William "Will" L. Indest

William “Will” Logan Indest, 57, of Columbus, OH, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at his residence. He was born June 2, 1963 in New Orleans, LA to the late Stanley and Barbara (Williams) Indest. Will was a 1985 graduate of his beloved University of Notre Dame. He continued his education in 1999, receiving his Master’s degree in Management of Technology from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For all of Will’s education and business accomplishments, the center of his life was always family. He was a devoted husband to his wife of 26 years, Melissa “Lisa” (Spitzer) Indest and proud father to his children, Logan Joseph and Barbara “Bobbi” Jean who will miss him dearly. Will enjoyed swimming, watching football, family events, traveling, and most recently acquired a love of cooking. Whenever Will set out to do something, he did it 100%. This is evidenced by the hundreds of recipes he has collected in only a few short years. He is best known for his “Firecracker Apple Pie”. Will also traveled nationally to officiate swim meets and was an ardent supporter of USA Paralympic Swimming. So much so that they have already created an award in his memory entitled, “The Will Indest Memorial Most Inspiring Award”. Will was also a proud member of the Worthington Christian Church.

In addition to his parents, Will was preceded in death by his brothers, Christopher, and Matthew James. In addition to his wife and children, he will be deeply missed by his brothers Michael (Christie) Indest, Stanley (Judy) Indest and Joseph (Francine) Indest. Will lost his parents at a very young age and was blessed to have a second family who so lovingly took him in. His second mother, Audrey Cerise and his Cerise brothers and sisters Charlie, Cissy, Helene, Fred, John and Mary will also be deeply impacted by Will’s death. Will is also survived by his many in-laws, nieces and nephews, and his loving dogs, Buddy and Baker.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 20 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and Friday, August 21 from 10:00am to 12:00pm at Schoedinger Worthington Chapel, 6699 High Street, Worthington, OH. The family will have a private service with burial at Resurrection Cemetery, 9571 N High Street, Lewis Center, OH. Masks are required and attendance levels will be monitored as to the number of people allowed in the room due to social distancing guidelines and Covid 19. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations be sent to support USA Paralympic Swimming. To direct a gift to Paralympic Swimming, please visit https://support.teamusa.org/IMO and select Paralympics as the designation. Please visit www.Schoedinger.com to leave messages of condolence to Will’s family and to view a webcast of the service on Friday at 1pm.

This webcast will take place on Friday, August 21, 2020 at 12:45 PM.

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