Chrissy (sometimes called Crissy or Crissy Jo) was born in Muncie to Rick and Lou New, and attended Muncie Southside High School and Parkview Christian School. She was a licensed practical nurse by profession and was a memory care coordinator at Woodland Terrace in Carmel during COVID. More recently, she handled the administrative work at her husband’s company, SubZero-Refrigeration. Chrissy loved spending time with her family and friends, and also attended several churches, including River of Life and Pentecostals Of Westfield. She was a talented singer, enjoyed crafting and gardening, and took pride in creating particularly beautiful Christmas trees. Her family wants you to know she was a wonderful mom, a great cook, a kind woman, a sister who had everyone’s back … and that she would not hesitate to crack a joke at your expense if the spirit so moved her.
Survivors include her husband, Alan Shopher; five daughters, Ashley Slusher (SO: Ashton); Olivia Slusher; twins Layla and Madison Welborn, and Jeweliana Welborn; sisters Angela Mills (husband: Joel) and Missy Kramer (husband: Troy Minton); brother Andy New (wife: Ang); lifelong friends Marcella Murray and Wenzdee Beams (husband: Ryan), and many cherished cousins, aunts, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her firstborn, Ricki Leigh Slusher.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, with calling 11-1 before, at River of Life Church, 5350 W. Bethel Ave., Muncie. Graveside services will follow at Elm Ridge, 4600 W. Kilgore Ave., Muncie. Memorials can be made to Lupus Foundation of America or The Pentecostals of Westfield.
