Charles E. Gregory, Jr.
March 14, 1929 ~ December 12, 2021
Charles E. Gregory, Jr. Indianapolis, passed away December 12, 2021. He was born on March 14, 1929, in Indianapolis to the late Charles E. and Marie (Ruggiere) Gregory.
Charles was a graduate of Arsenal Tech High School and attended Butler University. He spent his career as a sales representative, specializing in Industrial Fasteners , covering most of Indiana, and parts of Illinois. Charles was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church, and had a passion for all Indy Car Racing especially the Indianapolis 500. He was a Master Modeler of WWI and WWII airplanes; many carved of Balsa Wood.
Besides his parents Charles was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years Betty J. (Snoddy) Gregory; and sisters Patricia Mascari and Mary Boller. He is survived by his children, Anthony M. (Pam) Gregory, Rebecca Gregory-Chifos, and James P. Gregory; grandchildren Apryl Binuya, and Amanda Weilhammer; 3 Great Grandchildren; brother, John Gregory and dearest family friend Carolyn Iaria Bundy.
Visitation will be held Tuesday December 21, 2021 from 10:00-11:00 AM at St. Mark Catholic Church, 535 E. Edgewood Ave. Indianapolis, Indiana 46227, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM in the Church. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, a mercy meal at St Mark Catholic Church will follow burial. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elephant Sanctuary Box 393 Hohenwald, TN 38462 or St. Mark Parish Endowment Fund, 535 E. Edgewood Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46227. O’Riley Funeral Home is serving the family. Please share a memory of Charles on www.ORileyFunerlHome.com for his family.
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Charlie was a wonderful uncle to me and my siblings. He and my mom(his sister) were great friends. We will miss Charlie so much and his great sense of humor.We realize that his family will miss him even more. We send our love and condolences.We pray you find peace in his passing.All of our love Cinnie Stan and Andrew Bass
My good friend Charlie.
Charlie, you fought the good fight, you ran the race, now go take the checkered that Jesus holds for you.
My condolences to Charlie’s family. I worked at Service Supply with Charlie. I went shooting with Charlie a couple of times when I was able to stay in Indianapolis. I live in Albion, Indiana. I have bought guns from Charlie and traded a couple of times. Charlie was the most accurate shooter I was ever around. He truly had a passion. He was my friend and I will miss him. He is gone but will never be forgotten. Galen Gillenwater
I met Charlie at WalMart when he would come in and print pictures of his models and his animals. He would tell me all about them I always enjoyed it when he came in he reminded me of my grandfather. I have missed seeing his smile and talking to him. He was such a sweet man. Marsha Swails
He spoke of you often too, Marsha, and how you always helped him print the pictures and we’re so friendly.
Charlie and I shared many a meal, and our mutual passion for ‘gourmet dining’, hamburgers, breaded tenderloins, hotdogs, etc: is legendary. Now most of us have an eating quirk or two, but Charlie had some dozzies, and I recently learned of one that tops ‘em all. Just before Thanksgiving I told Charlie that my favorite was stuffing from inside the turkey which has been taking a bad rap lately and has almost been replaced by stove top stuffing. He told me this was his favorite too, so I instantly volunteered to bring him some of Ann’s World Famous In the Bird Stuffing (me, my son and my grandson are the only ones who’ll eat it). He said, “Don’t bother if it has celery in it, I hate celery”. Well I knew he didn’t like celery, but I asked where in world have you ever eaten stuffing that didn’t contain celery? He told me his mother wouldn’t even accommodate this quirk, so I was obviously curious as to how he came to love stuffing? Are you ready for this? He told me that he would meticulously remove the celery from the stuffing and enjoy. That folks is the top eating quirk of my life. Rest well my friend the experiences we shared will be with me forever.
Love the story John and you tell it so well. Charlie was one of a kind who we all will miss. I loved to pick on him when we were working at the pantry Rosie Saylor
I was blessed to have met Charlie who was introduced to me by his son Tony at Indy Arms Co. a few years ago. We immediately became good friends & had much in common; military history, art & firearms. Know that he is missed but I take solace in knowing he is with God.
I have missed chatting with Charlie this past year. We had many good lunches and many shared interests. As you know, Charlie was passionate about his interests. I miss you Charlie.
I miss seeing him in Walmart, I got to know him by helping him with his pictures of his cat, his models of planes, and family. I really miss seeing his smile. I still talk about him and how sweet he was.