James E. "Eddie" Hightshue 93, lifelong Indianapolis-area resident, Marine, husband, father, professional photographer, assistant scoutmaster, pilot, sailor, sailboat-builder (both ice and water), golfer, church-council member, died on Monday, January 27, 2014 in Indianapolis.
Born in Clermont, Indiana on April 8, 1920 to Chris and Addie Wilson Hightshue, Eddie lost his mother before the age of one; he spent most of his childhood in Traders Point lovingly reared by his aunt Dora Hightshue Wilkins, her husband Ben, and his grandparents. Eddie said that, as a result, a part of him always felt he belonged to that older generation. He walked to and from Traders Point to his first job: hoeing corn from 6 am to 6 pm for 75 cents a day on the current site of the Traders Point Creamery. Later in life he purchased a rolling, wooded 2½ acre lot in the next field to the west of where he did that hoeing and built a house there for his little family.
In 1938 Eddie graduated from New Augusta High School (now Pike High School) where he discovered a lasting interest in math and physics and where he held the high jump record for many years.
In 1939 Eddie enlisted in the 16th Reserve Battalion of the U. S. Marine Corps and was called up for active duty on November 8, 1940. As a platoon sergeant in the Second Marine Division in the Pacific Theater, he fought on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Okinawa. On leave in 1944, Eddie returned home to marry the girl he had left behind, Marian Madge King. They were married at Salem Lutheran Church in New Augusta, Indiana on April 3, 1944; their union lasted 69 years. He returned to the Pacific Theater until the end of the war and received his honorable discharge from the USMC in 1947 as a Staff Sergeant.
After the war he worked for the Ropke Engraving Company and then moved to the Wm. H. Block Company as their advertising photographer. During these years he was also employed as the children's photographer at Wasson's Department store and Block's. He retired from the Wm. H. Block Co. in 1985.
Eddie is survived by his wife, his daughter Deborah Hightshue, and his son Doug Hightshue (Catherine O'Connor).
Eddie loved golfing and sailing; he acted as adult supervisor on a scout sailing trip to the Bahamas. Long into their retirement Eddie and Madge enjoyed trips to Kentucky to deliver books to the Christian Appalachian Project and to Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New England to visit friends.
A memorial service will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, New Augusta at 1 PM Sunday, February 2, 2014. Burial will take place at 1 PM Monday, February 3, 2014, at the Caldwell Cemetery in Traders Point.
Born in Clermont, Indiana on April 8, 1920 to Chris and Addie Wilson Hightshue, Eddie lost his mother before the age of one; he spent most of his childhood in Traders Point lovingly reared by his aunt Dora Hightshue Wilkins, her husband Ben, and his grandparents. Eddie said that, as a result, a part of him always felt he belonged to that older generation. He walked to and from Traders Point to his first job: hoeing corn from 6 am to 6 pm for 75 cents a day on the current site of the Traders Point Creamery. Later in life he purchased a rolling, wooded 2½ acre lot in the next field to the west of where he did that hoeing and built a house there for his little family.
In 1938 Eddie graduated from New Augusta High School (now Pike High School) where he discovered a lasting interest in math and physics and where he held the high jump record for many years.
In 1939 Eddie enlisted in the 16th Reserve Battalion of the U. S. Marine Corps and was called up for active duty on November 8, 1940. As a platoon sergeant in the Second Marine Division in the Pacific Theater, he fought on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Okinawa. On leave in 1944, Eddie returned home to marry the girl he had left behind, Marian Madge King. They were married at Salem Lutheran Church in New Augusta, Indiana on April 3, 1944; their union lasted 69 years. He returned to the Pacific Theater until the end of the war and received his honorable discharge from the USMC in 1947 as a Staff Sergeant.
After the war he worked for the Ropke Engraving Company and then moved to the Wm. H. Block Company as their advertising photographer. During these years he was also employed as the children's photographer at Wasson's Department store and Block's. He retired from the Wm. H. Block Co. in 1985.
Eddie is survived by his wife, his daughter Deborah Hightshue, and his son Doug Hightshue (Catherine O'Connor).
Eddie loved golfing and sailing; he acted as adult supervisor on a scout sailing trip to the Bahamas. Long into their retirement Eddie and Madge enjoyed trips to Kentucky to deliver books to the Christian Appalachian Project and to Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New England to visit friends.
A memorial service will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, New Augusta at 1 PM Sunday, February 2, 2014. Burial will take place at 1 PM Monday, February 3, 2014, at the Caldwell Cemetery in Traders Point.
