Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Harley L Glidden
Mar 9, 2015
Harley L. Glidden, 73, of Liberty died Monday, March 9, 2015, at his Liberty residence. Harley was born in Dover, New Hampshire on February 18, 1942, to Norman H. and Maria Procia Glidden and graduated from high school in Dover, New Hampshire. He also attended two years of college. Harley married Shirley Kapustka on September 5, 2000. He was the...
Wilbur Curry
Mar 8, 2015
Wilbur Arthur Curry, 93, of West College Corner, died Sunday, March 8th at Sterling House in Richmond. Wilbur was born in Franklin County on September 23, 1921, to Arthur and Jennie “Lois” Watkins Curry. He graduated from Brookville High School in 1942 and furthered his education at a Colorado machine shop school. Wilbur’s employment included McQuay Norris Company in Connersville,...
Joanne Buch
Mar 6, 2015
Joanne Buch, 89, of Connersville, died Friday, March 6, 2015 at Lincoln Centers East, where she had been a resident for the past seven years. Joanne was born in Connersville February 8, 1926 to Rudolph V. and Laura Hamilton Konstanzer. After graduating from Connersville High School in 1944, she was employed at F.W. Woolworth Company. Married here August 7, 1955,...
Paul Kunkel
Mar 4, 2015
Paul Andrew Kunkel, 89, a long-time resident of Union County, died Wednesday, March 4th in the afternoon. Paul was a native of Franklin County and born in Bath, IN on Sept. 4, 1925 to William J and Rosa Meyer Kunkel. He attended Bath School and was a US Military Veteran serving in the Air Force during WWII. While in India,...
Shirley Ann Morris
Mar 2, 2015
Shirley Ann Morris, 79, of rural Fayette County, died Monday afternoon, March 2, 2015, at her residence. A Fayette County native, Shirley was born September 1, 1935 to Edward and Pearl Pollitt Welch and was a 1953 graduate of Harrisburg High School. On September 13, 1953, Shirley was married to Lloyd Morris at Central Christian Church. For twenty years, she...
Dana Lynn Sparks
Feb 26, 2015
Dana Lynn Sparks, 50, of Lebanon and formerly of Connersville, died Thursday afternoon, February 26, 2015, at St. Vincent Hospital and Health Center in Indianapolis. Dana was born July 23, 1964 at Reid Hospital, Richmond to Kyle E. and Patricia Reynolds Sparks. She was a 1982 graduate of Connersville High School and attended the former Marion College for three years...
Bobby Eugene Day
Feb 23, 2015
Bobby Eugene Day, 50, of Connersville, died Monday morning, February 23, 2015, at his residence. Bobby was born September 13, 1964 in Connersville to William Eugene and Virginia Reece Day and also attended Connersville area schools. He worked in construction and concrete and had been employed at Lake Innovative Group, Connersville Mirror Works, D & M Manufacturing and Absocold Manufacturing....
H. Keith Lucas
Feb 12, 2015
H. Keith Lucas, 69, of Doral, Florida and formerly of Connersville died Thursday, February 12, 2015, at Imperial Point Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Keith was born July 6, 1945 in Connersville to Howard Gordon and Joy Gulley Lucas. He was a 1963 graduate of Connersville High School and attended Indiana University Bloomington where he was president of Delta Tau...
John Rhonemus
Jan 31, 2015
John W. “Bill” Rhonemus, 89, of Liberty, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Golden Living Golden Rule Nursing Home in Richmond. John was born in Hartford City, Indiana, on September 14, 1925, to Dr. John C. and Enid Orr Rhonemus. John was a 1943 graduate of Short High School. A World War II Veteran, John enlisted in the U. S....
Elizabeth R. Hignite
Jan 26, 2015
Former Connersville resident, Elizabeth R. Hignite, 92, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Hancock Regional Inpatient Hospice Unit in Greenfield. Elizabeth was born in Fayette County to Herman and Ethel Boyd Adams on February 3, 1922 and lived in Fayette County for eighty years. She was a 1940 graduate of Connersville High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree...
