Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Harry Hart Dils
May 15, 2017
Harry H. Dils, 90, of Liberty died on Monday, May 15, 2017, at Reid Health in Richmond. Harry was born in Wayne County on June 21, 1926, to Leonard and Helen Hart Dils. He graduated from Kitchel High School. Harry married Juanita Batcher on August 5, 1946 and they enjoyed 70 years together before Juanita died on August 6, 2016....
Larry Dean Evans Jr.
May 9, 2017
Larry Dean Evans, Jr., 51, of Brownsville, died May 9, 2017 at his residence. A Connersville native, Larry was born June 3, 1965 to Larry Sr. and Shirley Herbert Evans and was a 1983 graduate of Connersville High School. Until his retirement, he was employed at Visteon and its predecessors. Larry was a member of the American Legion Post 1...
Ronald Lee Howe
May 7, 2017
Ronald Lee Howe, 61, of Cedar Grove and former Connersville resident, died Sunday evening, May 7, 2017, at St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis following a lengthy illness. Ron was born in Connersville, August 8, 1955, to Charles Franklin “Wally” and Tillie Ann Dunn Howe. He attended Orange Elementary School and was a 1973 graduate of Connersville High School....
Dorothy Snyder White
May 6, 2017
Dorothy Snyder White, 93, of Liberty died Saturday, May 6, 2017, at her residence. Dorothy was born in Clifton, to Earl L. and Ethel Miles Snyder on June 5, 1923. She graduated from Short High School in 1941 and married Robert J. White on December 8, 1943 in Liberty. They enjoyed 60 years of marriage before Robert died on November...
Diana L. Ripberger
May 3, 2017
Diana L. Ripberger, 63, of Connersville, died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Dayton. A Rushville native, Diana was born January 4, 1954 to Everett and Miriam Beesley Ralstin and was a 1972 graduate of Rushville High School. She enlisted in the United States Army and served her country as a cryptographer while stationed in Hawaii. Diana returned...
Meriam E Bourne
Apr 30, 2017
Meriam E (Goodwin Johnson) Bourne Meriam Goodwin Johnson Bourne passed away on April 30, 2017, with family by her side, at Hospice of Dayton. Meriam was born to George and Mae (Thrush) Goodwin in Camden, Ohio on June 8, 1926. She graduated from College Corner High School in 1945 and was a cheerleader. Meriam enjoyed family, gardening, cooking and sewing....
Margaret M Kunkel
Apr 7, 2017
Margaret Mary Bulach Kunkel, widow of Paul Kunkel of Liberty passed away Friday, April 7, 2017, at Brookdale Senior Living facility in Richmond. She was born to Joseph and Mary Kappes Bulach on December 15, 1928, near St. Leon, Indiana in Dearborn County. Margaret and Paul were married on May 26th, 1951, and raised four daughters: Nancy Jackson of Brownsville,...
Ryan Joy
Apr 6, 2017
Ryan Joy, 40, of Connersville, died Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Reid Health in Richmond. Ryan was born April 25, 1976, in Killeen, Texas, to David L. and Linda Binder Joy. In 1995, he graduated from Connersville High School and later attended Indiana University East. He liked to fish, play pool and launching fireworks. In his leisure time, Ryan enjoyed...
Robert Bales
Apr 4, 2017
Robert K. Bales, 60, of the Alquina community, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 4, 2017, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Bob was born on November 26, 1956 in Connersville to Billy and Sally Bales. He was a 1975 graduate of Connersville High School and the Connersville Area Vocational School. On June 15, 1985, he...
James R. Snider Jr.
Apr 1, 2017
James Ronald Snider, Jr., 49 of Connersville, died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. A Connersville native, James was born March 15, 1968 to James Ronald, Sr. and Jane Marlane Gaddis Snider. For several years, he was employed at The Davey Tree Expert Company and Nelson Tree Service, Inc. both of Indianapolis. James was a member of...
