Dec 8, 2019

Ruth Sutter Dare, 84, of Brookville, formerly of Liberty, died December 8, 2019, at Brookville Health Care Center. Ruth was born June 19, 1935 in Mannheim, Germany, to the late Ludwig and Marie Boh Sutter. Early on in life, she proved to be a survivor. During WWII, Ruth’s family was on a train to Poland to seek refuge at her...

Dec 6, 2019

Clarice “Joy” Hapner, 94, of Connersville passed away on December 6, 2019 at Reid Health of Richmond. She was born on April 11, 1925 to Emerson and Vivian Gully in Dayton, Ohio. Joy was a 1943 graduate of Harrisburg High School. She married Norman F. Hapner on April 22, 1974. Joy was employed as an admitting supervisor at the former...

Nov 30, 2019

Nov 23, 2019

Dwight R. Grant, 71, of Liberty, died Saturday, November 23, 2019 at his residence. Dwight was born to Elmer and Ida Mae Purcell Grant on July 14, 1948, in Connersville. On July 26, 1969, in Connersville, he married Nancy L. Allen and they had two daughters. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Richmond, where he served...

Nov 22, 2019

Dorothy E. Maple Thompson, 94, of Richmond and former Connersville resident, died Friday, November 22, 2019, at Reid Health of Richmond. Dorothy was born in Indianapolis, on August 26, 1925, to the late Carl and Blanche Seals Maple. On November 6, 1965, in Connersville, she married the love of her life Wesley P. Thompson, who died September 1, 1988. Dorothy...

Nov 21, 2019

Deborah A. Bottorff, 66, formerly of Connersville, died Thursday, November 21, 2019 in Anchorage, Alaska. Deborah was born on May 29, 1953 to Charles and Laura Bottorff in Connersville, Indiana. Following graduation from Connersville High School in 1971, she graduated from Indiana University Bloomington. Deborah was employed at Fayette Central Elementary and had owned and operated Pleasant Beginnings Daycare in...

Nov 19, 2019

Nov 18, 2019

Patricia Ann Stant Hiatt, 83, of Louisville, Kentucky, formerly of Liberty, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital of Louisville, Kentucky. Funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 22, 2019, at Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Fosdick Chapel in Liberty, with Pastor David Soper, of the Liberty Church of Christ officiating. Interment will follow...

Nov 15, 2019

Oliver D. Crawley, 76, of Richmond, died Friday, November 15, 2019, at Arbor Trace in Richmond. A Connersville native, Oliver was born June 24, 1943, in his parent’s home on Iowa Avenue to Archie Dillard and Elizabeth Angie Bowling Crawley. He proudly served in the US Air Force from June 1960 until March 1964 followed by his service in the...

Nov 14, 2019

Gayle M. Berninghaus, 85, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, November 14, 2019, at Forest Park Health Campus in Richmond. Gayle was born in West Bend, Iowa, on January 30, 1934 to Benjamin and Laura Henton Anliker. Gayle was a graduate from West Bend high school and later attended dental hygienist school. On October 21, 1953, Gayle was married to Reverend...

Nov 12, 2019

Mary A. Caruso Vance, 92, of Connersville, died Tuesday evening, November 12, 2019, at her residence. Mary was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on February 2, 1927, to John William and Mary Cecilia Bryant Busam. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in Owensboro and later attended college. Mary and her late husband Antonio M. Caruso owned and operated Tony’s Fruit...

Nov 10, 2019

Mary R. Frasur Snyder, 83, of Liberty, died Sunday morning, November 10, 2019, at her residence following a brief illness. Mary was a native and lifelong resident of Liberty, born January 6, 1936, the fourth of eight children born to Joseph and Eleanor Schneider Frasur. She was a 1953 graduate of Short High School in Liberty and was a member...

Oct 29, 2019

Kate Reilly Muggleworth Clark Holmes, 37, of Selma, died Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at Community Hospital in Anderson. A Connersville native, Kate was born January 9, 1982, the only child of Richard and Sandra Jobe Muggleworth. In 2000, she graduated from Connersville High School where she had been active in band and as a member of the golf team. Time...

Oct 29, 2019

Larry W. Capps, 65, of Liberty, died Tuesday morning, October 29, 2019 at his residence with his family by his side. Larry was born April 10, 1954, to James F. and Susie Whisman Capps. He had a passion for playing golf at the Liberty Country Club and he was an avid archer, winning multiple state championships. He also enjoyed painting...

Oct 22, 2019

Johnny D. “John” Hicks, 67, of Connersville, died Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Reid Health in Richmond. John was born in Albany, Kentucky, August 12, 1952, to Harold and LaDonna Hoover Hicks, both of whom preceded him in death. In 1970, he graduated from Tri High School in Henry County where he had been a member of the baseball team....

Oct 18, 2019

Jeffrey D. Byrd, 66, died Friday afternoon, October 18, 2019, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. A Connersville native, Jeff was born July 10, 1953 to John L. and Virginia Marie Dunn Byrd. He was a 1971 graduate of Connersville High School. Following his graduation, he was employed at Ford Electronics and its successors for thirty years. Jeff loved to fish...

Oct 18, 2019

Edward D. Moore, 65, of Connersville, died Friday, October 18, 2019, at Reid Health of Connersville. A Connersville native, Ed was born August 29, 1954 to Garnie and Eunice Moore. He was a 1972 graduate of Connersville High School and was retired from Visteon. Ed had a passion for working in his yard, and was an avid hunter and fisherman....

Oct 18, 2019

Aileen M. Steenken, 100, of Connersville, died early Friday morning, October 18, 2019, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Aileen was born in Metamora on December 2, 1918 to Louis William and Phoebe Gabbard Wolf and attended school in Laurel. On August 2, 1941, she was married in Crescent Springs, Kentucky to Henry J. Steenken whom she had originally met while...

Oct 14, 2019

Loretta Grace Holland, 75, of Seymour, died Monday, October 14, 2019 at Seymour Crossing Nursing Home. Loretta was born to Roy L. and Grace Brogdon Holland on January 12, 1944, in Rush County. On February 5, 1960, she married Charles M. Pollard and they had five children. Later, she married, William (Bill) J.D. Smith and they had one child together....

Oct 1, 2019

Gary Spivey, 56, of Liberty, died Tuesday evening, October 1, 2019, at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Oxford, Ohio. Gary was born in Fayette County, Kentucky to Arlin and Cora McKinney Spivey on September 8, 1963 and attended Connersville area schools. For several years, he and his brother owned and operated S & S Floor Covering in Connersville. He had also been...