Ethel P. Sing

July 2, 1925 - March 9, 2021

Ethel P. Sing, 95, of Indianapolis, passed away March 9, 2021. She was born July 2, 1925 to Ethel and Charles Lang in Portland, Oregon. She attended Commercial High School in Portland. Later she married Edmond L. Sing of Vallejo, California. She worked for the “Warehouse Act” as a bookkeeper. Ethel and Ed moved to Indianapolis in 1968 and purchased the Dairy and Food Testing Laboratory, W.K. Moseley Laboratories on East Washington Street. They founded the bacterial starter culture company, Vivolac Cultures Corporation soon thereafter, where Ethel worked as Comptroller full time for close to 40 years. She continued to work in some capacity for her son, Wesley, who purchased the business, until 2016, and retired at 90 years old. Ethel enjoyed her work and her family. Throughout her life, she has enjoyed car trips, the Oregon coast, National Parks, snow skiing, golf, football, Santa Fe sunsets, wild horses, and sweets. She especially enjoyed trips with family and taking care of her granddaughters as they grew up. Ethel is survived by her daughter, Francine; her son, Wesley (wife, Rossana Reyes); and granddaughters, Paula and Elizabeth. She is preceded in death by her mother, Ethel Lang; her father, Charles C. Lang; her brothers, Peter and David; her sisters, Marjorie, Constance, Elizabeth, Gladys, Ruth, Donaldina and Judith. A Remembrance Event will be held later this Spring at a time to be determined.