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Author: gdhobgen1
Surnames: Egly, Melick, Lingham
Classification: obituary
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From the
Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
(Tippecanoe County)
Monday, August 25, 2003
Robert Christian Egly, 85
Robert Christian Egly, 85, of Indiana Veterans' Home, died at 4:50 a.m. Sunday
morning, Aug. 24, 2003, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Born June 27, 1918, in Bluffton, he graduated from Petroleum High School. He received his
bachelor's degree from Ball State University in 1940, and his masters' degree in
1953.
He lived in Petroleum prior to moving to Rossville in 1964. He returned to Petroleum in
1991, and moved to the veterans home a year later.
Mr. Egly taught for Union Township in Wabash, and was a principal in Farmland, Roanoke,
and for Carroll Consolidated High School. He was the principal and superintendent of
Rossville School for 16 years. He served in the Army for 57 months, during World War II
and the Korean War.
He was a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church, American Legion Post 111, American
Association of School Administrators, and the Indiana Association of Public School
Superintendents.
Surviving are two sons, Steven Egly of Battle Ground and Douglas Egly of Kenosha, Wis.; a
brother, Max Egly of Bountiful, Utah; a sister, Christine Melick of Petroleum.
(same newspaper, date unknown)
EGLY, Robert Christian
Calling 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, in Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home,
Blufton. A service celebrating his life will be conducted there at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 27, the Rev. Guy Studebaker officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery, Linn Grove,
with military honors performed by American Legion Post 111. Survivors include 4
grandchildren, Debby, Henrick, Christian and Matthew. Preceded in death by a daughter,
Colleen Lingham in 1992; and a brother, Donald D. Egly in 1996. Memorials may be made in
Robert's memory to the "Robert Egly Scholarship Fund." Rossville
Consolidaated Schools, PO Box 11, Rossville, IN 46065
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