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Celebration of Life for Herb Read is Saturday, Feb 1

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HERBERT PHILO READ,

1926-2019

A Celebration of Life will be held for Herbert Philo Read on Saturday, February 1, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 225 W. Lincoln Ave., Chesterton, IN.

Visitation will begin at 10 30 a.m., with the Service at 12:00 Noon. A lunch will be served after the service.

Dunes Preservationist, Husband, Father, Architect, WW II Navy Veteran, Steam Locomotive Chaser, Pilot, Antique Automobile Collector, Story Teller, Friend.

All are welcome to attend a Celebration of Life Service for Herbert Philo Read, 93, who spent the greater part of his life working to preserve the Indiana Dunes. He knew and photographed the Indiana Dunes in their undisturbed grandeur, before many of those Dunes were lost to intensive industrial and commercial development. It became his life’s work to preserve for future generations what remained of that precious natural treasure. In 1952, Herbert married the love of his life, Charlotte Johnson, who shared his love for the Dunes. So began their life partnership as passionate and committed protectors of the natural environment.

They worked tirelessly with other faithful volunteers and after gathering citizen petitions and testifying before Congress several times, the result was a successful effort to establish the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966. Over the following decades they worked to expand and safeguard the park which is now the seventh most visited National Park in the United States. On March 12, 2019, Herbert and Charlotte were honored with a standing ovation by the State of Indiana Legislature at the State Capitol Building during a ceremony marking the park’s becoming officially the Indiana Dunes National Park. Herbert and Charlotte were founding members of the Porter County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, and Herbert served as its first president. They were longtime active members of the Save the Dunes Council.

Herbert and Charlotte fostered a lifelong love of the outdoors in their children John, Jim, David, Suzy, and Bill. Herbert passionately loved his family including his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He took great joy in their visits, accomplishments, photographs, and stories.

 

 

Posted 1/28/2020

 
 
 
 

 

 

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