INDIANAPOLIS — By the hundreds, mourners filled the pews at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Indianapolis’ northside to attend a memorial service for Colts Owner Jim Irsay, who died in his sleep last month.
Irsay was 65.
Prior to the noon service, friends and family streamed into the church.
Ex-Colts Adam Vinatieri and Pat McAfee were there, as was blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his band.
Former Colts coach Bruce Arians was in attendance, as were politicians who negotiated with Irsay to provide for and keep his Colts in Indianapolis: Mayor Joe Hogsett, former Mayor Greg Ballard, Congressman Andre Carson, and former governors Eric Holcomb and Mitch Daniels.
Business associates from the community included Irsay’s attorney Jim Voyles and representatives from the Indianapolis