Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Jerald A. Buttery
Jan 6, 2012
Jerald A. Buttery, 67, of Oxford, died Friday, at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. On March 3, 1944, Jerry was born to William and Faye Snodderly in College Corner. Jerry joined the Army National Guard and served for six years in the Oxford Ohio branch. Jerry had worked at Square D Electric Company as a Boiler Engineer and was an avid musician...
Carolyn Ann Stevens
Jan 4, 2012
Indianapolis, IN Carolyn A. Stevens, 70, of Carmel and former Connersville resident, died Wednesday afternoon, January 4, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Carolyn was a Connersville native, born March 2, 1941 to Arville E. “Mike” and Lois M. Stant Bertsch, both of whom preceded her in death. In 1959, she graduated from Connersville High School and attended Columbia Christian...
Jason Ryan Kantz
Dec 31, 2011
Connersville, IN Jason Ryan Kantz, 29, of Connersville, died early Saturday morning, December 31, 2011, at Fayette Regional Health System. Jason was born November 11, 1982 in Beech Grove to Kevin Robert and Beth Ann Hutton Kantz and was a 2001 graduate of Southport High School, Indianapolis. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had been employed at...
Gerald L. Mcafee
Dec 29, 2011
Gerald L. McAfee, 76, of Richmond, died Thursday, December 29, 2011. Gerald was born on August 19, 1935 to Henry and Garnet Baker McAfee in Harrison County, Indiana. He graduated from Morgan Township High School, then went on to Purdue University to earn a Master’s degree. Gerald taught science at Union County High School for 30 years, then retired in...
Bobbie L. Gruell
Dec 28, 2011
Bobbie L. Gruell, 81, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Born December 1, 1930 in Connersville to Theodore and Thelma Helms Gruell, Bobbie was a 1949 graduate of Connersville High School. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, achieving the rank of Gunner’s Mate Third Class. Bobbie had served as Fire...
Ruth M. Murray
Dec 26, 2011
Ruth M. Murray, 65, of Connersville, died Monday evening, December 26, 2011, at her residence. Ruth was born July 28, 1946 in Laurel, one of ten children of Elijah and Lillian Richmond Pursiful. Throughout her life, she helped take care of others and retired in 2007 from the dietary department at Flatrock River Lodge Care Center, Rushville. Ruth never seemed...
Patsy Joy Sellers
Dec 22, 2011
Patsy Joy Sellers, 72, of Liberty, died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at University Hospital in Cincinnati. Patsy was born in Hamilton, Ohio to James, Sr. and Marvel Black Kamp on January 27, 1939. In 1957 she graduated from Short High School and went on to earn a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from IU East. Patsy was married to Jesse...
Carolyn Sue Thayer
Dec 19, 2011
Carolyn S. Thayer, 73, of Ft Worth, Texas and formerly of Connersville, died early Monday morning, December 19, 2011, at Fayette Regional Health Systems. On August 14, 1938, she was born in Greensburg to Gerald and Luella Root Bostic. Carolyn was married December 16, 1956 to Fred B. Thayer who died March 17, 2007. Carolyn began her working career as...
Harold N. Curry
Dec 16, 2011
H. Nelson Curry, 88, of Liberty, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at Sycamore Springs Rehabilitation Center. On October 6, 1923 Nelson was born in Metamora to Arthur and Lois Watkins Curry. He married to the former Reba M. Thomas on June 6, 1943. Nelson was a hardworking farmer who loved the land. He farmed his entire life, working as a...
Betty O'Leary
Dec 15, 2011
Betty O’Leary, 95, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, December 15, 2011, at her residence where she had resided for 47 years. Betty was a Connersville native, born August 11, 1916 to Arthur and Ethel Koch Thomas and was a 1934 graduate of Connersville High School. She had been employed at American Central and was a waitress at the White Cottage,...
Charles E. Gambill
Dec 15, 2011
Charles E. “Chuck” Gambill, 83, died Thursday evening, December 15, 2011, at Lincoln Centers-East, Connersville. Chuck was a native of Lawrence County, born September 28, 1928 to William and Gladys R McFerran Gambill, both of whom preceded him in death. He was veteran of the U.S. Army. On May 24, 1958, he was married to the former Dolores E Higar....
Sallie "Gertrude" Phillips Carter
Dec 12, 2011
Sallie “Gertrude” Carter, 87, of Liberty, died Monday, December 12, 2011, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Born May 8, 1924 in Laurel County, Kentucky to Benjamin and Emma Locke Phillips, she graduated from Brownsville High School in 1942 after moving to Union County with her family. On April 27, 1947, she married William “Ray” Carter in Connersville at Central Christian...
Angela Renee Lay
Dec 11, 2011
Angela R. Lay, 34, of Liberty, died Sunday, December 11, 2011, at her residence. Born November 28, 1977 in Tampa, Florida to William G. and Barbara A. McIntosh Croucher, she was a 1995 graduate of Preble Shawnee High School. In 2006, Angela moved to Liberty, where she worked at the Liberty Bell Restaurant and later Sycamore Springs in the dietary...
Parker Joshua Lee Harrison
Dec 10, 2011
Parker Joshua Lee Harrison, infant son of David Joshua and Aimee Marie Shipley Harrison, was stillborn Saturday, December 10, 2011, at Fayette Regional Health Systems. In addition to his parents, Parker is survived by two sisters: Ryleigh and Myleigh Harrison; maternal grandparents: Juanita Faye and Randy Shipley of Connersville; paternal grandparents: David and Rhonda Harrison of Connersville; maternal great-grandmothers: Loretta...
John L. Showalter
Dec 5, 2011
John L. Showalter, 70, of Connersville, died peacefully surrounded by his family Monday evening, December 5, 2011 at St. Vincent's Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis following open heart surgery on Sept. 19. John was born on May 24, 1941 in Connersville, the youngest son of John and Pauline Personette Showalter. He graduated from Connersville High School in 1959. John was...
Johnny Keith Welborn
Dec 4, 2011
Johnny Keith Welborn, 51, of Liberty, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at his residence after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born June 11, 1960 to Jerry and Jane Harvey Welborn, in Hamilton, Ohio. Johnny graduated from Union County High School in 1978 and from Purdue University in 1982 with a B.S. in Mechanical...
Charles E. "Chuck" Morris
Dec 2, 2011
Charles E. “Chuck” Morris, 75, formerly of Connersville, died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Ambassador HealthCare, Centerville. A Connersville native, Chuck was born October 19, 1936 in the front room of the family home on Conwell Street, the youngest of three children of Lawrence W. and Alice Mae Ward Morris. In 1955, he graduated from Connersville High School and attended...
Irene D. Day
Dec 1, 2011
Irene D. Day, 82. of Connersville, died early Thursday morning, December 1, 2011, at her residence. Irene was born in Wind Cave, Kentucky, April 14, 1929, to Nathan James and Isabelle Isacs Isaacs. She attended school in Kentucky and came to Connersville with her sister, Bernice. Irene enjoyed working as an aide at area nursing homes and was later employed...
Jacob Robert Huffman
Nov 28, 2011
Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Liberty, IN.
Lawrence Gordon English
Nov 28, 2011
Larry G. English, 84, of Connersville, died Monday morning, November 28, 2011, in Connersville. Larry was born in Carter County, Kentucky, December 28, 1926 to William and Leona Farmer English and moved with his family to the Columbia community. He attended Fayette County schools and enlisted as a U.S. Marine in 1944. Larry served as a corporal during the WW...
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