Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Thelma M. Ripberger
Sep 23, 2011
Thelma M. Lyons Ripberger, 86, formerly of the Glenwood community, died Friday, September 23, 2011, at the Brown County Nursing Home, Nashville. Thelma was a Fayette County native, born September 24, 1924 to Virgil and Viola LaFuze Lyons. She was a 1942 graduate of Alquina High School and was married to James H. Ripberger, April 11, 1942 in Milroy. Thelma...
Mary Ann Shelton
Sep 20, 2011
Mary Ann Shelton, 71, of Franklin County, died Tuesday morning, September 20, 2011, at her residence. Mary Ann was born February 13, 1940 in Reading, Ohio to Paul and Ollie Plummer Fox and graduated from high school in 1957. She had been employed as the office manager at Jerry Kanter Accounting in Cincinnati, Ohio. On May 24, 1986, she was...
Wilbur "Pete" David Rigor
Sep 19, 2011
Wilbur “Pete” Rigor, 105, died Monday evening, September 19, 2011, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. “Pete” was born August 28, 1906 to Charles H. and Bessie M. Jerman Rigor at their home located across from the East Side United Methodist Church. As a child, he was featured in the Gold Medal Flour advertisements. He attended the Lew Wallace School on...
James Rudolph Ripberger
Sep 11, 2011
James R “Rudy” Ripberger, 86, of Connersville, died early Sunday morning, September 11, 2011, at his residence. Rudy was born August 3, 1925 in Fayette County to Russell and Dora T Callahan Ripberger. In 1943, he graduated from Connersville High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force later that year. Rudy attained the rank of Staff Sergeant while...
A. Maude Shook
Sep 4, 2011
A. Maude Shook, 96, of Liberty, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2011, at Sycamore Springs. Maude is survived by: three daughters and their spouses: Patty & Terry Shelton of Cadiz, KY; Peggy Ninde of Centerville; Merilou & Max Fulks of Russellville, AR; daughter-in-law: Maurine Shook of Richmond; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a special niece: Annastasia Warrick, of Liberty; several nieces...
Helen Tussey
Aug 30, 2011
Helen Tussey, 93, of College Corner, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Liberty Nursing Center of Oxford. She was born in Paris, Kentucky on February 13, 1918 to Edward W. and Beulah Hughes Denton. On August 31, 1935 she married Woodrow Tussey in Mt. Carmel, Indiana. She was known to all as a good homemaker, and had volunteered more than...
Dorothy Ellen Conklin Wolf
Aug 25, 2011
Dorothy Ellen Wolf, 88, of Liberty, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011, at her home. She was born February 15, 1923 in Oxford, Ohio to John and Rosetta Wallen Conklin. On March 23, 1942 she married William Stanley Wolf. Dorothy was very dedicated to her God, her family, and her church. She will be greatly missed! Survivors include: seven children...
Mary Maxine Grubbs
Aug 23, 2011
Maxine Grubbs, 87, of Connersville, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at Reid Hospital. On January 21, 1924 Maxine was born in Posey County to Earl and Elva Throckmorton Noah. Maxine married Delmar Grubbs on January 19, 1963 in Connersville. She retired from Visteon in 1986, having also worked for the Franklin Casket Company from 1954 until its closing in 1971....
C. Odette Brewer
Aug 18, 2011
Connersville, IN C. Odette Brewer, 78, of Connersville, died Thursday, August 18, 2011, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Odette was a Connersville native, born December 18, 1932 to Nicholas and Louise Sappelt Pierí. She was a 1950 graduate of Connersville High School and was a member of St. Gabriel Church. For 30 years, she was employed at Ford Electronics, retiring in...
Marjorie A. Russell
Aug 15, 2011
Marjorie A. Russell, 77, of Connersville, died Monday morning, August 15, 2001, at her residence. Born November 1, 1933 in Franklin County, she was the only child of John and Edna Tague Simpson. Following her 1951 graduation from Connersville High School, she was employed at the telephone company for nine and-a-half years until her marriage to Hugh B. Russell on...
