Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
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,...
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...
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,...
Louise Myers
Oct 11, 2015
Louise Myers, 94, formerly of Liberty died Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Heritage House in Greensburg. Louise was born in Metamora, Indiana, to Beecher and Winifred Alley Matthews and graduated from Brookville High School. She married Ellis Myers on May 31, 1941 at the Methodist Church in Metamora. Louise was a homemaker and assisted Ellis in farming. She was...
James Robert Bates Jr.
Oct 3, 2015
James Robert Bates Jr., 74, of Connersville, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born June 22, 1941, in Connersville, Indiana, he was the son of the late James Robert Bates Sr. and Betty Jane Roberts Bates. After graduating from Connersville High School in 1959, he attended Ball State University. He...
Mentral "Bill" Manley
Sep 29, 2015
Mentral “Bill” Manley, 94, of Connersville, died Tuesday morning, September 29, 2015, at Lincoln Centers-East. Bill was born in Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky, March 7, 1921, to James C. and Mary Boyd McCarty Manley. He and his family farmed in Fleming County, Kentucky before moving to Connersville in 1966. Bill was a WWII U.S. Army veteran where he served as...
Lloyd Donley Kuhn
Sep 28, 2015
Lloyd D. Kuhn, 94, of Liberty, died Monday, September 28, 2015, at Major Hospital in Shelbyville. Lloyd was born in Green County, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 1920, to Joseph Donley and Harley Ullom Kuhn. He was a 1939 graduate of Dixon Israel High School in Eaton, Ohio. Lloyd joined the Army Air Corp on September 29, 1942 and served his...
James Theo "J.T." Adams
Sep 26, 2015
James Theo “J.T.” Adams, 85, of Connersville, died Saturday night, September 26, 2015 at his residence. James was born April 26, 1930 in Somerset, Kentucky to Walter D. and Rosa Meadows Adams and attended Clarksburg and Raleigh area schools. On September 24, 1955, he was married to the former, Sally B. Richmond, in Rushville. James was a United States Army...
Eldon A. Brown
Sep 17, 2015
Eldon A. Brown, 91, of the Liberty community, died Thursday evening, September 17, 2015, at the Knolls of Oxford in Oxford, Ohio. Eldon was a native of Whitley County, born May 13, 1924 to Ernest V. and Erma Goodrich Brown. In 1942, he graduated from Larwill High School in Whitley County. Eldon proudly served in the Merchant Marines, traveling the...
Ruth Bowling
Sep 15, 2015
Ruth Bowling, 76, of College Corner, Ohio, died at her residence Tuesday evening, September 15, 2015. Ruth was born December 6, 1938 in Paragould, Arkansas to Norman E. and Odra George Sawyers. She attended Union High School in College Corner and on November 10, 1958 she was married in Covington, Kentucky to Laster Bowling. Ruth enjoyed mushroom hunting, quilting, yard...
Loral S. "Colonel" Dubois
Sep 13, 2015
Loral S. “Colonel” DuBois, 90, of Connersville, died Sunday afternoon, September 13, 2015 at Reid Health in Richmond. A Connersville native, Loral was born August 15, 1925 to Orville William and Helen Gladys Sherwood DuBois and attended Connersville area schools including Connersville High School. In 1989, he retired from Design Manufacturing after twenty-four years of employment in the service department....
William Lewis Huffman Jr.
Sep 8, 2015
William Lewis Huffman, Jr., 82 of Connersville, died early Tuesday morning, September 8, 2015, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Bill was born January 4, 1933, at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, to William Lewis, Sr. and Mabel Verna Renschler Huffman. He attended Milton High School and was inducted into the U.S. Air Force in 1951. Bill proudly served as an aircraft...
Woodrow Larry "Woody" Oliver
Sep 4, 2015
Woodrow Larry “Woody” Oliver, 67, of Carthage died unexpectedly, Friday morning, September 4, 2015 at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield. Woody was born May 19, 1948 to Joe and Creamy Rice Oliver in Perry County, Kentucky. In 1968, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam War until his discharge in 1970. On February 14, 1970,...
Rev. John Bouldrey
Sep 2, 2015
Rev. John David Bouldrey, 67, passed into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Rosebud Village in Richmond, Indiana. We know heaven is rejoicing and we can just hear John singing in the heavenly choir with his beautiful tenor voice. John was born in Bryan, Ohio, on October 7, 1947, to Albert and Olieta Bumpus Bouldrey. He...
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