CALDWELL, Max Barnard
Date of death: 14 Aug 1918 – Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado
Brown County Democrat, February 3, 1999
Max Caldwell
Word has been received here of the death of Max Caldwell in Alamosa, Colorado Saturday, January 16, 1999.
Mr. Caldwell, a resident of Creston, Colorado, was 80 years old.
He left survivors in the Brown County area.
Mr. Caldwell was born August 14, 1918, in Logansport to Elmer and May Wallace Caldwell.
He and Betty Graybeal were married June 1, 1943. She survives.
Mr. Caldwell attended Indiana Central College, now the University of Indianapolis.
He had worked as a contract administrator for the United States Defense Department at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis.
He was a member of Center Grove Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Caldwell was a United States Army veteran of World War II. He received the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and the Victory Medal.
Other survivors include four sons, Randy Caldwell and Rick Caldwell, both of Indianapolis, Jerry Caldwell of Pembroke, Massachusetts and Jim Caldwell of Morgantown; a brother, Francis Caldwell of Galveston; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
A service was conducted Sunday, January 24, at Center Grove Presbyterian Church.
Interment was in Johnson County’s Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wheeler Mission Ministries, 222 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46201, or Center Grove Presbyterian Church, 2340 South State Road 135, Greenwood, Indiana 46143.
Franklin Daily Journal, January 22, 1999
CRESTON, Colo.
Max Caldwell
Max Caldwell, 80, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, in Alamosa, Colo. He was a resident of Creston, Colo., and a former resident of Indianapolis.
He was born Aug. 14, 1918, in Logansport. His parents were Elmer and May (Wallace) Caldwell. He married Betty (Graybeal) Caldwell on June 1, 1943. She survives. Other survivors include four sons, Dr. Randy Caldwell and Rick Caldwell, both of Indianapolis, Ret. Lt. Col. Jerry Caldwell of Pembroke, Mass., and Jim Caldwell of Morgantown; a brother, Francis Caldwell of Galveston; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He attended Indiana Central College in Indianapolis.
He retired from the Fort Harrison Defense Department, where he was employed as a contract administrator.
He was a member of Center Grove Presbyterian Church.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, during which he received the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and the Victory Medal.
A service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Center Grove Presbyterian Church. There will be no calling. Inurnment will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in White River Township.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wheeler Mission Ministries, 222 E. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46201; or to Center Grove Presbyterian Church, 2340 S. State Road 135, Greenwood, IN 46143.
Submitted by Mark Wirey