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| K. Edwin Applegate |
| Date Of Birth: | July 21, 1923 |
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| Date Of Death: | July 9, 2011 |
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| Service Date: | 11:00 A.M. Friday
July 15, 2011
First United Methodist Church |
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For more than 65 years, K. Edwin Applegate was a committed
leader and public servant to the State of Indiana and to his
country.
Upon recovering from wounds he sustained in France during
World War II, Applegate earned an undergraduate degree in business
management at Indiana University in 1946 and a law degree from the
Maurer School of Law in 1948. He opened his first law firm in
Bloomington in 1949 and retired from Applegate, McDonald and
Associates in 2011.
Applegate had a distinguished record of public service,
serving from 1951-1958 as U.S. Commissioner, Southern District of
Indiana; from 1958-1965 as Deputy Prosecutor for Monroe County and
Municipal Judge for Bloomington; and in 1965 as a representative in
the Indiana General Assembly, where he was primary author of the
bill that established Ivy Tech Bloomington's first Community
College. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated him as U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, a position he held
until 1970.
Applegate was an active civic leader, including serving as
President of the IU Varsity Club and on numerous boards of
directors in Bloomington and Monroe County. He was also
active in Knights Templar and Freemasons. He was active in the
local lodge number 22 for over three decades, also serving in
1973 as the Sovereign Grand Inspector General, Honorary
33rd Degree, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and in 1976
as the Department Commander for the East Central Department of the
Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States. He
received many awards throughout his decades of service, including
being selected by Governor Evan Bayh in 1992 for the Outstanding
Government and Civic Service Award and, in 1999, for the Indiana
Bar Foundation's Distinguished Service Award for fifty years
of service. In 2011 Applegate was inducted into the Academy of Law
Alumni Fellows from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University.
Induction into the Academy represents the highest honor the School
bestows on alumni. Fellows have distinguished themselves in their
chosen career fields and have continued to enhance the national
reputation of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law through
their personal achievements and dedication to the highest standards
of their profession.
In 1944, Applegate married his grade-school sweetheart and
love of his life, Betty Applegate (Dilts) of Winamac Indiana, a
union that celebrated its sixty-seventh year in 2011 and resulted
in four children, Eric, Ray, Bob and Beth Applegate.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his
sister Virginia Baumgartner, son Raymond Applegate
(Rachel) of TX; son Bob Applegate (Vicki) of WI and daughter Beth
Applegate (Trish Kerle); of Bloomington, IN. He also is survived by
six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Ed was preceded in death by his mother Gladys Applegate;
father Karl Applegate; and son Eric Applegate.
Visitation will take place at Allen Funeral Home (4155 S.
Old State Road 37, Bloomington, IN 47401) from 4pm to 7 pm on
Thursday, July 14, 2011.
Memorial Services will be held at the First Methodist
Church on the corner of 4th Street and Washington Street,
Bloomington, IN on Friday, July 15 at 11:00am.
His body will be cremated and his remains will be placed
in the First Methodist Church, Columbarium where his eldest son
Eric also rests in peace.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions
be made in memory of Ed and Eric Applegate to the Kinsey Institute
for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Morrison 313 /
1165 E. 3rd Street, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Condolences may be directed to Mrs. Betty Applegate, 509
S. Swain Ave., Bloomington, IN 47401 or on line through the Allen
Funeral Home web page.
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