Basil "Colin" Riley

Basil “Colin” Riley, 59, a resident of New Castle passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. He was born October 20, 1965 in New Castle to the late Homer and Martha (Hilderbrand) Riley.

A 1984 graduate of New Castle Chrysler High School, Colin was employed at TS Tech and formerly at Frido Lay. He attended Foursquare Church and formerly attended the Sanctuary. A sports enthusiast, Colin loved NASCAR and Indy Car Racing, Indianapolis Colts Football and Cincinnati Reds Baseball.

Family was very important to Colin, and he was deeply involved with his children and grandchildren’s sporting events along with other activities they were in. He also had a love of airplanes and enjoyed attending airshows, especially the watching the Blue Angels.

Survivors include his wife of sixteen years: Susan (Dennis) Downs; four daughters: Sydney K. Downs of New Castle, Jaime L. Downs (Harley Carlin) of Anderson, Sarah J. (Chad) Doyle of Springport and Allison N. (Matthew) Carter of New Castle; grandchildren: Jude E. Kampf (age 8), Zayn G. Clark (age 7) and Phoenix Carter (19 months); siblings: Donna (Mike) Blake of New Castle, Barry (Jennifer) Riley of Olive Hill, KY, Debbie (Gerald) Harding of New Castle and Chris (Kim) Riley of Mooreland; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved first wife: Deneen L. Riley and siblings: Eddie Riley, Diane Grant, nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2025 at Foursquare Church in New Castle with Pastor Jim Becker officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will take place in South Mound Cemetery, West Lawn Addition at a later date. Memorial contributions may be given to the Henry County Cancer Society c/o Henry County Community Foundation, PO Box 6006, New Castle, IN 47362. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service in New Castle. You may express condolences or share a memory of Colin at www.hinsey-brown.com.