Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Robert Gene Seals
May 7, 2016
Robert G. "Bob" Seals, 70 of Liberty, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, May 7, 2016, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He had been under his physician’s care but his death was unexpected. Bob was born in Connersville to Jesse and Stella Shockey Seals on November 30, 1945. He attended school in College Corner. On...
Linda D. Willhelm
May 2, 2016
Linda D. Willhelm, 67, of Connersville, died Monday morning, May 2, 2016, at her residence. Linda was the daughter of Frank L. and R. Vivian Holland May, born in Rushville on October 18, 1948. She attended Fayette County schools and was a 1966 graduate of Harrisburg High School. Linda was a ‘stay at home Mom’ while raising her family and...
Beulah C. Gilland
Apr 24, 2016
Beulah Christine Gilland, 95, went to her heavenly home Sunday, April 24, 2016, Fayette Reginal Health System Hospital with family by her side. Beulah was born to John Wesley and Elizabeth N. Powell Blaase near Tuscola, Illinois on February 26, 1921. The family moved to Connersville on March 31, 1928. Beulah attended Connersville area schools and was a 1939 graduate...
Elviera L. Bethge
Apr 16, 2016
Long-time Liberty resident, Elviera L. Bethge, 88, died Saturday, April 16, 2016 after battling two hip surgeries, bronchitis and pneumonia. Elviera, the daughter of William and Martha Sattler Ross was born May 14, 1927 in Richmond, Indiana and was a 1945 graduate of Richmond High School. Elviera married Charles E. Bethge on March 3, 1978 in Muncie, Indiana. Elviera was...
Wilma I. Davis
Apr 12, 2016
Wilma I. Davis, 94, died Tuesday evening, April 12, 2016, at Heritage House of Richmond. She was born in Marion, August 20, 1921, to Virgil and Geneva Nash Poe. Wilma spent most her life in Connersville. Early on, she worked in her parent’s furniture and grocery store. This began a life of hard work and independence. During WW II, she...
William S. Harris
Apr 5, 2016
William S. Harris, 68, of Connersville died Tuesday night, April 5, 2016 at his residence, which was his family’s original Indiana Homestead. A Connersville native, William was born November 29, 1947 to Lewis Jr. and Beatrice Stamper Harris and attended Columbia and Connersville area schools. For over twenty years, William was employed at H.H. Robertson and most recently, he owned...
Betty Jane Carter
Apr 5, 2016
Betty Jane Carter, 88, of Liberty died Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Whitewater Commons Senior Living. Betty was born in Cincinnati on August 25, 1927, to Delbert S. and Ethel Johnson Price. On September 12, 1945, Betty married Elmer Howard Carter in Covington, Kentucky, and they enjoyed seventy years together. She was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church. Betty...
Elizabeth Lorriane Barley
Apr 3, 2016
Elizabeth L. Barley, 95, of Liberty died Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Reid Health in Richmond. Elizabeth was born in Berwyn, Illinois, on November 1, 1920, to Chester Homer and Elizabeth Adel Bowden Bragg. She graduated from Central High School in South Bend. Elizabeth married the love of her life, Ward C. Barley Sr. in South Bend on August 21,...
John Laurel Cedar
Apr 1, 2016
Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Tilton Funeral Home, College Corner, OH.
Donna J. Powell
Mar 31, 2016
Donna Wing Powell, 80, Connersville, went to be with her Lord and life eternal, Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Heritage House of Connersville. Donna was born in Connersville April 29, 1935, to Elsworth Monroe and Leona Showalter Wing. In 1953, she graduated from Connersville High School and on August 8th of that year, she was married in Rushville to Ray...
Arnold E. Isbell Sr.
Mar 20, 2016
Arnold Edwin Isbell, Sr., 76, of Connersville, died Sunday afternoon, March 20, 2016 at Lincoln Centers East. Arnold was born October 21, 1939 in McCreary County, Kentucky, the son of Edwin Arlo and Elsie Barnette Isbell. Arnold was married in Pontiac, Michigan to the former, Mary Irene Brewer, who died in 2005. Arnold was a self- employed carpenter who could...
