married Jessica Hope Cazee on August 6, 2022.
Kelsey was a 2009 graduate of Eastern High School. She retired after 17 years of service with the Indiana Army National Guard where she received many medals and awards. Kelsey had been deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 and Kuwait in 2019. She also served veterans by helping with the USO. Kelsey was active in her community as a Lawrence County Poultry 4-H leader, Orbitz soccer coach, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana, and Heltonville Youth League coach. She was part of the Shawswick Elementary School PTO and had recently been working there. Kelsey was an excellent woodworker and had her own business, CC Woodworking. She was passionate about dart throwing and the community surrounding the sport. Kelsey loved fishing, camping, kayaking, gardening, and her chickens. She was always active and loved by many friends.
Survivors include her wife, Jessica Hope Cazee-Collard of Bedford; children, Mason Clark, Collyns Clark, and Holden Clark; mother, Angela Mae Collard of Bedford; brothers, Wayne David (Bethany Jean) Collard, Jr. of Bloomington and Kevin Wayne (Della) Collard of Pekin; maternal grandparents, Bill and Sandy DuBois of Ramsey; aunts and uncles; Sandra (Richard) Nourie of Bloomington, Nachelle (Jarod) Pearson of Corydon, and Jennifer (Justin) Hammond of Louisville; nieces and nephews, Luciana Kate Collard, Lawson David Collard, Austin Collard, Wyatt Collard, and Cheyanne Collard; and cousins, Chase (Cortni) Nourie, Miya (Bobby Swain) Nourie, Rowan Pearson, Kennedy Pearson, Landon Pearson, and Josh (Richard) DuBois. She is also survived by her beloved dog, Mando and her puppy, Freya.
Her father; maternal grandmother, Sharion DuBois; and nephew, Lincoln Brooks Collard, preceded her in death.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 705 West Warren Street, Mitchell, Indiana, 47446 with military rites accorded at 6:30 p.m. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Memorial Gifts: A college fund for the children has been established with Crane Federal Credit Union c/o Jessica Cazee, account ending in 92.
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