Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Carol Farmer
Jun 28, 2015
Carol Farmer, 85, departed this life on June 28, 2015 at Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, IN. Carol was born in Cressmont in Lee County, Kentucky on November 1, 1929 to Lewis and Geneva Smith Marcum. She graduated from Booneville High School and attended Eastern Kentucky University. Carol taught school at Mount Eagle School on Farmer Ridge in Lee County,...
Dewey Foster Baldwin
Jun 27, 2015
Dewey Foster Baldwin, 92, of the Alpine community in Fayette County, died Saturday evening, June 27, 2015, at his residence. Dewey was born September 5, 1922 in Franklin County to Dewey Herbert and Birdie Mae Marcum Baldwin. He attended school in Franklin County and entered the U.S. Army in 1942. Dewey served as a heavy machine gunner during WW II...
Luana M. Himelick
Jun 23, 2015
Luana M. Himelick, age 91, of Connersville, Indiana, and Naples, Florida, passed away June 23, 2015. Luana was born February 21, 1924, in Greencastle, Indiana, the daughter of William Frost Murphy and Mary Fell Murphy, of Connersville, Indiana, when both of her parents were students at DePauw University. She was the granddaughter of Hyatt Lincoln Frost. She grew up in...
Madeline Sparks
Jun 20, 2015
Madeline Sparks, 93, of Connersville died Saturday evening, June 20, 2015 at Heritage House of Connersville. Madeline was born in Knox County, Kentucky to Robert and Maude Mills Garland both of whom preceded her in death. When she was five years of age, the family moved to Connersville where she grew up. At the age of ten, she was baptized...
Marguerite G. Thurman
Jun 19, 2015
Marguerite G. Thurman, 84, of Connersville died Friday afternoon, June 19, 2015 at Lincoln Centers East. A Connersville native, Marguerite was born February 7, 1931 to Roy L. and Minnie Leftridge Williams and later attended Connersville High School. On May 27, 1951, Marguerite was married to Elder Charles A. Thurman. She had been employed at Ford Electronics, Stant Manufacturing and...
Harold Ray Jenkins
Jun 11, 2015
Harold Ray Jenkins, 62, of West College Corner, died on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at his residence. Harold was born in Okeana, Ohio, on June 11, 1953, to Robert and Elma Marie Gross Jenkins. He married Judy Adkins on November 7, 1975 in Hamilton, Ohio. He worked as a mechanic in the trucking business. Harold enjoyed building model cars, fishing,...
Kenneth M. Waters
Jun 3, 2015
Kenneth M. “Kennybob” Waters, 53, of Connersville, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System. A Connersville native, Kennybob was born February 15, 1962 to Charles Michael and Wanda M. Townsend Waters. He attended Connersville High School and Ivy Tech Community College. Kennybob loved playing music, especially guitar and bass in local bands including the Wes Miller Stone...
Elizabeth Hampton Kehrer
Jun 2, 2015
Elizabeth Hampton Kehrer, 100, of Brownsville, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Lincoln Center East in Connersville. Elizabeth, was born Breathitt County Kentucky, on January 28, 1915, to Henry and Niecy Sebastan. She was a homemaker and loved her family, camping, and visiting with people. Elizabeth volunteered at the Lincoln Center for many years and was a Pentecostal in her...
Dennis L. Smith
Jun 1, 2015
Dennis L. Smith, 81, of Connersville, died Monday afternoon, June 1, 2015, at his residence. Dennis was born August 31, 1933 to William R. “Bill” and Mary K. “Billie” May Smith in Oliver Spring, Tennessee and graduated from Milton High School in Wayne County in 1950. On June 28, 1953, Dennis married the former Audrey L. Wagers. He enlisted in...
Beulah J. Powers
May 30, 2015
Beulah J. Powers,81, of Liberty, died in Vevay, Indiana, on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Beulah was born in London, Kentucky, on June 16, 1933, to James Everett and Nellie Dees Hubbard. She married Bennie Thomas Powers who died August 5, 1987. Beulah was a homemaker and loved her family, cooking, bingo, and the casino. Beulah is survived by three sons:...
Denver Earl Wells
May 30, 2015
Denver Earl Wells, 85, of Connersville, died Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Lincoln Centers-East in Connersville where he had resided since December 2014. Denver was a native of Knox County, Kentucky, born January 22, 1930, to Dallas Clyde and Mary Leola Pope Wells. He was a 1950 graduate of Brookville High School and served in the U.S. Army while stationed...
Alma B. Beasley
May 28, 2015
Alma Blanche Beasley, 67, of College Corner, Ohio, went home to be with her King on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield, Ohio, after a brave struggle with kidney disease. Alma was born on September 4, 1947 in Colson, Kentucky, to Curtis and Gertrude (Everidge) Banks. Her family moved to Ohio when she was 12. She graduated...
Daisy I. Doerflein
May 26, 2015
Daisy I. Doerflein, 89, formerly of Liberty, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at Lincoln Centers-East in Connersville. Daisy was born February 28, 1926 in Manchester, Kentucky to John and Adeline Burch Clark and lived most of her adult life in the Liberty area. She was a very active member of the Liberty Pentecostal Church where she played guitar and sang....
Rex D. Clark
May 20, 2015
Rex Dean Clark, 80, of West College Corner died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at McCullough Hyde Hospital in Oxford. Rex was born in West College Corner on December 27, 1934, to Albert and Martha Alice May Clark. He graduated in 1952 from College Corner High School and married Mary Lou Chalfant on July 3, 1954, at the Presbyterian Church...
Tom S. Bultman
May 20, 2015
Tom Stevens Bultman, formally from Liberty, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, May 20th following a short illness. Tom was born on February 14, 1942 to Charles L. and Maribelle W. Bultman. He was the drummer in a Dixie Land Band called the Four Sharps and a Flat that won a five state competition in 1960. He graduated from Short High...
William S. Dubois
May 16, 2015
William S. DuBois, 90 of Connersville passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday morning, May 16, 2015. A Fayette County native, William was born August 10, 1924 to Orville William and Helen Gladys Sherwood DuBois and attended Connersville High School. On December 16, 1942 he was married in Harrisburg, Indiana in Fayette County to the former Irene...
Bill G. Crute
May 10, 2015
Fayette County native, Bill G. Crute, 86, of Connersville, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, in Indianapolis. Bill was born April 29, 1929 to George and Audrey Keal Crute and was a 1948 graduate of Connersville High School where he excelled as a member of the varsity basketball team. Bill served as a photographer with the U.S. Air Force veteran during...
Beulah Osborn
May 6, 2015
Beulah Osborn, 75 of Palmetto, Florida and formerly of Connersville died Wednesday night, May 6, 2015 in Palmetto, Florida. A Connersville native, Beulah was born July 29, 1939 to Aaron and Addie Friend Moore and attended Connersville area schools. On November 23, 1970, she was married in Columbia City to Evan S. Osborn, Jr. who died December 7, 2007. Beulah...
Norman L. Brown
May 6, 2015
Former Connersville firefighter, Norman L. Brown, 86, died Wednesday evening, May 6, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System. Norman was a Fayette County native, born September 6, 1928 to William Howard and Mary E. Herbert Brown and was a 1946 graduate of Harrisburg High School. In 1951, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a rifleman with the...
Rodger Abernathy
May 5, 2015
Rodger C. Abernathy, 71, formerly of Liberty, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home in Winter Springs, FL.. Rodger was born on September 1, 1943, to Robert and Ruth Steins Abernathy in Union County. He was raised in Union County and graduated from College Corner High School in 1961. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from...
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