Lois Harrison
Jan 13, 2015
Connersville, IN Lois Harrison, 81, of Connersville, died Tuesday afternoon, January 13, 2015 at Fayette Regional Health System in Connersville. A native of Teges, Kentucky, Lois was born September 9, 1933 to Robert and Maude Combs Allen and attended school in Oneida, Clay County, Kentucky. She later served in The Women’s Air Corp, informally known as the Air WACs. For...
Merlin C. Kluger
Jan 13, 2015
Merlin C. Kluger, 81, of Brookville, died on Tuesday, January 13, 2014, at Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services in Richmond. Merlin was born in Morristown, Saturday, September 9, 1933, to Carl and Myrtle Clegg Kluger. He graduated with the class of 1951 from Morristown High School and was a 1958 graduate of Butler University. On Friday, March 6, 1959, Merlin...
Chester "Chet" O'Neal Jr.
Jan 12, 2015
Chester O’Neal, Jr., 80, of Connersville, died Monday morning, January 12, 2015, at his residence. “Chet” was a native of Brookville, born April 19, 1934 to Chester, Sr. and Gayle Holland O’Neal. He attended Brookville High School for three years and graduated from Connersville High School in 1952. Chet was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the engineering...
William J. Townsend
Jan 8, 2015
William J. Townsend, 71, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health Systems where he had been admitted earlier in the day. “Bill” was a native of Richmond, born November 29, 1943 to William Joe and Grace Penland Townsend and was a 1962 graduate of Richmond High School. On June 15, 1967, he was married in...
Geraldine Breen
Jan 4, 2015
Geraldine “Geri” Breen, 75, of Richmond, died at her residence on Sunday, January 4, 2015. Geraldine was born in Union County on Wednesday, March 8, 1939, to Gardner Ray and Anna Thomas Waddell. She graduated from Union High School with the class of 1957. Geraldine married the love of her life, Jerry D. Breen, on Tuesday, June 25, 1957 in...
Betsy L Mcgowan
Dec 27, 2014
Betsy L. McGowan, 68, of Liberty, died on Saturday, December 27, 2014 and Reid Hospital in Richmond. Betsy was born in Milan, Indiana, on Saturday, August 17, 1946, to Herman E. and Helena Clara Bockhorst Jobe. She graduated in the 1965 class of Connersville High School. Betsy married Arlus “Mac” McGowan on Saturday, August 20, 1988. Betsy worked at housecleaning...
Robert E. Stevens
Dec 26, 2014
Robert E. Stevens, 91, of Liberty died Friday, December 26, 2014, at Rosebud Village in Richmond. Robert was born in Union County on Saturday, June 23, 1923, to Forrest and Minnie Viola Larimore Stevens. He graduated from Alquina High School with the class of 1942. Robert married Marjorie Hoppes on Saturday, July 5, 1947. Robert worked at Rex Manual, Philco...
Carolyn Schaeffer
Dec 24, 2014
Carolyn A. Schaeffer, 76, of Liberty, passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN after a brief illness. Carolyn was born August 24, 1938, in Brookville, the child of Stanley and Ollie Smith Carnes. She attended Short High School in Liberty and graduated in 1956. On Jan. 7, 1961, she was married to Max R. Schaeffer...
Lucille L. Widdows
Dec 22, 2014
Connersville, Indiana Lucille L. Widdows, 87, of Connersville, died Monday evening, December 22, 2014, at her residence. Lucille was a native of Louisiana, born in Jonesville on February 16, 1927 to Wilbur and Eunice Canfield Ledford. She graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria, and following her marriage there in 1946 to Claire C. Widdows, she moved to Liberty, where...
Carol K. Seibert
Dec 20, 2014
Carol “Kathy” Seibert, 58, of College Corner, Ohio, died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at Hospice of Hamilton in Ohio, surrounded by her family following a courageous three year battle with cancer. A Connersville native, Kathy was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1955, to Elias and Lillian Fox Gay. She was a 1974 graduate of Connersville High School. On May...
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