Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Ruth I. Mckee
May 22, 2016
Ruth I. McKee, 91, of Connersville died Sunday night, May 22, 2016 at Heritage House of Connersville. Born March 2, 1925 in Connersville, she was the oldest of ten children of the late John and Rachel Dunn Carlin. Ruth attended Connersville area schools and married John Thomas McKee on June 18, 1943. Ruth was employed at Stant Manufacturing until her...
David Harrison Tanner
May 18, 2016
David H. Tanner, 69, of Liberty died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Reid Health in Richmond. David was born in Union County on October 29, 1946, to Harrison and Marie Riall Tanner. He graduated from Union County High School and served his country in the U. S. Navy. David retired from Stant Corporation in Connersville. David was a member of...
Linda Finch
May 15, 2016
Linda L. Finch, 71, of Liberty died on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Whitewater Commons Senior Living. Linda was born in Connersville on December 25, 1944, the daughter of John and Dorothy Thompson Reed. Linda attended Brownsville and Liberty High Schools and on May 6, 1962 she married Bill Finch in Liberty. Before beginning her battle with Multiple Sclerosis, Linda...
Clara J. Noble
May 12, 2016
Clara J. Noble, 81, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, May 12, 2016, Caroleton Manor Nursing Home. Clara was born in Bicknell in Knox County, March 5, 1935, to Floyd Henry and Alice May Vale Evans. She attended elementary school in Glenwood and was a 1953 graduate of Orange High School. On May 9, 1953, she was married to John O....
Alta I. Dwiggins
May 10, 2016
Alta I. Dwiggins, 96, of Liberty died early Tuesday morning, May 10, 2016 at Whitewater Commons Senior Living. Alta was born July 16, 1919 in Preble County, Ohio and attended area schools. Alta was married April 24, 1956 to Floyd M. “Dwiggie” Dwiggins in Rushville, Indiana. Together, Alta and Floyd owned and operated Dwiggie’s Restaurant for fourteen years. From 1975...
Kristy M. Boulware
May 10, 2016
Kristy M. Boulware, 56 of the Columbia community, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at her residence. Kristy was born in Connersville, February 11, 1960 to Robert J. and Janis L. Bunzendahl Krepp. She attended Connersville area schools and had been employed at Visteon. Kristy enjoyed her dogs and time spent with her family and friends. She also liked to fish,...
Robert Gene Seals
May 7, 2016
Robert G. "Bob" Seals, 70 of Liberty, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, May 7, 2016, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He had been under his physician’s care but his death was unexpected. Bob was born in Connersville to Jesse and Stella Shockey Seals on November 30, 1945. He attended school in College Corner. On...
Linda D. Willhelm
May 2, 2016
Linda D. Willhelm, 67, of Connersville, died Monday morning, May 2, 2016, at her residence. Linda was the daughter of Frank L. and R. Vivian Holland May, born in Rushville on October 18, 1948. She attended Fayette County schools and was a 1966 graduate of Harrisburg High School. Linda was a ‘stay at home Mom’ while raising her family and...
Beulah C. Gilland
Apr 24, 2016
Beulah Christine Gilland, 95, went to her heavenly home Sunday, April 24, 2016, Fayette Reginal Health System Hospital with family by her side. Beulah was born to John Wesley and Elizabeth N. Powell Blaase near Tuscola, Illinois on February 26, 1921. The family moved to Connersville on March 31, 1928. Beulah attended Connersville area schools and was a 1939 graduate...
Elviera L. Bethge
Apr 16, 2016
Long-time Liberty resident, Elviera L. Bethge, 88, died Saturday, April 16, 2016 after battling two hip surgeries, bronchitis and pneumonia. Elviera, the daughter of William and Martha Sattler Ross was born May 14, 1927 in Richmond, Indiana and was a 1945 graduate of Richmond High School. Elviera married Charles E. Bethge on March 3, 1978 in Muncie, Indiana. Elviera was...
