Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Jim Jones
Sep 25, 2013
Jim Jones, 91, of Liberty, died Wednesday morning, September 25, 2013, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Jim was born May 14, 1922 in Bath to Joseph W. and Martha Burer Jones and was a 1940 graduate of Short High School in Liberty. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and attained the rank of corporal while serving with the bomb...
Esther Erlewein
Sep 21, 2013
Esther Erlewein, 94, of Muncie and former Connersville resident, died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Bethel Pointe Health and Rehabilitation in Muncie. Esther was a Franklin County native, born January 1, 1919 to Elmer and Eleanor Phenis Logan and graduated from Connersville High School In 1937. On June 15, 1940, she was married in Fairfield to Maynard Layson who died...
Gleda M. Mikesell
Sep 10, 2013
Gleda M. Mikesell, 95, formerly of Liberty, died Tuesday morning, September 10, 2013, at Liberty Nursing Center of Oxford in Ohio. Gleda was born in Union County August 23, 1918, to Clement and Ruth A. Smith Michael. She began her 15 year employment with General Telephone as an operator in Liberty and later as the assistant chief operator in Ft...
James Oscar Mckinney
Sep 8, 2013
James Oscar McKinney, 78, of Laurel, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. James was born February 11, 1935, in Lancaster, KY., to William Henry and Lora Margaret Denney McKinney. He had attended the Lancaster and Stanford KY., area schools before moving to the Laurel area. On July 28, 1956 in Connersville, James married the former...
Joanne Oney
Sep 4, 2013
Joanne Oney, 88, of Connersville, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Joanne was a native of Connersville, born January 26, 1925 to Frank and Mable Marie Mitchell Pavy and had attended Connersville High School. She had been employed at REX Manufacturing, Philco-Ford and most recently as a nursing assistant at the former Lincoln Manor Nursing Home....
Bob Jennings
Sep 4, 2013
Bob Jennings, 62, of Connersville, died September 4, 2013, at his residence. Bob was born in Connersville, January 27, 1951 to Robert O. and Shirley Kay Jones Jennings. He attended school in Hialeah, Florida. In 1969, he entered the U.S. Navy where he honorably served with the rank of Torpedoman’s Mate Seaman aboard the USS Thomas Jefferson. On March 16,...
Barbara D. Copper
Aug 24, 2013
Barbara D. Copper, 73, of the Everton community, died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Barbara was born July 19, 1940 in Berea, Kentucky to John J. and Effie Keen Rogers. She was a 1958 graduate of Connersville High School and had attended Everton Elementary School. Following high school, Barbara attended classes to become a certified dietician. She...
Shera J. Floyd
Aug 22, 2013
Shera J. Floyd, 76, of Connersville, died Thursday, August 22, 2013, at her residence. A Connersville native, Shera was born December 9, 1936 to Fred and Addie Callahan Parvis and was a graduate of Connersville High School. On December 21, 1958, she was married in Connersville to Nathaniel Floyd who died December 24, 2012. Shera liked to work puzzles and...
Carolyn J. Wright
Aug 21, 2013
Carolyn J. Wright, 78, of Connersville, died Wednesday afternoon, August 21, 2013, at Fayette Regional Health System. A Union County native, Carolyn was born September 2, 1934 to Thomas and Lillian Whipple Gruell. She graduated from Connersville High School with the class of 1952 and was a member of St. Gabriel Church. On December 26, 1955, she married John Wright...
Frances Thompson
Aug 20, 2013
Frances Thompson, 98, former Liberty resident, died Tuesday morning, August 20, 2013, at Golden Rule Nursing Center, Richmond. Frances was born March 7, 1915 in Fayette County and had lived in Fairfield, Liberty and Franklin County. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and crocheting. She also assisted her husbands in their jobs including farming, custodial services and television repair....
James J. Jones
Aug 17, 2013
James J. Jones, 90, of Connersville, died Saturday afternoon, August 17, 2013, at Heritage House of Connersville. Jim was a native of Gans, Oklahoma, born February 4, 1923 to James M. and Goldie V. Curry Jones. He attended school in Gans and was employed as an assistant leader with the Civilian Conservation Corp based in Seiad Valley, California. Jim was...
James "Butch" Butcher
Aug 15, 2013
James “Butch” Butcher, 78, of Liberty, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Sycamore Springs. Butch was born August 24, 1934 in London, KY to Albert Prince and Sarah Marie McQueen Butcher. As a child he attended London area schools. On June 4, 1955, Butch married the former Patricia “Pat” Reed in Richmond, IN. After being married, the couple moved to...
Della Reece
Aug 13, 2013
Della Reece, 92, of Connersville, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Della was born in Lee County, Kentucky, August 11, 1921, to Scott and Ollie Rankins Mays. On August 13, 1942, she was married in Beattyville, KY to Fred Reece. They moved to Connersville in 1949 and were active members of the Full Gospel Holiness Church....
Judith A. Klopp
Aug 11, 2013
Lake City, Florida Judith A. Klopp, 75, of Lake City Florida and formerly of Connersville, died Sunday, August 11, 2013, at Suwannee Valley Care Center, Lake City, Florida. Judith was a Connersville native, born April 10, 1938, the only child of James Nelson and Margaret Ruth Smith Williams. She was a 1956 graduate of Connersville High School and majored in...
Nancy Ann Chambers
Aug 8, 2013
Nancy Ann Brown Chambers, 68, of the Liberty community, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, at reid Hospital, Richmond. Nancy was born June 13, 1945 in Greenville Ohio, the third child of Paul Basil and Margaret Louise Maddock Brown. She grew up on a farm in rural Darke County, Ohio where she loved helping her parents with the farm chores. Nancy...
Debra Horn
Aug 3, 2013
Debra Sue Horn, 54, of Connersville, died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at Lincoln Centers East of Connersville after a valiant fight with her illness. Debra was born in Connersville, February 20, 1959, to James, Sr. and Pattie Thompson Hines and attended Connersville High School. On September 1, 1976, Debra was married in Connersville to Michael D. Horn. Debra loved the...
Eddie Plants
Aug 3, 2013
Eddie Plants, 49, of West College Corner died Saturday afternoon, August 3, 2013, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Eddie was born February 19, 1964 to Donald and Juanita Mildred Beach Plants and was a Union County High School graduate. His love of driving led him to his career as a semi driver for Palmer Donavin. He also enjoyed racing, especially...
Jackie L. "Jack" Gabbard
Aug 1, 2013
Jackie “Jack” Gabbard, 79, of Connersville passed peacefully on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at Fayette Regional Health System surrounded by his family. Born in Owsley County, Kentucky on September 28, 1933, he was the first born son of Orville and Pencie Newman Gabbard. The family moved to Connersville when he was eight. Both parents and his brother, Jan, preceded him...
Anita Kinney
Jul 28, 2013
Anita L. Kinney, 80, died Sunday July 28, 2013, at Hoverwood Nursing Home in Indianapolis. Anita was born in Laurel, August, 18, 1932, to Lewis and Daisy May Corn French. She attended Connersville High School and on April, 11, 1953, married Harrison K. Kinney at Center Christ Patronage. Anita worked at Ford/Visteon for 40 years. After retiring she became a...
Jay Moffitt Jr.
Jul 26, 2013
Jay A. Moffitt, Jr., 54, of Connersville, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at his residence. Jay was born August 23, 1958, in Connersville to Jay A., Sr. and Ruby G. Venable Moffitt. He attended Fayette County schools and had worked at Premier Events. He was a member of the American legion. Jay enjoyed attending yard sales, auctions and spending time...
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