Thomas Edwin (Ed) Breeden, age 88, past away December 29, 2020. Born May 23, 1932 in Paoli, Indiana as the oldest child of Thomas N and Jennie (McIver) Breeden. He graduated from Paoli High School in 1950. Following high school, he entered the US Army and served his country during the Korean War. After completing his tour of duty, Ed enrolled in Purdue University and completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Business Management. Ed went on to have a diverse career. He worked at Ford Motor Company, Allison and GMC. He retired from the RCA International Licensing Division where he traveled extensively in southeast Asia. After retirement he...

Robert "Bob" Griner Evans, 88, most recently of Brownsburg Indiana went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ after contracting Covid 19 and reunited with his lifetime love Margaret "Ann" Evans on December 8, 2020. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on September 22, 1932 to William "Bill" Evans and Margaret Rose (Griner) Evans. Bob was preceded in death by his wife of 43 years Margaret Ann (Williams) Evans, his sister Jane Kline, his brother John L. Evans and his grandson Evan P. Smock. Survivors include two daughters Claire Abel (Bryan) and Lisa Wiesehan(Ronald) and one son RobertEvans (Jayne), 7 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. After...

Melinda Dawn Garland-Searcy 55, of Indianapolis, passed away April 30, 2020 in her home. A private family ceremony will be held on May 7 at Conkle Funeral Home, Avon Chapel. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her honor to catsociety.org or to seedsofhopeindy.org The complete obituary may be viewed at www.conklefuneralhome.com.

R. Myron Wheeler, age 87, of Lizton, IN, passed away March 25th in Methodist Hospital. Myron was the son of Gilbert Wheeler and Jewel (Kelly) Wheeler Ludlow, of Amo, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Sally (Archer) Wheeler and would have been married to her 67 years on April 3rd. Also surviving are his daughter, Myra Jenice (Jennie) Wheeler and son, Kelly Wheeler (Lisa) of Lebanon, IN. Also surviving are 2 grandchildren, Kelsey Leadman of Plainfiled, Bradley Wheeler of Clermont and step-grandchild, Brittany Powells of Avon. He is also survived by 9 great grandchildren. Myron attended school in Amo and graduated from Butler University School of Pharmacy in 1955. ...

Gail "Chris" Christian Pedevilla, 74, passed away peacefully with his wife, Karen at his side on Friday, February 28, 2020 at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, after a 2 1/2-year battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. He resided in Avon, IN at the time of his passing. Chris was preceded in death by his parents, John Angel Pedevilla and Ruth (Wilson) Pedevilla, brothers Ronald Pedevilla and Juan Pedevilla. He is survived by his beloved wife of 32 years, Karen; their three children Emily (Zachary) Williams of Westfield, IN, Anthony Pedevilla of Avon, IN, and Adam Pedevilla of Denver, CO; His siblings Dolores Wynen of Mishawaka, IN, Roland (Sharon) Pedevilla of...

Lois Jeanne Gansert Martin, 86, of Indianapolis passed away Monday, February 3, 2020. She was born July 20, 1933 in Connersville, IN, daughter of Wm. Russell and Cecile Frances (Ward) Gansert. On September 5, 1953, she married Charles E. Martin. She is survived by their four daughters; Donna Kimpel, Gayle Jones, Karen (Terry) Pennington, Linda (Bob) Lutes, 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothea Thiesing of Manassas, VA and Patricia Conner of Plainfield; two sisters-in-law, Beverly Gansert of Hohenwald, TN and Pearline Brahm of Ferdinand; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 63 years, Charles E. Martin; her parents;...

Kenneth Anton Dreher Jr. 74 passed way after a sudden illness on Saturday November 9th at 6:10 pm at Methodist Hospital. He was born in Terre Haute, IN on November 8th 1945 to Kenneth Anton Dreher Sr. & Eva Marie Hutchinson Dreher. He is a 1963 graduate of Wiley High School and attended Indiana State University. He also served as a member of the Indiana Air National Guard. Ken worked as a professional air traffic controller for 13 years at the Indianapolis Center, a profession he LOVED! He later retired from UPS after 33 years of service as a feeder driver. He also co-chaired the safety committee for 22 years at UPS. Ken received the Master Truck Driver award from the Indiana Motor...

Gail Anne Gugenheim 66 of Coatesville ( Heritage Lake) passed away October 13, 2019. She was born October 5, 1953 in Indianapolis the daughter of the late Warren and Alice Angrick. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Gugenheim; son, Daniel Gugenheim (Elizabeth); brother, George Angrick; grandchildren, Adrienne and Samuel Gugenheim. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday October 18, 2019 at Conkle Funeral Home, Avon Chapel. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.