Philip E. Shreeve, 76, passed away September 13, 2017 following a long illness. He was born June 30, 1941, in Portland, Indiana, the son of the late Earl and Frances (McFarland) Shreeve.
Phil graduated from Purdue University with his Bachelor degree in Industrial Management, and later earned an MBA at Butler University. Phil worked as a packaging engineer at Eli Lilly & Company, and then Roche Diagnostics. Phil was a member of Southport Presbyterian, where he served as a deacon.
He is survived by his two children, Julie (Roy) Keyer and David (Stacy) Shreeve; seven grandchildren, Kyra, Kaitlyn, Ahren, Karmyn, Izak, Isaiah, and Kathryn; and brother Lowell Shreeve.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 7 at Indiana Funeral Care, 8151 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis. The family will receive friends following the service until 1:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be directed to Community Health, Heart and Vascular Care designation by visiting ecommunity.com/community-foundation.
Special thanks to the entire teams at Copper Trace Family-First Senior Living, Community Heart and Vascular Hospital, and Community Home Health Hospice. Arrangements entrusted to Indiana Funeral Care.
Carolyn Small says
Dear Julie
Sending my love to you and your family.
Pat Muise says
Dear Julie,
Please accept my sincere condolences to you and your. Family. My heart aches for you, please k ow that my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time of grief.
Pat Muise
Bev Horton says
Julie
I am so sorry for the loss of your father. Please accept my condolences.
Bev Horton
Jeanne Majors says
Julie and David,
I am very sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers
Debbie Lucas says
Condolences to the Shreeve family. I used to be Phil’s neighbor and we would walk our dogs together. Such a kind man, always enjoyed his company!
Debbie Lucas
Gary Green says
I would like to add to my earlier comments my condolences to Julie and David and the rest of Phil’s family and friends. I really wish I could be at the Memorial, but since I spent part of my summer vacation in Indiana I just can’t make it. My thoughts and prayers will be with you. I will miss spending time sharing and reminiscing with Phil on my trips back home.
Dick Cabell says
Julie and David,
I was saddened to hear of the death of your father. Please accept my condolences.
My roommate and I arrived at Purdue in Sept 1960. We had been classmates at Corydon Central. We both grew up on farms and were the first of our families to attend college. We were assigned to the 4th floor S.E. H-1 [ Owen] hall along with about 50 other students ,about half of which were freshmen.Phil and his roommate Daryl Dieg were upper classmen on that floor. Upper classmen were encouraged to mentor freshmen, but most didn’t bother. I think Phil felt a little sorry for us knowing that we came from a small school in a rural area that we were not well prepared for the academic rigors at Purdue. So Phil and Daryl read us the riot act several times about focusing on our classwork by cutting down on the goofing off. It worked. We both graduated in 4 years.
Much of what happened then is now a blur,but I. distinctly recall Phil’s quirky sense of humor and his knack of making wry comments about the conditions of the daily grind. Phil was a genuine friend to many others too. Boiler UP.
Dick Cabell BSIM 1964 Charlottesville Va.
Gary Green says
Can’t find earlier comments. Phil and I were friends since high school. We both played trombone in the band–he was 1st chair and I was 2nd or 3rd. We had many good times. We both made most of our PHS class reunions. Mary Ann (Stroble) Malone, Phil and I usually met for lunch when I drove through Indy on my way from Texas to home in Portland. I will miss that. I was able to visit Phil 3 times while he was at Copper Trace. I am very glad that I was able to visit him this past June. We had some good lucid conversations, but the rest of the time I don’t think he knew who I was. But it was still good! Phil you will be missed. You are already missed. I am glad you are now at rest and can remember all your friends that you are with right now.