Samuel E. Brittingham, 90, of Carmel, Ind., and formerly Danville, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Sunrise on Old Meridian in Carmel. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Pape Funeral Home, 10 E. Williams, Danville, with Pastor Ken Cox officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Pape’s. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville.
Sam was born May 20, 1919, in Danville, to Samuel E. and Esther Moore Brittingham. He attended Roselawn Elementary School and graduated from Danville High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Illinois in 1941. During WWII, he served in the Air Corps in Wichita Falls, Texas. He worked at the Jewell Tea Company in Peoria and Consolidated Products Company in Danville and Des Moines, Iowa, where he also worked for Look magazine. He returned to Danville and was a partner in Cash & Carry Lumber from 1971 to 1992. While living in Danville, he was a member of Saint James United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Virginia Stuebe Brittingham; his sister, Esther Ellen Brittingham (Tom) Wyman of Palo Alto, Calif.; two daughters, Barbara Brittingham of Cambridge, Mass., and Marianne Mimi Brittingham (Bill Rosenbaum) of Indianapolis; sister-in-law, Joan Brittingham of Georgetown. He also leaves his special friends, Marguerite (Henry) Robinson; nieces and nephews, Mark (Kathy) Brittingham, Cathy Brittingham, Sam (Shasi) Brittingham, Debra (David) Isabella, Lea Brittingham, Darrell Dwayne (Sherry) Glass, Greg (Michael) Glass, Martin Evan Glass, Thomas (Susie) Wyman and Susan Dowdy, John Stuebe. David (Shelby) and Dan (Jesse) Pezzullo; their children Alyssa, Thomas, Ella and Drew; and great-nieces and nephews, Audrey, Frances and Sam Brittingham, Samantha and Macey Wyman, Casey and Mackenzie Dowdy, Morgan Brittingham, Lola Mae Spencer, Nathaniel and Olivia Brittingham, Michael, Shannon, Sheila, Austin and Janette Glass, and Jill (Jim) Stuebe Gracia and Matt Stuebe. Sam was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Frank Brittingham and Jerry Brittingham; his sister, Mary Brittingham Glass; Barbara’s husband, Thomas Pezzullo; and by a nephew, Robert Glass.
Sam was a devoted and loving husband, father, uncle and friend. He was an avid reader and particularly enjoyed ancient history and maps. He liked crossword puzzles, travel and gardening. He loved fishing and the fish were nearly always safe.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60601, or Saint James United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 504 N. Vermilion Street, Danville.
To send on-line condolences or sign the guest book, visit http://www.papemortuary.com/memorybooks.asp.
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