James E. "Eddie" Hightshue 93, lifelong Indianapolis-area resident, Marine, husband, father, professional photographer, assistant scoutmaster, pilot, sailor, sailboat-builder (both ice and water), golfer, church-council member, died on Monday, January 27, 2014 in Indianapolis.
Born in Clermont, Indiana on April 8, 1920 to Chris and Addie Wilson Hightshue, Eddie lost his mother before the age of one; he spent most of his childhood in Traders Point lovingly reared by his aunt Dora Hightshue Wilkins, her husband Ben, and his grandparents. Eddie said that, as a result, a part of him always felt he belonged to that older generation. He walked to and from Traders Point to his first job: hoeing corn from 6 am to 6 pm for 75 cents a day on the current site of the Traders Point Creamery. Later in life he purchased a rolling, wooded 2½ acre lot in the next field to the west of where he did that hoeing and built a house there for his little family.
In 1938 Eddie graduated from New Augusta High School (now Pike High School) where he discovered a lasting interest in math and physics and where he held the high jump record for many years.
In 1939 Eddie enlisted in the 16th Reserve Battalion of the U. S. Marine Corps and was called up for active duty on November 8, 1940. As a platoon sergeant in the Second Marine Division in the Pacific Theater, he fought on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Okinawa. On leave in 1944, Eddie returned home to marry the girl he had left behind, Marian Madge King. They were married at Salem Lutheran Church in New Augusta, Indiana on April 3, 1944; their union lasted 69 years. He returned to the Pacific Theater until the end of the war and received his honorable discharge from the USMC in 1947 as a Staff Sergeant.
After the war he worked for the Ropke Engraving Company and then moved to the Wm. H. Block Company as their advertising photographer. During these years he was also employed as the children's photographer at Wasson's Department store and Block's. He retired from the Wm. H. Block Co. in 1985.
Eddie is survived by his wife, his daughter Deborah Hightshue, and his son Doug Hightshue (Catherine O'Connor).
Eddie loved golfing and sailing; he acted as adult supervisor on a scout sailing trip to the Bahamas. Long into their retirement Eddie and Madge enjoyed trips to Kentucky to deliver books to the Christian Appalachian Project and to Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New England to visit friends.
A memorial service will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, New Augusta at 1 PM Sunday, February 2, 2014. Burial will take place at 1 PM Monday, February 3, 2014, at the Caldwell Cemetery in Traders Point.
Born in Clermont, Indiana on April 8, 1920 to Chris and Addie Wilson Hightshue, Eddie lost his mother before the age of one; he spent most of his childhood in Traders Point lovingly reared by his aunt Dora Hightshue Wilkins, her husband Ben, and his grandparents. Eddie said that, as a result, a part of him always felt he belonged to that older generation. He walked to and from Traders Point to his first job: hoeing corn from 6 am to 6 pm for 75 cents a day on the current site of the Traders Point Creamery. Later in life he purchased a rolling, wooded 2½ acre lot in the next field to the west of where he did that hoeing and built a house there for his little family.
In 1938 Eddie graduated from New Augusta High School (now Pike High School) where he discovered a lasting interest in math and physics and where he held the high jump record for many years.
In 1939 Eddie enlisted in the 16th Reserve Battalion of the U. S. Marine Corps and was called up for active duty on November 8, 1940. As a platoon sergeant in the Second Marine Division in the Pacific Theater, he fought on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Okinawa. On leave in 1944, Eddie returned home to marry the girl he had left behind, Marian Madge King. They were married at Salem Lutheran Church in New Augusta, Indiana on April 3, 1944; their union lasted 69 years. He returned to the Pacific Theater until the end of the war and received his honorable discharge from the USMC in 1947 as a Staff Sergeant.
After the war he worked for the Ropke Engraving Company and then moved to the Wm. H. Block Company as their advertising photographer. During these years he was also employed as the children's photographer at Wasson's Department store and Block's. He retired from the Wm. H. Block Co. in 1985.
Eddie is survived by his wife, his daughter Deborah Hightshue, and his son Doug Hightshue (Catherine O'Connor).
Eddie loved golfing and sailing; he acted as adult supervisor on a scout sailing trip to the Bahamas. Long into their retirement Eddie and Madge enjoyed trips to Kentucky to deliver books to the Christian Appalachian Project and to Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New England to visit friends.
A memorial service will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, New Augusta at 1 PM Sunday, February 2, 2014. Burial will take place at 1 PM Monday, February 3, 2014, at the Caldwell Cemetery in Traders Point.
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