Feb 28, 2019

Josephine J. “Peppy” Williamson, 84, currently of Centerville, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019, at the home of her daughter. Born September 5, 1934 in Hammond, she was the daughter of John and Cena Spanich Ivko. Josephine attended Hammond Tech High School and married her high school sweetheart, James Burke Williamson, Sr. on April 24, 1950 in Crown Point. God,...

Feb 26, 2019

Irene Hartman, 95 of Liberty, died Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at Whitewater Commons Senior Living in Liberty. Irene was born September 16, 1923 in Union County to Ross C. and Myrtle Sanford Witter. After graduating from Short High School in 1941, she married Howard M. “Pete” Hartman on June 24, 1942 at her parent’s family farm. Irene was a member...

Feb 20, 2019

Juanita M. Cornett Jordan, 88, of Liberty, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at Whitewater Commons Senior Living in Liberty where she had resided for five and half years. Juanita was born in Union County, January 17, 1931, to Blanchard A. and Pearl M. Cromwell Davis. She attended school at Kitchel and Short High School in Liberty. She was a...

Feb 14, 2019

James L. Lowman, 78, of Connersville, died Thursday, February 14, 2019, at Reid Health in Richmond after becoming ill at home. A Connersville native, James was born July 31, 1940 to Frederick D. and Elizabeth M. Kruse Lowman. In 1958, he graduated from Harrisburg High School and was inducted in to the U.S. Navy in June of that year. He...

Feb 11, 2019

Markus M. Wesaw, Sr., 55, of Connersville, died Monday morning, February 11, 2019, at his residence. Markus was born in Thermopolis, Wyoming, October 16, 1963, to Tom Tom and Gaylene Isaac Wesaw. He graduated from high school in Wyoming before completing his bachelor degree in criminal justice from Kaplan University. Markus was a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and...

Feb 7, 2019

Willie “Whitey” Ford, 86, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, February 7, 2019, at Heritage House of Connersville. Willie was born March 11, 1932, to Henry and Sudie Woods Ford in Jackson County, Kentucky. He served for fourteen months and eight days in Korea with the U.S. Army helping to build roads during the war. His military decorations included the Korean...

Feb 6, 2019

Lorene Isaacs, 69, of Connersville, died early Wednesday morning, February 6, 2019, at Reid Health in Richmond. Lorene was the daughter of Clarence and Nannie Clark Russell, born July 12, 1949, in Berea, Kentucky and attended school there. On July 16, 1965, she was married to James Elmer Isaacs. They moved from Sands Springs, Kentucky to Connersville in 1966. Lorene...

Feb 3, 2019

Indianapolis, Indiana Jeffrey D. Hisle, 53, formerly of Connersville, was found dead at his residence in Indianapolis, on February 3, 2019. The Marion County Coroner’s Office is investigating. Jeffrey was born in Malden, Massachusetts on January 9, 1966, to Robert L. and Carol L. Macdonald Hisle. He had been employed at Issues and Answers in Connersville, Intat in Rushville and...

Feb 2, 2019

Former Liberty resident, Gary T. Moon, 82, died February 2, 2019, at the Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio. Gary was born August 18, 1937 in Lakewood, Ohio, the only child of Leon and Josephine Olive Thomas Moon. Gary was a 1957 graduate of Kent State High School in Kent, Ohio. Later that year, he entered the U.S. Navy where he...

Jan 31, 2019

Jan 28, 2019

Sandra K. Sturgeon, 70, died Monday, January 28, 2019, surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home. Sandra was born February 9, 1948, to Willard and Mabel Cynthia Baker Charles in Henry County. In 1966 Sandra graduated from Connersville High School. She worked several years for the Head Start program at Maplewood Elementary School and a clerk at JCPenney. Sandra...

Jan 25, 2019

Joseph M. Neisch, Sr, 64, of College Corner, Ohio, died early Friday morning, January 25, 2018, at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. Joe was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 19, 1954, to George Michael, Sr. and Winifred Louise Douglas Neisch. He grew up in Lavonia, Michigan and was raised in the Catholic Church. Joe enlisted in the...

Jan 21, 2019

Connersville resident, Dallas D. Mitchell, 83, died Monday, January 21, 2019 in Kissimmee, Florida, surrounded by his loving family. Dallas was a native of Connersville, born February 25, 1935 to Floyd and Ruth Holmes Mitchell and graduated from Connersville High School in 1953. He received many awards as an accomplished saxophonist and played in local bands. He had been employed...

Jan 21, 2019

Jacqueline S. Bustillos, 92, of Connersville, died Monday, January 21, 2019, at her residence. “Jackie” was born in Ghent, Belgium on June 8, 1926, to Theophiel and Emmerance DeMeyer DeVos and attended school there. She had worked as a nanny in Potsdam Babelsberg, East Berlin during the war for Ernst Bloch and his wife, caring for their two sons and...

Jan 19, 2019

Connersville native, Jimmy L. Jinks, 69, died early Saturday morning, January 19, 2019, at Reid Health in Richmond. Jimmy was born April 4, 1949, to Donald L. and Naomi Fowler Jinks. In 1968, he graduated from Connersville High School and enlisted in the U.S .Marine Corps in May of that year. Jimmy attained the rank of Lance Corporal while attached...

Jan 11, 2019

Jerry S. Farmer, 67, of Connersville, died Friday, January 11, 2019, at Reid Health in Richmond. Jerry was born in Batesville, March 19, 1951, to Paul and Mildred “Mickey” Slagle Farmer. He was raised in Arkansas and moved to Connersville with his family at the age of thirteen. In 1971, he was inducted in to the U.S. Air Force where...

Jan 6, 2019

Former Connersville resident, H. Katherine “Kate” Duncan, 103, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, died Sunday morning, January 6, 2019, at White Oak Manor there. Kate was a native of Marengo, born December 15, 1915 to Arthur and Olive Stevenson Harris. She was a graduate of Bosse High School in Evansville. On September 14, 1940, she was married in Evansville to...

Jan 3, 2019

Tim Blair, 70, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, January 3, 2019, at Majestic Care of Connersville. Tim was born in Letcher County, Kentucky to Paul and Georgia Caudill Blair on June 7, 1948. He graduated from Brookville High School in 1966. Tim had been employed at Visteon for several years and enjoyed being self-employed repairing lawnmowers. Tim is survived by...

Jan 1, 2019

Richard L. Henry Sr. 75, of Connersville, died peacefully at his residence, Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Richard was born April 11, 1943 in Connersville to Clara Roszell and Robert Lee Henry. He attended Fayette County schools and was a lifelong resident of Connersville. For over six years, Richard served in the U.S. Army where he received top security clearance while...

Dec 30, 2018

Former Connersville resident, Joyce Elaine Ford Woody, 66, currently of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Sunday, December 30, 2018, at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. Joyce was born September 19, 1952, in Connersville to Willie and Gladys L. Brown Ford. She was a 1971 graduate of Connersville High School and had been employed at Visteon and its predecessors following thirty years of service....