User:Duane.brodt

Duane Brodt was born July 23, 1968, in Marion, Ind., the son of Orville Frederic and Phyllis Ester (Stuber) Brodt. He graduated from Southwood Jr.-Sr. High School in Wabash, Ind., in 1986, and Indiana University in 1990-92, earning degrees in physical education, education and journalism. He was a student-teacher at Eastern Hancock Jr.-Sr. High School near Greenfield, Ind., before entering the journalism profession.

He worked in public relations, marketing and communications at Coles Marketing Communications in Indianapolis starting in 2006. Previously, he was manager of publications at Indiana State University and was director of community relations for the Salvation Army Indiana. He worked for 12 years as a journalist at central Indiana publications including the Noblesville Daily Ledger, Hendricks County Flyer, Daily Reporter of Greenfield, Daily Journal of Franklin and Anderson Herald-Bulletin. He has served his communities as an employee or volunteer for Cub Scouts Pack No. 110 in Fishers; Fishers YMCA; Hamilton Southeastern S.P.O.R.T.S. Organization; Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington; Monroe County YMCA in Bloomington, Ind.; and the Ransburg and Jordan branches of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis.

He married Mary Margaret Bieghler from Plymouth, Ind., in 1995, who in college was a record-setting, All-American swimmer at DePauw University. Together, the couple created two beautiful, smart, athletic and fun sons, Benjamin Allen Brodt and Samuel William Brodt.

His family included brother and sister-in-law, Stephen Warren and Karen (Stottlemyer) Brodt of LaFontaine, Ind.; sister and brother-in-law Bonita Sue Brodt and Jeffrey Lyon of Chicago; nieces Kristen Elise Brodt of Lexington, Ky., and Lindsay Renee Lyon of Washington, D.C.; and nephews Ryan Brodt of LaFontaine, Ind., a member of the U.S. Navy based in Japan, and Derek Lyon of Chicago, a student at Dartmoth. His father, at age 69, passed away in 2001. His beautiful grandmother Dessie Olive Spence, 92, passed away in 1992. His beautiful grandmother, Cora Myrtle Brodt, 89, passed away in 1996.

His all-time lifetime highlights include helping to create and evolve his successful sons Ben and Sam, learning the game of golf from his brother-in-law Jeff Lyon and being able to pass teachings on to Ben and Sam, his accomplishments as a high school All-American and collegiate pole vaulter and his contributions to the Boys Club and YMCA, his first employers and chance-givers.