Robert L. ‘Bob’ Friddle

March 1, 2018 at 5:46 p.m.

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NORTH WEBSTER — Robert L. “Bob” Friddle, 87, Leesburg, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at Goshen Hospital.

He was born June 9, 1930, in Indianapolis, to Lacel Fay and Eva Lavonne Munden Friddle.

He graduated in 1949 from Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis and was a United States Air Force veteran.

On June 15, 1951, in Indianapolis, he was married to Patricia J. “Pat” Flanagan, who survives.  

He retired in 1986 from AT&T after 35 years in the telephone industry. He was raised in the Indianapolis area, lived in Kokomo, was a summer lake resident since 1962 and moved to the Leesburg/North Webster area permanently in 1984.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church in North Webster and Telephone Pioneers of America, and was a former ham radio operator. He and his wife had delivered Mobile Meals for many years in North Webster.

He is survived by his wife, Pat Friddle, Leesburg; a daughter, Connie (Robert) Whikehart, Avon; two sons, Robert “Bruce” (Patti) Friddle, Cumberland, and Duane (Tomi) Friddle, Leesburg; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, at Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 and CR 500N, North Webster.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at North Webster United Methodist Church, 7822 E. Epworth Forest Road, North Webster, with Pastor Byron Kaiser officiating. Burial will follow in Mock Addition of the North Webster Cemetery.

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Memorials to Camp Mollenhour, 10265 S 600 W, Silver Lake, IN 46982; or North Webster EMS, P.O. Box 144, North Webster, IN 46555.

To send condolences to the family in Mr. Friddle’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.



NORTH WEBSTER — Robert L. “Bob” Friddle, 87, Leesburg, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at Goshen Hospital.

He was born June 9, 1930, in Indianapolis, to Lacel Fay and Eva Lavonne Munden Friddle.

He graduated in 1949 from Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis and was a United States Air Force veteran.

On June 15, 1951, in Indianapolis, he was married to Patricia J. “Pat” Flanagan, who survives.  

He retired in 1986 from AT&T after 35 years in the telephone industry. He was raised in the Indianapolis area, lived in Kokomo, was a summer lake resident since 1962 and moved to the Leesburg/North Webster area permanently in 1984.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church in North Webster and Telephone Pioneers of America, and was a former ham radio operator. He and his wife had delivered Mobile Meals for many years in North Webster.

He is survived by his wife, Pat Friddle, Leesburg; a daughter, Connie (Robert) Whikehart, Avon; two sons, Robert “Bruce” (Patti) Friddle, Cumberland, and Duane (Tomi) Friddle, Leesburg; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, at Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 and CR 500N, North Webster.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at North Webster United Methodist Church, 7822 E. Epworth Forest Road, North Webster, with Pastor Byron Kaiser officiating. Burial will follow in Mock Addition of the North Webster Cemetery.

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Memorials to Camp Mollenhour, 10265 S 600 W, Silver Lake, IN 46982; or North Webster EMS, P.O. Box 144, North Webster, IN 46555.

To send condolences to the family in Mr. Friddle’s memory, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.



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