D. Ross Osborn

A memorial service for Mr. Osborn will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday July 19, 2020 at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran church-Clifty with Pastor Doug Bauman officiating. military honors will be provided by the Bartholomew County Veterans Honor Guard DeVerle Ross Osborn, age 94, died on May 6, 2020 at Columbus, Indiana. He was born in Leesburg, IN on September 29, 1925. He attended Bourbon Schools from 2nd grade until his high school graduation in 1943. At Bourbon High School he was active in band, basketball and track. Ross was a Naval Aviation Cadet at the end of WWII, and graduated from Purdue in 1947. He served five years as a Special Agent for the FBI, mostly in NYC. His life insurance career began in NYC as an agent for three years. Then he spent 36 years in sales management in CT, PA, WI and IN. He retired from his general agency in Evansville, IN, in 1991. After 13 years of retirement in Prescott, AZ, Ross moved to Columbus, IN, in 2004. He volunteered for Prison Fellowship, and for Pregnancy Care Center (now known as Clarity). Mr. Osborn married Edith Germann of South Whitley, IN, in 1948. She died in 1990. They had four children: Brad (Kathy) Osborn of Grand Rapids, MI; Pamela Hartman (John) of Roanoke, VA; Andrea (Randy) Cain of Hope, IN; and Randy (Diane) Osborn of Columbus, OH. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, and by a brother, Clark, of Indianapolis. He was preceded in death by his son, Brad; sisters Nina and Evadna, and his second wife, Lillian Felwock Osborn. Ross was a member of the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Clifty in Columbus, where a memorial service will be held at a later date, with burial to follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Bourbon. Memorial gifts can be made to Clarity at PO Box 2215, Columbus, IN 47202. While still living in Bourbon, his favorite Bible verse became, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all else shall be added unto you”. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home. You are invited to light a virtual candle and send a message of condolence to the Osborn family via the funeral home website: www.jewellrittman.com

D. Ross Osborn

September 29, 1925 - May 6, 2020