George Joseph Holt
Mar 30, 2017
George Joseph Holt Sr., 54, of West College Corner, Indiana, died on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer. George was born in Cincinnati on June 11, 1962, to Daniel John Holt Sr. and Mary Lou Kalb Holt. George was a 1980 graduate of Princeton High School in Sharonville. He was a meat cutter...
Patricia Ann Butcher
Mar 24, 2017
Patricia Ann Butcher, 79, of Brownsville died Friday, March 24, 2017, at Forest Park Health Campus in Richmond. Patricia was born in Richmond on February 17, 1938, to Ralph Edward and Edith Louise Crouch Reed. She attended Richmond High School. Patricia married James Butcher on June 6, 1955 in Richmond. She had a real heart for children and was employed...
Gevenna M. Gabbard Bottomley
Mar 23, 2017
Gevenna M. Gabbard Bottomley, 50, of Connersville, died at Reid Health, Richmond, Thursday, March 23, 2017. A native of Connersville, Gevenna was born to Herschel Alvey and Freda Gabbard on November 6, 1966. She was a 1985 of Connersville High School and had been employed at Ford Electronics and Refrigeration for ten years. She had also worked as a retail...
Jenell "Janie" James
Mar 22, 2017
Jenell “Janie” James, 73, of Connersville died March 22, 2017 at her residence. Janie, a Connersville native was born February 22, 1944 to Walter K. and June D. Kendall James and graduated from Connersville High School in 1962. She was employed with Philco Ford and its predecessors until her retirement in 2005. Janie dedicated her life to God and was...
Patricia J Gavin
Mar 16, 2017
Patricia JoAnn Gavin, 76, of Liberty died on Thursday, March 16, 2017, at her residence. Patricia was born in Clinton, Indiana, on November 26, 1940, to Lloyd Kress and Mary Lucille Lowry. She was a graduate of Fontanet High School in Fontanet, Indiana and attended Butler University and Valparaiso University. Patricia was married Beauford (Gene) Gavin in 1961. Patricia worked...
Christine Wells
Mar 16, 2017
Christine Wells, 93 of Connersville, died Thursday, March 16, 2017 at The Springs of Richmond. Christine was born January 14, 1924 in Jackson County, Kentucky to Robert and Dora Cornelius Taylor. She was a graduate of the Annville Institute in Jackson County and had attended Berea College. On August 30, 1947 in Blooming Grove, Christine married Willie J. Wells. Together...
Joyce M. Bradburn
Mar 15, 2017
Joyce Bradburn, 67, of Connersville died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at her residence after a brief and sudden illness. Joyce was born July 7, 1949 in Polk County, Des Moines, Iowa to Keith and Esther Mickesh and attended Polk County schools including Polk High School where she graduated in 1967. Joyce also graduated from Tulsa Junior College in Tulsa, Oklahoma...
Virginia Readle Pearson
Mar 6, 2017
Virginia Readle Pearson - a beloved mother, grandmother/nana, and friend to many - passed away on March 6 2017. She was born Virginia “Ginny” Rebecca Miller to her parents, Ira and Ann Miller of Connersville, on August 21, 1920. Virginia attended local schools, and, after graduating from Connersville High School in 1939, joined the work force at McQuay-Norris where she...
Marsh A Pouder
Mar 5, 2017
Marsh A. Pouder, 92 of Richmond died Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Friends Fellowship Community, Richmond. A Liberty native, Marsh was born May 19, 1924, the son of Clark and Ruby Ardery Pouder. He attended area schools and was a 1942 graduate of Short High School. Marsh enlisted in the United States Air Force and honorably served his country during...
Rosemary A. Sloan
Feb 21, 2017
Indianapolis, IN Rosemary Ann “Posey” Sloan, 100, of Indianapolis, Indiana, died Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at St. Vincent’s Hospice Center in Indianapolis, where she had been a patient for two days. The daughter of Bernard and Mary O’Donnell Sloan, she was born December 31, 1916, in Bryan, Ohio. As a child, she lived in northern Ohio but moved as a...
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