OGLES, Gilbert - Putnam

Services for Gilbert E. Ogles, 95, Belle Union, former state official and longtime Republican activist will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale. Calling will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. He died Tuesday. He was a Putnam County commissioner from 1980-84 at the time one of the oldest elected state officials in Indiana. Previous, he had been a Jefferson Twp trustee from 1923-27, making him at the time, the youngest elected state official in Indiana. He had been Putnam County Treasurer from 1929-31 and from 1937-41 Putnam County auditor. Mr. Ogles had been Putnam County Republican Chairman 32 years until 1964. He had been the first deputy to the secretary of state form 1945-49 and from 1951-53. In 1948, he was a Republican nominee for state auditor.  Mr. Ogles was a state senator for Putnam and Montgomery counties from 1961-63. He had been chief doorkeeper n the House and Senate for six terms and was a delegate to the Republican State Convention 50 years. In 1953 and 57 he received a citation for meritorious service award from Gov. George Craig and in 1960 awarded Sagamore of the Wabash from Gov. Harold Handley. He was a retired farmer and had owned and operated O-C Midway Drive-In Theatre 13 years. He also had owned and operated Greencastle Elevator several years.  He was the widower of Mabel L. Elmore Ogles. Survivors son Frank Ogles; one grandson.