Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Norma J. Kelley
Jan 4, 2016
Norma J. Kelley, 79, formerly of Connersville, died Monday, January 4, 2016, at Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis. Norma was born in Magoffin County, Kentucky, January 11, 1936, to Robert and Bessie Rice Smith. On January 25, 1952, she was married in Brookville to Robert L. Kelley who died March 15, 2013. Norma attended church faithfully and was a...
Stanley G. Fields
Jan 2, 2016
Stanley G. Fields, 78, of Union County, died on Saturday, January 2, 2016, at Fayette Regional Health System. Stanley was born in Fayette County to Arthur and Mary Smith Fields on June 23, 1937. He graduated from Alquina High School in 1955 and Ball State in 1959. Stanley married Evelyn Sue Mathas on August 24, 1958 at the Mt. Pleasant...
Gloria Lynn Thurman
Dec 29, 2015
Gloria Lynn Thurman, 64, of Connersville, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015, in the emergency room at Fayette Regional. Lynn was born November 11, 1951 in Connersville to Charles A. and Marguerite G. Williams Thurman. In 1971, she graduated from Connersville High School and then attended Bryman School of Dentistry in Indianapolis. Lynn worked as a dental assistant in Beverly Hills,...
Lyle Dean Adams
Dec 22, 2015
Lyle Dean Adams, 68, of Liberty died Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at the Whitewater Commons in Liberty. Lyle was born in Richmond on June 12, 1947 to Howard Lee and Geraldine Rinehart Adams and was a lifelong resident of Union County. He attended Short High School, was a member of Four Mile Brethren Church and worked in farming. Lyle loved...
Wanda M. Waters
Dec 22, 2015
Wanda M. Waters, 80, of Connersville, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. A Clay County, Kentucky native, Wanda was the daughter of Robert and Sarah Susan “Suddie” Hall Townsend, born March 9, 1935. She was a 1955 graduate of Connersville High School. On June 1, 1956, she was married to Charles M. Waters who died May...
Cotton Phillips
Dec 20, 2015
Cotton Phillips, 70, of Liberty, died Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Reid Health in Richmond. Cotton was born in Kentucky, on November 15, 1945, to Arco and Martha Holland Phillips. On February 27, 1969, Cotton married the love of his life, Kay Begley, in Wise, Virginia. He lived in the Liberty area for the past forty-seven years, and was self-employed...
Betty F. Shepherd
Dec 8, 2015
Betty F. Shepherd, 86, of Connersville, died early Tuesday morning, December 8, 2015 , at Stonebrooke Rehabilitation Centre, New Castle. Betty was born in Clay City, to Charles and Addie Raley Gorby. On September 24, 1949, she was married in Hymera to Austin Joseph Shepherd who died November 8, 2000. Betty was a member of Western Avenue Baptist Church and...
Myron Anderson Powell
Dec 7, 2015
Myron Anderson Powell, 77, of Hamilton died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio. Myron was born on August 7, 1938, in Panola, Kentucky, to Albert Edwin and Irene Wilson Powell. He attended school in College Corner. Myron retired from General Cooperage after thirty years of service as a whiskey barrel maker. Myron enjoyed hunting, fishing,...
Jeffery Allen Smith
Nov 25, 2015
Jeffery Allen Smith, 52, of Indianapolis, died Wednesday, November 25. 2015, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Jeff was born in Connersville, July 25, 1963 to Norman and Sandra L. Taylor Smith. He attended Connersville High School and liked to hunt, fish and follow NASCAR races. Jeff was employed with Nova Construction Millwork, Inc,, traveling throughout the country building retail shops. Jeff...
Sherri Yvette Stanton
Nov 23, 2015
Sherri Yvette Stanton, 50, of Connersville, passed away Monday afternoon at Reid Hospital, Richmond, following a seven month battle with cancer. While she had been ill, her death was unexpected. Sherri was a Connersville native, born September 13, 1965 to Claude and Shirley Smith Counceller. In 1984, she graduated from Connersville High School and attended Ball State University from 1984-1986....
