Clifford Polley
July 07, 1940 - September 05, 2013
Obituary
Clifford E Polley, 73, of Indianapolis passed away September 5, 2013. He was born in Indianapolis on July 7, 1940 to Margaret Sanford, Carl W. and Elizabeth (Matthias) Polley and is preceded in death by all his parents. Clifford was also preceded in death by his granddaughter Megan McCallister Hinds and great-grandson Devic Hinds. Clifford proudly served his country in the Navy, honorably discharging in 1962. He served on the Indianapolis Fire Department as a firefighter for 21 years, retiring in 1985. He also owned the Midwest Monument Company for 15 years and was a City Metro Bus Driver. He served on the supervisory board for the Firefighters Credit Union, was a member of Local #416 Union, the Retired Firefighters Club, was the past president of the Northwest Lions Club and was a member of the Emerald Society. Cliff was a beloved and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, who enjoyed traveling. He is survived by his loving wife of 25 years to whom he married in June of 1988, Margaret Polley; children, Debra K. (Alen) Hinds, Cheryl Lynn (Albert) Nance, Clifford E. (Mari) Polley and Dianna L. Johnson; sister, Jackie (Gene) Foster, 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Monday, September 9 from 3 pm - 8 pm at Stevens Mortuary, 5520 W. 10th St., Indpls. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 10 at 10 am also at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. To read the entire obituary and leave the family online condolences, please visit www.stevensmortuary.net. We encourage family and friends to visit the site and share a special story or memory about Clifford.
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Jim & Irene Roseman
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Jim and I are truly sorry for your loss. We want you to know that you are in our thoughts and prayers and if we can do anything for any of you please let us know. We loved him to pieces and will miss him terribly. Love, Jim & Irene
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Robert Loviscek Jr
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I have many fond memories of Cliff at the Station 33, 416 union hall and many other events. He was always there to ask how my career was going and how my dad and family were doing. I wish to pass my deepest sympathies to the family and hope they find comfort.
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Anonymous
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Some of the best times with cliff is when i was used to work for my best friend
I loved each and every story he told. The last time i talked to cliff he told me in december that he was going to florida and when he got back we would stay the last night at wishard hospital.im sorry just the thought hes not just give me a lump somewhere between throat and belly button. I really loved clifford he was like a dad to me in many ways.
Everytime i spoke to clifford i aways called him dad and now i cant call him and hear his voice and thats what scares me. I have a lot of great memories im just not ready to let them out yet
So i guess the next time we go to call clifford we need to remember clifford is somewhere on a firetruck and we just have to wait. Clifford your my hero DAD i will always take you everywhere i go . I love you cliff your friend James
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mike george
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cliff and i worked at the 33s years ago. he was on a shift i was on c one christmas the a shift worked i visited the station to drop off a pie. i went in the back door which leads to the kitchen i saw cliff and nancy rassmusen making rum balls on the table. cliff was on the bench nancy was sitting on the top of the table swaying back and forth. cliff was loudly singing, they had sampled perhaps one too many.
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Jim Siener
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Cliff, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I remember seeing something you posted on Facebook but it didn't click. Doug Otten sent me a FB message that "you" died. I'm truly sorry. Had I seen the obituary I would have tried to stop by to see you. I know you'll miss him!
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Anonymous
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Today at the graveyard i saw some ducks off to my left but i later noticed the wind picked up and the ducks flew over
I also noticed the flags where blowing about half out and soon everything went calm. Mybe cliff was there with all
of us but i beleive he was. I know in my heart i could feel cliff next to me and i know hes ok and in good hands
But i can say cliff and i we had fun. James