Judith Ellen Isaacs
Aug 12, 2011
Judith E. Isaacs, 73, of Connersville, died Friday morning, August 12, 2011, after a brief illness. Judith was born in Terre Haute, August 3, 1938, to Edward and Wilma R. Jones Cole. She was a 1956 graduate of Alfordsville High School in Daviess County. On January 12, 1957, she was married in Richmond to Vernon Isaacs. Judith was employed at...
Marilyn Marie Lynch
Aug 2, 2011
Marilyn M. Lynch, 73, of the Columbia community died Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at University Hospital, Indianapolis. Marilyn was born June 16, 1938 in Andersonville to Frederick Joseph and Jane Carpenter Drew. At the age of two, her family moved to Columbia where she attended elementary school and was a graduate of Connersville High School. On March 2, 1956, she...
Braiden Doss Saffell
Jul 31, 2011
Rushville, Indiana Braiden D. Saffell, 15, of Rushville, died early Sunday morning at Rush Memorial Hospital, Rushville. Braiden was born in Oxford, Ohio, August 22, 1995 to Brian D. and Kelly M. Mueller Saffell. He attended elementary school in New Palestine and had just completed his freshman year at Rushville High School. Braiden ran track and excelled academically. He was...
Keelan William Patrick Browning
Jul 25, 2011
Keelan William Patrick Browning, 6 months old, of Liberty, died Monday, July 25, 2011 at home after suffering complications due to pulmonary vein stenosis. He was born January 16, 2011 to proud parents Eric and Aubrie Wilkins Browning. Keelan is survived by: his parents; a brother: Cullen Browning; a sister: Rylie Browning; paternal grandparents: Carol and Patrick Norris, of West...
William Irvin Powell
Jul 22, 2011
William I. Powell, 89, of Connersville died Friday, July 22, 2011, at Heritage House and Rehabilitation Center in Connersville. On January 13, 1922 William was born to William H. and Grace Danials Powell in Connersville. Following his graduation from Connersville High School in 1941, he entered the United States Navy where he attained the rank of Ship Fitter 1st Class....
Myrtle Logan
Jul 20, 2011
Myrtie Logan, 95, of Connersville, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at her residence. On October 12, 1915 Myrtie was born to William H. and Mary Ann Creech Gabbard in Owsley County, Kentucky. Myrtie was a 1933 graduate of Mt. Olive School in Lee County Kentucky. She was married to William J. Logan on January 20, 1938 at Central Christian Church....
David Keith Ketring
Jul 20, 2011
David K. Ketring, 74, of Liberty, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at his residence. On September 9, 1936 David was born to Orville and Kathryn Hawkins Ketring in Richmond. Following his graduation from Kitchel High School, David served in the United States Navy for the next 18 years, earning the Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Meritorious Unit...
Mary Hammil
Jul 18, 2011
Mary K. Hammil, 78, of Connersville, died Monday July 18, 2011 at Reid Hospital. Mary was born in Brookville on February 6, 1933 to August and Grace Louderback Hofer. She attended Laurel High School and was a housekeeper in the Connersville area as well as First Presbyterian Church. On June 18, 1991, in Campbell County, Texas, Mary was married to...
Shelly May Bell
Jul 11, 2011
Jacksonville, FL Shelly M Bell, 83, of Jacksonville, Florida and former Connersville resident, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at Memorial Hospital of Jacksonville. Shelly was born in Cottonwood, Missouri, July 19, 1927 to Edgar and Lillie May Butler. She followed her sister to Connersville and was employed at Ford Electronics and Refrigeration for 27 years, retiring on July 19, 1989....
Michael Blue Scott Gentry
Jul 10, 2011
Connersville, IN Michael Blue Scott Gentry, 6 year old son of Jeffery Scott and Ashley Lynn Asbury Gentry, died Sunday, July 10, 2011, in the emergency room at Fayette Regional Health System following an accident in the Whitewater River near Market Street. Michael was born in Connersville, October 11, 2004, and had just graduated from kindergarten at Eastview Elementary School....
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