Wilma I. Davis
Apr 12, 2016
Wilma I. Davis, 94, died Tuesday evening, April 12, 2016, at Heritage House of Richmond. She was born in Marion, August 20, 1921, to Virgil and Geneva Nash Poe. Wilma spent most her life in Connersville. Early on, she worked in her parent’s furniture and grocery store. This began a life of hard work and independence. During WW II, she...
William S. Harris
Apr 5, 2016
William S. Harris, 68, of Connersville died Tuesday night, April 5, 2016 at his residence, which was his family’s original Indiana Homestead. A Connersville native, William was born November 29, 1947 to Lewis Jr. and Beatrice Stamper Harris and attended Columbia and Connersville area schools. For over twenty years, William was employed at H.H. Robertson and most recently, he owned...
Betty Jane Carter
Apr 5, 2016
Betty Jane Carter, 88, of Liberty died Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Whitewater Commons Senior Living. Betty was born in Cincinnati on August 25, 1927, to Delbert S. and Ethel Johnson Price. On September 12, 1945, Betty married Elmer Howard Carter in Covington, Kentucky, and they enjoyed seventy years together. She was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church. Betty...
Elizabeth Lorriane Barley
Apr 3, 2016
Elizabeth L. Barley, 95, of Liberty died Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Reid Health in Richmond. Elizabeth was born in Berwyn, Illinois, on November 1, 1920, to Chester Homer and Elizabeth Adel Bowden Bragg. She graduated from Central High School in South Bend. Elizabeth married the love of her life, Ward C. Barley Sr. in South Bend on August 21,...
John Laurel Cedar
Apr 1, 2016
Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Tilton Funeral Home, College Corner, OH.
Donna J. Powell
Mar 31, 2016
Donna Wing Powell, 80, Connersville, went to be with her Lord and life eternal, Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Heritage House of Connersville. Donna was born in Connersville April 29, 1935, to Elsworth Monroe and Leona Showalter Wing. In 1953, she graduated from Connersville High School and on August 8th of that year, she was married in Rushville to Ray...
Arnold E. Isbell Sr.
Mar 20, 2016
Arnold Edwin Isbell, Sr., 76, of Connersville, died Sunday afternoon, March 20, 2016 at Lincoln Centers East. Arnold was born October 21, 1939 in McCreary County, Kentucky, the son of Edwin Arlo and Elsie Barnette Isbell. Arnold was married in Pontiac, Michigan to the former, Mary Irene Brewer, who died in 2005. Arnold was a self- employed carpenter who could...
Gary D Bales
Mar 20, 2016
Gary D. Bales, 58, of Connersville, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at his residence. A Connersville native, Gary was born October 30, 1957 to Billy A. and Sally Shires Bales. He attended Connersville area schools and was a 1976 graduate of Connersville High School. In 2000, he graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago. Gary...
Rheba Mcfarland
Mar 19, 2016
Rheba Gabbard McFarland, 89, of Connersville, died Saturday evening, March 19, 2016, at Caroleton Manor Nursing Home, Connersville. A Foxtown, Kentucky native, Rheba was the last surviving child of twelve children born July 18, 1926 to Frank and Catherine Maupin Gabbard. On January 22, 1940, she was married in Jackson County, Kentucky to Marshall McFarland who died August 26, 1987....
James Edward Wafford
Mar 13, 2016
James Edward Wafford, 64, of Connersville died in the Emergency Room at Fayette Regional Health System on Sunday, March 13, 2016. James, the son of Earl Clayton and Leota Grivie Wafford, was born in Portland, Indiana on May 20, 1951 and graduated from Dillsboro High School in 1971. James was married to the former, Carolyn Baker, in Millington, Tennessee on...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
About
Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home is a collection of obituaries for Connersville, Liberty along with all of Fayette and Union Counties in Indiana With services throughout Indiana that are updated regularly. Find local Connersville and Liberty, IN. obituaries and join us in celebrating memories and honoring their lives and legacies.
Connersville
Liberty