ROCKVILLE — Stanley E. Gideon died at 6:15 a.m. Thursday October 12, 2006, in West Central Community Hospital in Clinton.
Born July 6, 1955, in Washington, he was the son of Bernard and Carol (Myers) Gideon.
A graduate of Montezuma High School and Indiana State University, he had taught at Bridgeton, Turkey Run, North Vermillion, Western Boone, and at the time of his death was the athletic director for Rockville Community School Corp. He joined the Montezuma Presbyterian Church on Dec. 17, 1967.
He is survived by his wife, Adrienne (Boyce) Gideon, whom he married July 12, 1986; mother and stepfather, James R. and Carol Britton of Montezuma; sister, Janet Gideon of Williamsport; brother and sister-in-law, David and Debbie Gideon of Rockville; stepbrothers and their wives, James L. and Jamie Britton of Dana, and Bart and Pansy Britton of St. Augustine, Fla.; stepsister and her husband, Kathy and Joe Watts of Clinton; mother-in-law, Marilou Boyce Roeschlein of Brazil; sister-in-law and her husband, Dee and Greg Luce of Clinton; nieces, Alyssa Gideon, Bailey Luce, Whitney Reyher, Michelle Beck, Shasta Britton, Brittany Watts; nephews, Ryan Luce, Dylan Reyher, Brayden Luce, Ryan Watts and Chance Watts.
He is preceded in death by his father, Bernard Gideon, and grandparents, Ernest R. and Esther B. Myers and Stanley B. and Opha E. Gideon.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Rockville High School gymnasium, with Rev. William Price and James Britton officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Montezuma.
Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Brown Funeral Home in Montezuma and one hour prior to services Monday at the high school gymnasium.
Preferred memorials are to Parke County Community Foundation to the Stan Gideon Rockville Athletic Scholarship Fund.
Envelopes will be available at the funeral home or can be mailed to P.O. Box 276, Rockville, IN 47872.