Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Nancy Jane Franklin
Sep 16, 2019
Liberty resident, Nancy Jane Franklin, 84, died Monday, September 16, 2019 at Reid Health of Richmond. Nancy was born in Connersville to Harold and Lillian Mae Suttles Buckler on November 30, 1934. On January 15, 1954, she married Clayton “Tator” Franklin who died on March 28, 2011. Nancy loved spending time with her family especially her grandson, C.J. She was...
James "Jim" Edward Creamer
Sep 12, 2019
James Edward Creamer, age 65, passed away at his residence Thursday, September 12, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born October 22, 1953 in Connersville, to George D. and Phyllis Jean Hopkins Creamer. He was a graduate of Connersville High School with the class of 1971. Jim started his career in sales with his father in the casket...
Jessie J. Blevins
Sep 6, 2019
Jessie James Blevins, 48, was called home by his heavenly father on Saturday September 6, 2019. Like the warrior he was Jessie fought pancreatic cancer for the last year with courage, strength, and a strong faith, never giving up and remaining strong until his last breath. He was in the home he loved surrounded by his faithful and loving family....
Julia "Judy" Maude Sedam
Sep 5, 2019
Julia M. Sedam, Dec. 25, 1924 - Sept. 5, 2019 Judy was born in Kentucky to parents Lucy and Elmer Kilgore and was a sister to eleven other siblings. Most of Judy's adult life was spent in Connersville, Indiana, where she and her husband Bob raised their family. She also lived briefly in Greenwood, Indiana and Robinson, Illinois. near her...
Edith Powell
Sep 3, 2019
Edith K. Powell, 98, of Connersville, died early Tuesday morning, September 3, 2019, at Reid Health in Richmond. A Union County native, Edith was born March 5, 1921 to Louis and Margaret Irma Dinwiddie Kolb. In 1939, she graduated from McGuffey High School in Oxford, Ohio and attended classes at Miami University. Edith married Charles E. Powell on December 21,...
Brenda Kay Mckinney
Aug 31, 2019
Brenda K. McKinney, 60, of Greensburg, died Saturday August 31, 2019, at Major Hospital in Shelbyville. Brenda was born in Connersville on March 7, 1959 to James O. and Linda Steed McKinney. Brenda was an active member of the Laurel United Methodist Church. Brenda received her Master’s Degree in business at Indiana Wesleyan University, and had been employed for 35...
David W King
Aug 29, 2019
David W. King, 88, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, August 29, 2019, in the emergency room at Reid Health Connersville. David was the son of James E. and Violet Marie Brown King, born June 13, 1931 in Connersville and graduated from Connersville High School in 1949. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Korean War where he attained the...
George B Scott
Aug 28, 2019
Connersville native, George B. Scott, 83, died Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at Reid Health of Richmond. George was born to Everett and Kathryn Hastings Scott on January 26, 1936, and was a graduate of Connersville High School. On July 3, 1957, George married the former Anita Adams at the Everton Methodist Church. He enlisted in the U.S Army, where he...
Deborah Jo Long
Aug 25, 2019
Deborah Jo Long, 66, of Lewisville, died Sunday morning, August 25, 2019, at her residence following a battle with cancer. ‘Debi’ was born in Rushville, October 9, 1952 to John B. and Shirley M. Temple Reynolds. She had lived throughout the United States and Germany while her step-father, Rodney Pollak, pursued his career in the U.S Air Force. In 1971,...
Jack Patterson
Aug 16, 2019
Jack R. Patterson, 68, of the Alpine community, died Friday, August 16, 2019 at Reid Health of Richmond. Jack was born to Willard and Thelma Young Patterson, September 5, 1950 in Batesville, and moved to the farm with his family when he was three. He was a 1968 graduate of Connersville High School. On January 15, 1972 in Laurel, Jack...
Lois Collins
Aug 10, 2019
Lois Ann Collins, 82, died August 10, 2019 at Reid Connersville. Lois was born to Ben and Rosetta “Rose” Stephens Rader on June 15, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio and moved to Connersville in 1941. She attended Connersville High School where she met Irvin “Buddy” Collins. After 20 years of being apart, Buddy and Lois married in Jellico, Tennessee in 1972....
Harold "Pc" Carlton
Jul 31, 2019
Harold R. “PC” Carlton, 86, died Wednesday July 31, 2019 at Reid Health Hospital in Richmond. Harold was born to Wesley and Nora Stockton Carlton on August 21, 1932 in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1950 three weeks prior to the start of the Korean War, he enlisted in the U. S. Army. “PC” served as a tank mechanic with the...
Bobby Joe Lakes
Jul 30, 2019
Bobby Joe Lakes, 66, died Tuesday evening, July 30, 2019, at his residence. A Fayette County native, Bobby was born August 30, 1952 to Voyd and Ernie Gay Isaacs Lakes and attended Connersville schools. In 2017, he retired as a truck driver from the Fayette County Highway Department where he had been employed for over 13 years. He previously had...
Phyllis S. Collins
Jul 20, 2019
Phyllis Sue (Masters) Collins, age 86, died on July 20, 2019, in Seminole, FL. surrounded by immediate family. Phyllis was born on July 13, 1933 in Laurel, IN, to parents Herschel and Thelma (Fleetwood) Masters. She was married to Roy E. Collins in 1954 and later re-married Richard A. Cochran in 2007; She graduated from Connersville (IN) Senior High School...
Omer Keith Blakley
Jul 15, 2019
Omer Keith Blakley June 6, 1939 – July 15, 2019 On July 15, 2019, at the home he was so proud of, on the land that he loved, surrounded by family, Omer took his final breath on earth and his first breath in Heaven at 4:29 pm. Omer’s journey began on June 6, 1939, where he was born in Connersville,...
Ralph E Paris
Jul 15, 2019
Ralph E. Paris, 95, died early Monday morning, July 15, 2019, at the Heritage House of Connersville. A Fayette County native, Ralph was born August 30, 1923 to Roger and Lois Simpson Paris, and attended Bunker Hill Elementary and Connersville High Schools. He was employed at American Central until enlisting in the U.S. Marines Corp in September of 1942. A...
Deloris M. Gray
Jul 2, 2019
Deloris M. Gray, 85 of rural Fayette County, passed away peacefully at her residence, late Tuesday afternoon, July 2, 2019. Deloris was born June 29, 1934 in Clark County the seventh of thirteen children of Jesse and Roxanne Haycraft Franklin. She was a graduate of New Washington High School. On March 1, 1956, she was married at the First Christian...
Naomi Jane Bunch
Jun 26, 2019
Naomi “Jane” Bunch, 74, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. A native of Connersville, Jane was born September 11, 1944 to Howard and Thelma Stephens Revalee. She graduated from Connersville High School in 1963 and was married to Charles D. Bunch on October 21, 1967 at the Park Place Church of God. Jane was employed...
Florence L. Myers
Jun 26, 2019
Florence L. Myers, 102, of rural Union County, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at the Knolls of Oxford in Oxford, Ohio. Florence was born in Franklin County, September 9, 1916, to Frank and Martha Appleton Stone. She graduated in 1934 from Springfield Township High School in Franklin County and was a graduate of Richmond Business College. She spent her life...
Marjorie Ann Corbin
Jun 25, 2019
Marjorie Ann Corbin, 88, of Connersville, died Tuesday afternoon, June 25, 2019, at Hickory Creek Nursing Home. Marjorie was born in Fayette County, on November 17, 1930, to John Sr. and Margaret Peters Rollins. Marjorie attended local area schools and worked in local restaurants. Most recently, she had been employed as a custodian at Fayette Bank for over ten years....
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