Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Mildred Burch
Jun 27, 2012
Mildred Burch, 88, of Connersville, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Heritage House of Connersville. Mildred was born July 12, 1923 on a farm near Laurel, one of seven children of George and Elva Wyatt Wilson and attended school in Buena Vista. On January 4, 1946, she was married to Opal Burch at the First...
Raymond "Ray" Mclaughlin
Jun 27, 2012
Raymond “Ray” McLaughlin, 81, of Dayton, died Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012, at Forest View Care and Rehabilitation Center, Dayton. Ray was born in Oxford on February 3, 1931 to Russell and Ina Hendricks McLaughlin. He was a member of the Waco Baptist Church in Waco, Kentucky. He had resided in College Corner and moved to Dayton in 1947. Ray...
Carl E. Boomershine
Jun 22, 2012
Carl E. “Boomer” Boomershine, 85, of Hamilton, Ohio, died early Thursday morning, June 22, 2012, at Glen Meadows, Hamilton, Ohio. Carl was born in Franklin County, Indiana, June 10, 1927 to Floyd A. and Thelma M. Kelley Boomershine. He was raised in the Whitcomb area and attended the one room school there. He was a graduate of Stewart High School...
Walter A. Blakley
Jun 21, 2012
Walter A. Blakley, 87, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, June 21, 2012, at his residence. Walter was a native of Malden, Missouri, born March 20, 1925 to Fred and Elsie Johnson Blakley. He attended Bicknell High School and was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1943. Walter was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Service Medal with Bronze Battle Star in recognition...
Dorothy J. "Dottie" Kramer
Jun 20, 2012
Dorothy J. “Dottie” Kramer, 91, of Liberty, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Sycamore Springs of Liberty. Dorothy was a native of Grant County, Kentucky, born May 2, 1921 to William B. and Rhetta O. Henry Edwards. She attended school in Kentucky and Oxford, Ohio. On September 13, 1945, she was married in Rushville to George E. Kramer who died...
Cecil Monroe Jolley
Jun 15, 2012
Cecil Monroe Jolley, 76, of Eaton, Ohio, died Friday, June 15, 2012, at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Oxford, Ohio. Cecil was a native of Lee County, Virginia, born May 20, 1936 to James and Gladys Estep Jolley. In 1954, he graduated from Stuart High School in Oxford. He was married to the former Beatrice White on December 12, 1956 in College...
Troy Woodruff Gulley
Jun 15, 2012
Troy Woodruff Gulley, 49, Liberty, died Friday, June 15, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Richmond, IN, on October 8, 1962, to Larry A. and Betty Ann Woodruff Gulley. Troy was a 1981 graduate of Union County High School and a life long resident of Union County. He participated in high school athletics and thoroughly enjoyed...
Russell D. Overbeck
Jun 14, 2012
Russell D. Overbeck, 46, of Liberty, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Russell was a Richmond native, born October 11, 1965 to David and Linda O’Bayley Overbeck. In 1984, he graduated from Centerville High School and then joined the U.S. Marines. His military service included tours of duty in Okinawa, the Philippines and Japan. For over twelve...
Edith Mason
Jun 5, 2012
Edith Mason, 92, of Connersville, died Tuesday afternoon, June 5, 2012, at Caroleton Manor Nursing Home. Edith was born in Franklin County on August 10, 1919, to John Raymond and Mabel Neff Jones She attended Connersville High School and was married February 23, 1942 to William J. “Tum” Mason. In 1954, Edith began working as a seamstress at the Connersville...
Jerry A. Ervine
Jun 2, 2012
Jerry A. Ervine, 65, of Connersville, died Saturday evening, June 2, 2012, at Rushville - Miller’s Merry Manor where he had resided the past three months. A Connersville native, Jerry was born January 31, 1947, the fourth of seven children of Vernon W. and Arylin Dean Moore Ervine. He attended Connersville schools and joined the U.S. Navy in 1966 serving...
Gayle Marie Singletary
Jun 1, 2012
Gayle M. Singletary, 54, of Connersville died Friday, June 1, 2012 at Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born January 16, 1958 in Tampa, Florida to James William and Vivian Clara House Singletary and attended school there. Gayle never knew a stranger and moved to Indiana in 1995. Everyone loved her southern cooking and her elaborate meals on...
Virginia L Jones
May 31, 2012
Virginia L. Jones, 89, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, May 31, 2012, at her residence. A native of Cherokee, Oklahoma, she was born May 21, 1923 to Roy W. and Lura Jarnigan Miller. In 1941, Virginia graduated from Lambert High School in Lampert, Oklahoma and continued her education at Enid Business College in Enid, Oklahoma. Following her employment at Squib...
Donald W Peak
May 28, 2012
Donald W. Peak, 78, passed peacefully to be with our lord on May 28, 2012. He had been in failing health over the past few years and had received palliative care over the past week at IU Methodist Hospital Yellow Rose Unit. Donald was born June 30, 1933 to William S. and Murl A. (Bastin) Peak in Stanford, Kentucky. He...
Barbara L. Miller
May 14, 2012
Barbara L. Miller, 69, of Liberty, died Monday evening, May 14, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 3, 1942, to Leo Anthony and Frances Louise Anderson Duenne. Barbara was a 1960 graduate of Harrison High School, Harrison, Ohio and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Liberty. She had helped manage the American...
Helen M. Murray
May 2, 2012
Helen M. Murray, 85, of Rushville and formerly of Glenwood, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Helen was born January 28, 1927 in Laurel, the oldest of twelve children of Alex and Enno Moon Cregar and attended school in Franklin County. She was a great cook and had been employed at several area restaurants. She had...
Jane Harmon
May 2, 2012
Jane Harmon, 57, of Connersville, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at her residence. Jane was born, April 5, 1955, to Alvis and Jean Cunliffe Russell in Richmond, Kentucky. She had attended Connersville area schools and the Community Gospel Church. Jane had been employed at several local factories. Jane enjoyed collecting Coca Cola memorabilia, anything Harley Davidson, attending rock concerts and...
Grace A. Brown
Apr 28, 2012
Grace A. Hostvedt Brown, 74, of Connersville, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Grace was a native of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, born November 1, 1937 to John and Esther Daily Hostvedt both of whom preceded her in death. In 1955, she graduated from Lincoln High School there and attended the University of Wisconsin. Grace continued her education...
Vivian F. Smith
Apr 24, 2012
Vivian F. Smith, 86, of Connersville, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Vivian was born in New Castle, December 31, 1925, the only child of Donald and Mildred Lefter Cook. On July 29, 1942, she was married in Manchester, Tennessee to Charles W. Smith, who died January 16, 1942. Vivian was an active member of the...
Eddie A. Lucas
Apr 23, 2012
Eddie A. Lucas, 66, of Connersville, died April 23, 2012 at Lincoln Centers East. On August 31st, 1945, Eddie was born to Ed and Josephine Steele Lucas in Connersville and attended Connersville High School. He retired in 1985 from Ford Electronics after nineteen years of service where he was a member of the International Union of Electrical Workers. He was...
Martha H. Zane
Apr 22, 2012
Martha H. Zane, 86, of Connersville, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, Indiana. Martha was a native of Napoleon, Ripley County, born February 22, 1926, the youngest of eight children born to Christian Simon and Lydia May Idlewine Hermann. Following her move to Connersville, she was employed as a waitress at the McFarlan Hotel and later...
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