Fred Tipton ‘Butchie’ Gary

June 12, 1938-October 3, 2022

Fred Tipton ‘Butchie’ Gary, 84, a lifelong resident of Sheridan, passed away on Oct. 3, 2022, in Noblesville.

He was born on June 12 1938, to the late Clayton and Pansy (Tipton) Gary in Sheridan, Indiana.

Mr. Gary graduated from Sheridan High School in 1957. He knew the value of a day’s work and he was an entrepreneur at heart. HHe worked as an independent painting contractor for many years.

Mr. Gary loved his country, and he was grateful to our servicemen and women. He was a proud member of the sons of the legion in Sheridan, Post 67. He was an avid golfer and looked forward to playing golf with his family and friends. Mr. Gary love watching sports especially Football and Horse Racing and he could be found going to the horse track to place bets on his favorite horses running that day.

The most important thing to Mr. Gary was his family, especially his grandchildren.

Survivors include his two sons Greg (Rhonda) Gary and Michael (Fawn) Gary; seven grandchildren Erin (s.o. Jeromy Chrisman) Gary, Riley (s.o. Nate Reinhart) Gary, Austin (s.o. Megan Moore) Gary, Amber (Jon) Saladin, Brock Rollins, Emily (Garrett) Hammond and Garrison (s.o. Lexy Condon) Rehfus; and five great-grandchildren to Kendall Chrisman, Cale Chrisman, Bennett Chrisman, Abram Saladin and Hudson Hammond.

Preceding him in death were his 10 siblings Evelyn, Floyd, Leann, Clayton, Robert, Howard, Betty Lou, Donald, Jack and James.

Friends and family are invited to sign the online guestbook, leave a condolence or share a memory at fisherfunerals.com