David Richard Plummer Obituary (1942 - 2001)

Born Dec 06, 1942, David Richard Plummer attended Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, IN. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about David Richard Plummer.

Graduation Year	Class of 1961
Date of Birth	Dec 06, 1942
Date of Passing	Feb 14, 2001
About	David attended school at and is a 1961 graduate from Brownsburg School District, Brownsburg, Indiana. Dave enjoyed working on vehicles to make them operate mechanically at their best. It was the era of new car concepts like the first models of Mustang, Cobra, Camaro, Thunderbirds, Pontiac GTO and earlier model years of cars conversted into hot rods. Mechanics were sorely needed to keep these cars, trucks, freight trucks and other unglamerous models on the road. After his High School graduation, he married Trudy (Trudie) A. Truax (McAllister). She was born in 1944 to Howard and Anna Truax. She had one brother Charles R. Truax. Her father was a Hendricks County farmer. Trudy and Dave had 4 children, Patricia Ziegler, Terrie Thompson, June T. C. Miller. and Troy Plummer and 7 grandchildren. Often, Dave worked two jobs to provide for his family's needs during his early adulthood. His evening job was usually vehicle related as a mechanic and a service station gas pump jockey at a town service station. Dave worked nights and Saturdays for at least 3 years at Beulah and Ole Carlson's Standard Oil Service Station at 101 East Main Street, Brownsburg, Indiana (now a Brownsburg Town Hall building parking lot). Subsequently, he worked nights and Saturdays at the Main Street Phillips 66 Service Station. At Carlson's Standard Oil Statiion, Dave made a major difference upon a 16 years old teenager Earl Howard Bogle's (a 1967 Brownsburg graduate) future career. Earl began working at Carlson's station with Dave and other mechanics. Earl was still too young to have a driver's license and did not own a car yet. Earl had one more year of high school to complete before College Every day for the prior 5 years Earl delivered the Indianapolis Star's early morning newspaper from 4:00am to 6:00am. Earl transformed his paperboy route into the largest sales route in Central Indiana. He would continue to deliver newspapers until Fall, 1968. After two weeks of pumping gas and washing windows, Dave decided that Earl needed to learn about vehicle mechanics, too. The weekend mechanical workload needed quick and accurate completion by Carlson's mechanics. On a busy Saturday morning, Dave came out from "under the hood" of a car after diagnosing a car's parts to be repaired or replaced. Hastily, he approached Earl. "Well, its time you learned something besides being a gas jockey! I guess it's UP TO ME to teach you since nobody else will! Come get some grease on your hands and pants!" Neither knew what this day would mean to both of them. There were 3 Earl's working for Beulah and Ole. Beulah would yell, "Earl, I need your help." All 3 of us came running to her. She always acted surprised, but her shepish smile meant she enjoyed our hustle. Beulah was the boss, not Ole nor her son Albert.. Earl Bogle became a top sales pitch attedant by selling Trico and Anco wiper blades who awarded a $5.00 for each 20 pair of wiper blades sold. Besides blades, he performed all types of mechanical work and sold Tires, batteries and accessories (TBA) giving the customer's the best service taught to him by Dave and sometime Earl Herring. Dave once had to box, yes, fist fight another older employee whose first name was a 3rd Earl working at Carlson's Station. Dave was substantially smaller than this suddenly bully to Earl Bogle. Dave suffered bruises, but won the fist fight. Beulah fired the oldest Earl on the spot after the 3rd Earl Herring told her what caused the fight between Dave and the oldest Earl. Earl Bogle's job experience and training by Dave at Carlson Standard Oil station led to a successful career with Texaco Inc. He was employed 5 years later to work at the Texaco Marketing and Transportation Office along 10th Street in Speedway, Indiana. December 11, 1972, Earl's 30 year career begun. It was 3 days before his 23rd birthday. Earl worked in various positions for 30 years Texaco Inc. His first position began as a retail sales administration clerk. It led to 30 years in Marketing as a TBA Sales Assistant, Lubricant Sales, Real Estate, Regional Finance Representative, Regional Accounting Manager and Land Management. Earl would live in 4 states, Indiana, Ohio, Texas and Colorado. He was transferred to Cincinnati, Ohio on December 1, 1975 then to Texaco Rusk Building, downtown Houston, Texas Eventually, Earl earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Miami University , Oxford, Ohio majoring in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics and English. Earl retired from Texaco as an Area Land Manager located in Denver, Colorado on November 1, 2002 at age 52 after Chevron bought Texaco 2 years before. A career that would not have occurred in Earl's life it had not been for David Plummer's training and counsel. David Plummer lays in the Lizton Knights of Pythias Cemetery, Lizton, Indiana. God Bless You David! You were a terrific mechanic, teacher and friend.