Judge G. Remy Bierly

G. Remy Bierly spent most of his professional life in Decatur, teaching school and practicing law in Adams County.  After retiring from teaching, he was elected Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court and later as Adams County Prosecutor.  He also served three terms in as a representative in the Indiana General Assembly. 

A Democrat, Judge Bierly was first elected to the Indiana Appellate Court in 1958 and served two non-consecutive terms, from January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1962and again from January 1, 1965 to December 31, 1968.  He was Chief Judge during the May 1960 and May 1965 terms. 

Judge Bierly was president of the Adams County Bar Association.  He belonged to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Decatur and the Knights of Columbus.

Upon his retirement from the Appellate Court, Judge Bierly returned to Adams County and practiced law with Richard J. Sullivan.

On September 7, 1969, while representing a client at an estate sale at a barn in Geneva, Judge Bierly fell and suffered a head injury.  He died in Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne six weeks later on October 24, 1969.  He was survived by his wife Florence, two sons and three daughters.

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