FRANKLIN

Alice Purtlebaugh, 89, of Columbus, died at 11:57 a.m. July 22, 2019, at Franciscan Health South Indianapolis.

Alice was born February 25, 1930, in Columbus, the daughter of Russell and Madalyn McNear Settles. She married Samuel Purtlebaugh October 22, 1955 and he preceded her in death August 25, 1999.

She was a member of the East Columbus United Methodist Church and had volunteered at the Senior Citizens Center.

The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2019, at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home with Chaplain Elaine Clark officiating. Calling will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.

Survivors include her sons, Robert E. Drake of Hope and Gary (Sylvia) Drake of Brownstown and daughter, Nancy Wood of Winchester, Virginia; sisters, Mary Helen Phillips of Columbus, Ruth Virginia Doles of Zephyrhills, Florida, Emily Ann Mabe of Columbus and Barbara Jane VanZandt of Phoenix, Arizona; grandchildren, David Drake, Aaron Drake, Bryan Drake, Allison Drake, Ted Mitchell, Carmen Orndorft, Joyce Copeland and Jennifer Haggerty; 11 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Samuel; brothers, Marion Robert Settles and Charles R. Settles and a sister, Evelyn Catherine Settles; and a grandchild, Rodney Drake.

You are invited to view her video tribute, light a virtual candle and send a message to the family via the internet.

Information: www.jewellrittman.com.

PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA

James Handley, age 68 of Port Richey, Florida, passed away Tuesday morning, July 23, 2019 at his home.

No formal services are planned and private burial will take place at Garland Brook Cemetery in Columbus.

NASHVILLE

Gladys Reeves died July 20, 2019. A gathering of family and friends will take place from 2 – 4 p.m. Sunday July 28 at Bond-Mitchell Funeral Home in Nashville. A memorial service will take place at 4p.m. following the gathering.

SHELBYVILLE

Dr. M. Gregory Sweet, 59, of Shelbyville, passed away Monday, July 22, 2019 at Greenwood Healthcare Center.

Greg was a Chiropractor for 35 years at his offices in Hope and Edinburgh. He had graduated from Centerville High School in 1978 and in 1985, received his Doctorate at National Chiropractic College in Chicago.

He was a member of United Methodist Church in Edinburgh where he served as Ad Council President, Lay Leader, and AV Director. He was President of Main Street of Hope and member of Indiana State Chiropractic Association.

Greg enjoyed family time, Genealogy, deejaying, and traveling. He was a movie lover and Sci-fi and Disney fan. Greg also enjoyed being a Sunday School teacher.

Greg was an amazing husband, adoring father, loving son, brother, and doctor who touched the lives of so many not only in his family, but also the communities he served.

Born on April 16, 1960 in Richmond, Greg was the son of Dr. Harold and Linda VanDerMeulen Sweet. He married Sherri Barker on February 3, 1990 in Richmond, and she survives.

Other survivors include his mother, of Centerville; children, Matthew (Ashley) Sweet of Las Vegas, NV, Michael Sweet of Orlando, FL, and Adam Sweet, Jonathan Sweet, and Abigail Sweet, all of Shelbyville; brothers, Mark (Joanne) Sweet of Brownsburg and David (JoAnna) Sweet of Indianapolis; and his large extended family.

Greg is preceded in death by his father; grandparents, Frances and Ralph VanDerMeulen; and brother, Steven Sweet.

A funeral service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at Edinburgh United Methodist Church with Jason Hyer and Brian Ebersold officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the service on Friday at the church. Burial will follow at Hope Moravian Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to Main Street of Hope or Edinburgh United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be sent to the Sweet Family at www.normanfuneralhome.net.

SUN CITY, TEXAS

David Louis Reid passed away peacefully on Friday, July 12, 2019. He was born to Robert Reid and Hazel Hall Reid on June 5, 1938 in Christopher, Illinois. He graduated from Christopher High School and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas where he met his wife, Virginia Spong, in honors math class. Both David and Virginia graduated from KU with B.S. degrees in Engineering in 1960. David then attended Purdue University and received a Master’s degree in 1962.

