REMEMBERING CROSSLIN

Mourners Express Disbelief That Deceased Was Violent

ELKHART -- In shiny Cadillacs and beat-up Volkswagens, they came from
Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland.

Some dressed in suits and ties. Others wore tie-dyed T-shirts and sandals.

But for the more than 500 mourners who flocked to the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman
Funeral Home and Crematory on Saturday morning, there was one common
purpose: to remember Grover T. "Tom" Crosslin, owner of the Rainbow Farm
Campground in Vandalia.

Crosslin, 47, died Monday when he was shot by FBI agents during a standoff
at the 34-acre property at 59896 Pemberton Road. Authorities said that he
brandished a weapon at an agent keeping surveillance on the property.

Crosslin's supporters, though, have expressed disbelief that the man they
remember as kind, generous and gentle could act in such an aggressive
manner. Many of those connected to Crosslin flocked to the area for the
funeral, some setting up camp in a makeshift site at the intersection of
Michigan 60 and White Temple Road.

Others, like Paul Daum of Ann Arbor, simply drove to town for the day to pay
their respects to a man who they say was unjustly killed.

"This is a sad day for everyone, everywhere," he said. "Man, I never saw him
(Crosslin) do anything to anyone. He was a real good guy."

The service, which was preceded by an hour of visitation, began at 11 a.m.
at the funeral home. A spokesman for the funeral home said the ceremony
consisted of music, a eulogy from a minister, and several speeches by close
friends and family of Crosslin.

The spokesman also confirmed that Crosslin's body is slated to be cremated.
On Friday, friends who were keeping a vigil at the campground said the
ashes, along with those of 28-year-old Rolland Rohm, who was killed in the
standoff by police one day after Crosslin's death, will be scattered this
week in a private ceremony at the campground.

Funeral services for Rohm will be at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, also at
Wally-Mills-Zimmerman, which is at 700 E. Jackson Blvd. in Elkhart.
Visitation for friends and family will be from 3 to 8 p.m. EST Monday at the
funeral home.