Gary D Bales
Mar 20, 2016
Gary D. Bales, 58, of Connersville, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at his residence. A Connersville native, Gary was born October 30, 1957 to Billy A. and Sally Shires Bales. He attended Connersville area schools and was a 1976 graduate of Connersville High School. In 2000, he graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago. Gary...
Rheba Mcfarland
Mar 19, 2016
Rheba Gabbard McFarland, 89, of Connersville, died Saturday evening, March 19, 2016, at Caroleton Manor Nursing Home, Connersville. A Foxtown, Kentucky native, Rheba was the last surviving child of twelve children born July 18, 1926 to Frank and Catherine Maupin Gabbard. On January 22, 1940, she was married in Jackson County, Kentucky to Marshall McFarland who died August 26, 1987....
James Edward Wafford
Mar 13, 2016
James Edward Wafford, 64, of Connersville died in the Emergency Room at Fayette Regional Health System on Sunday, March 13, 2016. James, the son of Earl Clayton and Leota Grivie Wafford, was born in Portland, Indiana on May 20, 1951 and graduated from Dillsboro High School in 1971. James was married to the former, Carolyn Baker, in Millington, Tennessee on...
Harold William Paddock
Mar 11, 2016
Harold W. Paddock, 81, of Liberty died Friday evening, March 11, 2016, at the Whitewater Commons Senior Living in Liberty. Harold was born in Preble County, Ohio, on May 9, 1934, to Lawrence J. and Glenna L. Dobbs Paddock. He was a 1952 graduate of Brownsville High School and entered the U.S Army on January 18, 1954, earning the National...
Helen Mae Jones
Feb 28, 2016
Helen Mae Jones, 96, of West Lafayette and formerly of Fayette County, died Sunday evening, February 28, 2016 at Cumberland Pointe Health Campus. Helen was born in Springfield Township, Franklin County, on October 30, 1919 to Homer T. and Sara Estel Muir Moody and graduated in 1937 with honors from Springfield High School. Helen also attended one year Nurses Training...
Michael Robert Fink
Feb 25, 2016
Michael Robert Fink, 39, of Richmond, died Thursday, February 25, 2016, in the emergency room at Reid Health Hospital, Richmond. Michael was born in Richmond, September 19, 1976 to Robert Eugene and Kathy Jo Cook Fink. He was a member of Saint Gabriel Church and attended Saint Gabriel Elementary School. In 1995, he graduated from Connersville High School. He had...
Verla Mcclure
Feb 23, 2016
Verla McClure, 105, formerly of College Corner, died peacefully Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village in Monroe, Ohio. Verla was born on January 6, 1911, in Morning Sun, Ohio, to the late Orval and Edna (nee: Charles) Bishop. She grew up near Fairhaven and Eaton, OH and graduated from Dixon Centralized High School. Verla attended Cedarville University...
Suzanne Woodruff
Feb 20, 2016
Suzanne Woodruff, 86, of Liberty, died Saturday morning, February 20, 2016 at her residence. A Liberty native, Suzanne was born August 6, 1929 to Carl Alonzo and Catherine Driggs Ridenour. She attended area schools and graduated from Short High School in 1947. Suzanne was married in Rising Sun, Indiana on August 2, 1947 to Harold Edward Woodruff, who died January...
Ada Belle Berry
Feb 17, 2016
Ada Belle Berry, 89, of Liberty died Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Whitewater Commons Senior Living Center in Liberty. Ada was born in Liberty on October 25, 1926, to John W. and Rosetta Wallen Conklin. In earlier years, Ada worked at Woolworth’s 5 & 10, Stants, and Oxford Laundry for ten years and was always a homemaker. She enjoyed reading,...
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