Doris Weesner Higgs
Nov 17, 2015
Doris Weesner Higgs, 84, of Richmond, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at her residence. Doris was born in Dublin, September 6, 1931 to Leo and Hazel Hillman Pohlman. She attended Connersville area schools and was a 1949 graduate of Harrisburg High School. Doris enjoyed her family, her time spent reading and playing cards with friends. She was an accomplished seamstress...
Rodney J. Shepherd
Nov 14, 2015
Rodney J. Shepherd, 49, of Connersville, died Saturday, November 14, 2015, at his residence. A Connersville native, Rodney was born July 14, 1966 to Austin Joseph and Betty Faye Gorby Shepherd and graduated from high school in 1985 from Connersville Christian Academy. He had been employed at Stant Manufacturing and was a member of Growing Branches for Christ where he...
Erma Sue Hill
Nov 11, 2015
Sue Hill, 56, of Liberty, died on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at the Whitewater Commons Senior Living in Liberty. Sue was born May 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Eugene and Allie Marie Flannery Hill. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. Sue is survived by a son, Dave Hill and wife Heidi of West College Corner; a daughter Erica...
James Spivey
Nov 7, 2015
James Spivey, 92, of Connersville, died early Saturday morning, November 7, 2015, at Heritage House of Connersville. James was born on the farm in Jackson County, Kentucky, October 26, 1923 to Gentry and Almedia Brandenburg Spivey and attended school there. In 1943, he was inducted into the U.S. Army where he served during WW II as a gun crewman with...
Ernest Carrol Hartley
Oct 31, 2015
Ernest Carrol Hartley, 96, formerly of Liberty, died on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at The Knolls in Oxford. Ernest was born in Greencastle, Indiana, on January 17, 1919, to Greenup and Mattie E. Hughes Hartley. He was a 1937 graduate of Union High School in College Corner. Ernest was a WWII Veteran serving as a Staff Sargent in the Army...
Diane R. Brown
Oct 29, 2015
Diane R. Brown, 69, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, October 29, 2015 at her residence. Diane was born August 12, 1946, the only child of Everett and Anna Bane Lehman and graduated from Lincoln High School in Cambridge City with the Class of 1964. Diane was married to Larry B. Brown and together they owned and operated L.B. Brown and...
Larry J. Hamilton
Oct 27, 2015
Larry J. Hamilton, 62, of Connersville, died suddenly, Tuesday morning, October 27, 2015 at Indiana University - Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. A Connersville native, Larry was born February 22, 1953 to Joseph L. and A. Pearl McKee Hamilton and was a 1971 graduate of Connersville High School. He was a car salesman throughout Ohio and most recently in Connersville at...
Janie A Selke
Oct 22, 2015
Janie A. Selke, 73, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, October 22, 2015, at Reid Health in Richmond. Janie, a Connersville native, was born June 3, 1942 to Claude and Louise Adams Miller and later graduated from Connersville High School, Class of 1960. She then studied at Ball State University in Muncie. On April 16, 2002, Janie married Nevin R. Selke,...
Jane Adair Hamilton Brichford
Oct 14, 2015
Jane Adair Hamilton Brichford, 91, of Urbana passed away Wednesday, October 14. Jane was born November 3, 1923 in Connersville Indiana, the only child of Chester and Gertrude Elliott Hamilton. She graduated from Everton High School in Everton, Indiana, and from Indiana State University. She taught in the Fayette County, Indiana, school system for five years before moving to Madison,...
Dustin Dale Abernathy
Oct 14, 2015
Dustin Dale Abernathy, 43, of Liberty, died on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in Richmond. Dustin was born in Richmond on July 9, 1972, to Bruce and Sherry Sue Abernathy. He attended Union County Schools. Dustin is survived by his father; one sister: Ashley Curry and her husband Richard of Liberty; and one niece, Brooke Curry of Liberty. He was preceded...
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