b Community College (GA). He completed all course requirements and passed comprehensive exams for a PhD in Educational Psychology at Georgia State University. As his family grew he made a career change resulting in the family's relocation in 1979 to Indianapolis, IN. For the next chapter of his professional life he worked in sales for manufacturers of equipment used in the commercial food industry. Garry's community service activities, rooted in his devotion to supporting underserved youth, included membership in Kiwanis of Northwest Indianapolis where he was an active participant in the Clothe a Child Program and a reading tutor at Pike Elementary School. Garry also devoted countless hours to the charitable work of the Central Indiana Wood Workers' Toymaking Project. For over twenty years he was an enthusiastic participant with his sons in high adventure activities with the Boy Scouts of America, North Star District, and an instructor in the Voyageur Canoe Program. Survivors include Garry's wife Patricia Dissette Bledsoe; sons Andrew Joseph Bledsoe (Karla) of Indianapolis, IN and Michael Lawrence Dissette Bledsoe (Melissa Schulte) of Oakland, CA; grandsons Aiden Afonso Bledsoe and Connor Afonso Bledsoe; sister Sharon Bledsoe Kearney (Robert); and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery. Visitation will be 3pm-6pm on Monday, April 22 at Crown Hill Funeral Home, 700 W. 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN. Services will occur at 11am on Tuesday, April 23 at the Crown Hill Gothic Chapel on the cemetery grounds. Memorial donations may be made to Central Indiana Woodworkers Toymaking Project c/o Don Melloy, 3620 East 77th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240, or to Gennesaret Free Clinic c/o Rebecca Siefert, 615 North Alabama, Suite 136, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery
Indianapolis, IN 46208
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