Dec 18, 2019

Ralph Edwin Nixon, 91, formerly of Connersville, Indiana, passed away December 18, 2019 in Clearwater Florida. He was born in Washington Township, Rush County, Indiana on July 31, 1928, at the family farm home; son of Luther D. and Myla Gordon Nixon. Ralph and Betty McCoy Johnson were married July 3, 1965: Betty preceded him in death June 1996. Ralph...

Dec 17, 2019

Julie Ann Giesting passed away in Weston, FL, on December 17, 2019. Julie was the oldest child of Dr. Dale & Mary Giesting. She was born November 23, 1971 in Indianapolis, IN. Julie grew up in Connersville, IN, and graduated from Connersville High School. After high school, she attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Julie worked as...

Dec 15, 2019

Edward Joseph Derringer, 36, of Louisville, Kentucky; formerly of Connersville, died Sunday, December 15, 2019. He will be missed very much, he was a very loving husband, father, son, brother and nephew. Eddie was born, September 23, 1983, to Edward Jesse Derringer and Mary (Maggie) Higbie Pitstick. He was a 2002 graduate from Connersville High School; Eddie moved to Louisville...

Dec 10, 2019

Dora L. Leab, 96, of Connersville, passed away on Tuesday night, December 10, 2019, at Reid Health of Richmond. She was born on September 10, 1923 in Franklin County to John Klemme and Catharine Gettinger Klemme. Dora married Bernard John Leab on August 25, 1945. He preceded her in death in 1996. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Dec 8, 2019

Thomazine (Tommie) Kirkham, 96, formerly of Connersville, IN, passed away peacefully Dec. 8, 2019 in Minnetonka, MN at New Perspective Senior Living. Tommie was born Nov. 19, 1923 in Orleans, IN, to Stephen and Zola (Dillon) Wilfong. After graduation from high school she attended Methodist Hospital School of nursing, receiving her RN degree in 1946. She worked as a nurse...

Dec 8, 2019

Dianne Greye, 78, of Liberty, died Sunday, December 8, 2019, at Reid Health of Richmond. Dianne was born in Rushville on February 17, 1941 to Loren and Vina (Endicott) Pruet. She was a floral designer and worked at several local florist. Dianne enjoyed watching the Price Is Right game show and going to auctions with her husband, Gary. Most of...

Dec 8, 2019

Ruth Sutter Dare, 84, of Brookville, formerly of Liberty, died December 8, 2019, at Brookville Health Care Center. Ruth was born June 19, 1935 in Mannheim, Germany, to the late Ludwig and Marie Boh Sutter. Early on in life, she proved to be a survivor. During WWII, Ruth’s family was on a train to Poland to seek refuge at her...

Dec 6, 2019

Clarice “Joy” Hapner, 94, of Connersville passed away on December 6, 2019 at Reid Health of Richmond. She was born on April 11, 1925 to Emerson and Vivian Gully in Dayton, Ohio. Joy was a 1943 graduate of Harrisburg High School. She married Norman F. Hapner on April 22, 1974. Joy was employed as an admitting supervisor at the former...

Nov 30, 2019

Nov 23, 2019

Dwight R. Grant, 71, of Liberty, died Saturday, November 23, 2019 at his residence. Dwight was born to Elmer and Ida Mae Purcell Grant on July 14, 1948, in Connersville. On July 26, 1969, in Connersville, he married Nancy L. Allen and they had two daughters. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Richmond, where he served...

Nov 22, 2019

Dorothy E. Maple Thompson, 94, of Richmond and former Connersville resident, died Friday, November 22, 2019, at Reid Health of Richmond. Dorothy was born in Indianapolis, on August 26, 1925, to the late Carl and Blanche Seals Maple. On November 6, 1965, in Connersville, she married the love of her life Wesley P. Thompson, who died September 1, 1988. Dorothy...

Nov 21, 2019

Deborah A. Bottorff, 66, formerly of Connersville, died Thursday, November 21, 2019 in Anchorage, Alaska. Deborah was born on May 29, 1953 to Charles and Laura Bottorff in Connersville, Indiana. Following graduation from Connersville High School in 1971, she graduated from Indiana University Bloomington. Deborah was employed at Fayette Central Elementary and had owned and operated Pleasant Beginnings Daycare in...

Nov 19, 2019

Nov 18, 2019

Patricia Ann Stant Hiatt, 83, of Louisville, Kentucky, formerly of Liberty, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital of Louisville, Kentucky. Funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 22, 2019, at Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Fosdick Chapel in Liberty, with Pastor David Soper, of the Liberty Church of Christ officiating. Interment will follow...

Nov 15, 2019

Oliver D. Crawley, 76, of Richmond, died Friday, November 15, 2019, at Arbor Trace in Richmond. A Connersville native, Oliver was born June 24, 1943, in his parent’s home on Iowa Avenue to Archie Dillard and Elizabeth Angie Bowling Crawley. He proudly served in the US Air Force from June 1960 until March 1964 followed by his service in the...

Nov 14, 2019

Gayle M. Berninghaus, 85, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, November 14, 2019, at Forest Park Health Campus in Richmond. Gayle was born in West Bend, Iowa, on January 30, 1934 to Benjamin and Laura Henton Anliker. Gayle was a graduate from West Bend high school and later attended dental hygienist school. On October 21, 1953, Gayle was married to Reverend...

Nov 12, 2019

Mary A. Caruso Vance, 92, of Connersville, died Tuesday evening, November 12, 2019, at her residence. Mary was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on February 2, 1927, to John William and Mary Cecilia Bryant Busam. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in Owensboro and later attended college. Mary and her late husband Antonio M. Caruso owned and operated Tony’s Fruit...

Nov 10, 2019

Mary R. Frasur Snyder, 83, of Liberty, died Sunday morning, November 10, 2019, at her residence following a brief illness. Mary was a native and lifelong resident of Liberty, born January 6, 1936, the fourth of eight children born to Joseph and Eleanor Schneider Frasur. She was a 1953 graduate of Short High School in Liberty and was a member...

Oct 29, 2019

Kate Reilly Muggleworth Clark Holmes, 37, of Selma, died Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at Community Hospital in Anderson. A Connersville native, Kate was born January 9, 1982, the only child of Richard and Sandra Jobe Muggleworth. In 2000, she graduated from Connersville High School where she had been active in band and as a member of the golf team. Time...

Oct 29, 2019

Larry W. Capps, 65, of Liberty, died Tuesday morning, October 29, 2019 at his residence with his family by his side. Larry was born April 10, 1954, to James F. and Susie Whisman Capps. He had a passion for playing golf at the Liberty Country Club and he was an avid archer, winning multiple state championships. He also enjoyed painting...