Rita Ann Dingledy, 82, Indianapolis, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, at Miller's Merry Manor in Indianapolis.
She was born Jan. 20, 1924, in Fort Wayne, the daughter of Arthur John and Marie Rose (Brink) Fedewa. She married George Henry Dingledy in Wabash on Nov. 25, 1948. He survives in Indianapolis.
Also surviving are a daughter, Christine (Stephen) Thieroff, Greenfield; three sons, John (Carol) Dingledy, Tampa, Fla., Thomas (Lucy) Dingledy, Birmingham, Ala., and James Dingledy, Indianapolis; a brother, James (Carolyn) Fedewa, North Manchester; a sister-in-law, Rita Fedewa, Wabash; four grandsons, Mark Dingledy, Indianapolis; Eric Dingledy, Indianapolis; Matthew (Kristyn) Dingledy, Greenwood, and Alex Thieroff, Greenfield; three granddaughters, Kathleen Dingledy, West Lafayette, Emily Thieroff, Indianapolis, and Katie Thieroff, Greenfield; a great-granddaughter, Skylar Blue Dingledy of Greenwood.
She was preceded in death by a son, George Dingledy Jr., who died on Sept. 20, 1981; a brother, Tom Fedewa, and a sister, Margaret Nodine.
Mrs. Dingledy was an administrative assistant at Container Corporation for 18 years. She was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Indianapolis, and a longtime member of St. Bernard Catholic Church, Wabash. She was a member of the Latrian Literary Club, the 4th Night Card Club, the Honeywell Swim Boosters and the P.E.O. Sisterhood, all of Wabash. Mrs. Dingledy moved to Indianapolis in 1989, coming from 81 E. Hill St., Wabash, where she and her family lived for 31 years.
Funeral Mass will be held at St. Bernard Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, with the Rev. Ron Ramenaden officiating.
Burial will be at Memorial Lawns Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester Avenue Chapel.
The memorial guestbook for Mrs. Dingledy may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com
Preferred memorials may be made to St. Bernard Catholic Church or the Wabash Carnegie Public Library.
