Darrell Dean McElravy
86, of Avon passed away July 30, 2023 at his home. He was born October 10, 1936 in Elnora, Indiana the son of Miles and Neenah McElravy. In 1956 Darrell married his high school sweetheart Nancy Core.
After farming 3 years he started work at Public Service Indiana at Edwardsport as a “Station Helper”. He took 3 ISC courses and moved up the line from Edwardsport to Noblesville, to New Albany, to Princeton, to Cayuga, to PSI’s GHQ in Plainfield, (now Duke Energy) as VP of Power Production. He got early retirement after 32 dedicated years of service.
He and Nancy enjoyed many years traveling in their motorhome where they visited 49 states of the United States and all the provinces of Canada. Didn’t make it to Hawaii, but got to Alaska twice. We had a houseboat in Alabama and Kentucky for a few years. We sold our home in Prestwick and moved to Cape Coral, Florida. After 10 fun years they moved back to Indiana. Later they bought a doublewide in LaBelle, Florida. They were snowbirds for about 4 years. He and Nancy are members of Kingsway Christian Church in Avon.
Darrell is survived by his wife Nancy McElravy, children, Marcia (Jim) McCullough, Carmen (Richard) Raths, James (Mary) McElravy and Aaron (Sheila) McElravy, 5 grandchildren, Megan, Kailyn, Bradford, Jeremy, and Jessica. Also 2 adorable great granddaughters, Harper and Wren, a sister, Louise Nebergall. He is preceded in death by 2 brothers, Gordon McElravy and Don McElravy.
Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday August 4, 2023 at Conkle Funeral Home, Avon Chapel. The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Nebo Memorial Park Cemetery Martinsville, Indiana.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wheeler Mission.
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