David started his career with Aerojet General in Azusa and Sacramento, California where he worked on the Apollo Service Module Engine. He and Virginia were married on September 27, 1963 In Fair Oaks, California. David then spent 4 years working for the Allison Division of GM in Indianapolis on gas turbine engines. Then he spent 15 years working for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana where he received 8 patents on diesel engine design improvements. His last position was with Comptek, Inc. of Farmington Hills, Michigan where he created systems for testing diesel engines primarily for Cummins and retired as President of the company. He had to travel a lot for his jobs especially Comptek where he traveled all over the U.S., England, Scotland, India, and Mexico to install new and updated diesel engine test cell systems at Cummins Engine Company plants.

David’s love of engines, cars, and motorcycles started when he was in high school when his father was involved with stock car racing. David’s job was to tear down the car engine, clean it, and put it back together for the next weekend’s race. He loved sports cars and was very excited to buy the first Porsche 911 that was imported to the Sacramento dealer in 1965 right off the showroom floor. He owned and raced two motorcycles on paved road racing tracks in California. After moving to Indiana, he switched to racing go karts. He and his friend, John Pearce designed and built from scratch a go kart for John to race. He spent two years on the USAC Stock Car Technical Inspection Team for their races. He then slowed down to bicycling and running so he could run in the 1982 marathon in Louisville, Kentucky. He also helped with both of his sons’ hockey teams.

After David and Virginia both retired from Comptek, they moved to Sun City Texas in 2004 to enjoy not having to shovel snow and drive on ice. They enjoyed traveling to their Royal Resorts villas in Cancun many times and traveling in their RV. They completed visiting all 50 states on a tour to New England in 2014. In Sun City, he enjoyed playing golf, woodworking, Kiwanis, and reading the books in the Sun City library.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia, daughter Julie Ann Reid of Fishers, Indiana, sons Robert K. Reid (Donna) of Pinckney, Michigan and Eric Lee Reid (Jennifer) of Farmington Hills, Michigan, grandsons Nathan Reid, Jacob Reid, William Eikenbary, granddaughters Cameron and Katie Adams, sister Rebecca Sullivan (Al) of Puyallup, Washington, brother Dan Akin (Jan) of Overland Park, Kansas, nieces, nephews, and lifelong friend, John Pearce.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and grandson Scott Frederick.

A Celebration of David’s life is planned for later this summer in Michigan with the family.

MIDWAY CITY, CA

Anne Brocker Hoffman, formally of Columbus, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 in Midway City, CA.

Anne was born in Evansville, IN on October 20, 1942 to Dr. George A. and Beulah Held. She married Roger P. Hoffman on June 1, 1963 in Jasper, IN. Her only child, Peter, was born in 1967, in Georgetown, MD.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University, Bloomington with a BA in History in 1964. In 1967, she went on to earn a Masters Degree in Social Studies.

Anne, Roger and Peter moved to Columbus in 1969 and later homesteaded for many years in rural Bartholomew County, building a log cabin on 40 acres.

Over her 35-year teaching career, Anne taught Social Studies, World History, World Geography, Government, World Religions and International Relations to 6th-12th grade students at ABC Montessori, Southside JHS and Columbus East HS in Columbus.

She was a champion for Indiana education working on numerous committees and councils to improve educational opportunities for students. Anne was a Close Up Washington, D.C. sponsor who accompanied many students over the years to visit our nations capitol and meet Indiana’s elected congressmen and women.

Anne retired from teaching in 2000 and moved with her husband to Venice, FL to take care of her aunt and cousin. In 2017, with her health declining, she made the brave decision to relocate to California to be closer to her son and his family until her death.

Survivors include her son, Peter A. Hoffman and his wife Cindy of Los Angeles, CA, sister-in-law, Sharon J. Held, nephew, Jon Held of Lafayette, IN, niece, Gretchen Johnson of Maple Valley, WA and cousin, Betty White of Venice, FL.

She was preceded in death by her husband Roger (04/06/09) and her brother J. David Held (07/15/15).