Robert Dale "Bob" Hughes Obituary (1933

Mr. Robert Dale "Bob" Hughes, age 89 Years, of Sandusky, Ohio, formerly of Madison, Indiana and Fort Myers, Florida entered this life on December 8, 1933, in Madison, Indiana. He was the loving son of the late Robert Ellsworth and Mae Elizabeth Giltner Hughes. He grew up in Jefferson County and was a 1951 graduate of Dupont High School. He attended Indiana University for two years and was inducted into the United States Army and served his country for two years. He was united in marriage to Carol McIntyre on August 8, 1953, and they enjoyed 46 years of marriage together before her death on November 26, 1999. Bob worked with Williamson Company from 1952-1953 as a welder, then was a tool and die apprentice at Product Engineering Company (PECO) in Columbus, Indiana from 1953 thru 1957. Bob founded, Clifty Engineering on November 24, 1961, in Madison and had been the CEO until his death. The modern facility of 1,200 square feet has grown to 60,000 square feet today and employs 40 employees. Bob enjoyed and supported many community endeavors, Dupont Masonic Lodge No 419 F. & A.M., Madison Area Chamber of Commerce, Madison Fire Department No. 5, Jefferson County United Way, Madison Port Authority, Madison Regatta, American Power Boat Association, Unlimited Racing Commission, and his passion, Director and President of Miss Madison since 1970. For more than three decades, Bob Hughes served as president of the board of directors of Miss Madison, Inc, the corporation that administers the community-owned U-6 race team from southern Indiana. Bob was recognized for his contributions to the sport by receiving the Unlimited Sportsman of the Year Award in 1983 and the prestigious Gar Wood Award in 2003. Bob became a friend of the Miss Madison in 1965 when asked by his friend Tony Steinhardt for financial and machine shop support for the struggling Miss Madison. It has been stated that if it were not for the leadership of Bob Hughes there would be no Miss Madison. One of Bob's proudest moments was on July 4, 1971, when Miss Madison with driver Jim McCormick won the APBA Gold Cup on the home waters in Madison, Indiana. In 2000, Bob negotiated a sponsorship deal with Oberto Sausage Company in Seattle. Bob will be long remembered by the Miss Madison team and the Madison Regatta for his many contributions and leadership. He was a member and supporter of the Madison Elks Club No. 524, Madison Moose Lodge, No 765 and the Madison Presbyterian Church. He was united in marriage to Patricia Ruth Hedrington on August 8, 2011, in Seattle, Washington. He and Patricia enjoyed wintering in Fort Myers, Florida and he loved golfing and watching the Indianapolis Colts Football, Cincinnati Reds Baseball, and Indiana University Basketball. Although Bob and Carol never had any children, he considered the employees of Clifty Engineering his family. Bob passed from this life on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 7:30 a.m. at Parkvue Health Care in Sandusky, Ohio. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute A LOVING FAMILYBob will be missed by his loving wife Patricia Ruth Hedrington-Hughes of Sandusky, Ohio; his sisters in law, Bonnie Gullickson, Janice DeWitz, and Judy Elliott and her husband, Marv; and his Clifty Engineering Family; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Ellsworth Hughes, died December 18, 1962, his mother, Mae Elizabeth Giltner Hughes, died June 12, 1964, his brother, Charles Evan Hughes, died June 14, 1996, and his wife, Dorothy Jean, died July 16, 1995, his half-brother, Gerald Emmett Law and his wife, Betty, his half-sister, Ilda Tindall, died June 3, 1961, his first wife, Carol L. McIntyre Hughes who died, November 26, 1999. FUNERAL CEREMONYFuneral services will be conducted on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., by Jim Grant and H-1 Chaplain Jim Riley at the Madison Presbyterian Church, 202 Broadway Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. Interment will be private in the Dupont Cemetery in Dupont, Indiana. VISITATIONFriends may visit on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. in the Regatta Room at the Madison Fairfield Inn & Suites Madison Historic Eagle Cotton Mill, 108 Saint Michaels Avenue in downtown Madison, Indiana and Wednesday, June 28, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Brown Room of the Madison Presbyterian Church, 202 Broadway Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORSA final salute with Military honors will be provided by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONSMemorial contributions may be made to Historic Madison, Inc. or Miss Madison. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover or at the church. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Memorial To send a flower arrangement in memory of Robert Dale "Bob" Hughes, please click here to visit our sympathy store.