Connersville, IN. Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.

Harold Ray Jenkins

Harold Ray Jenkins

Jun 11, 2015

Harold Ray Jenkins, 62, of West College Corner, died on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at his residence. Harold was born in Okeana, Ohio, on June 11, 1953, to Robert and Elma Marie Gross Jenkins. He married Judy Adkins on November 7, 1975 in Hamilton, Ohio. He worked as a mechanic in the trucking business. Harold enjoyed building model cars, fishing,...

Kenneth M. Waters

Kenneth M. Waters

Jun 3, 2015

Kenneth M. “Kennybob” Waters, 53, of Connersville, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System. A Connersville native, Kennybob was born February 15, 1962 to Charles Michael and Wanda M. Townsend Waters. He attended Connersville High School and Ivy Tech Community College. Kennybob loved playing music, especially guitar and bass in local bands including the Wes Miller Stone...

Elizabeth Hampton Kehrer

Elizabeth Hampton Kehrer

Jun 2, 2015

Elizabeth Hampton Kehrer, 100, of Brownsville, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Lincoln Center East in Connersville. Elizabeth, was born Breathitt County Kentucky, on January 28, 1915, to Henry and Niecy Sebastan. She was a homemaker and loved her family, camping, and visiting with people. Elizabeth volunteered at the Lincoln Center for many years and was a Pentecostal in her...

Dennis L. Smith

Dennis L. Smith

Jun 1, 2015

Dennis L. Smith, 81, of Connersville, died Monday afternoon, June 1, 2015, at his residence. Dennis was born August 31, 1933 to William R. “Bill” and Mary K. “Billie” May Smith in Oliver Spring, Tennessee and graduated from Milton High School in Wayne County in 1950. On June 28, 1953, Dennis married the former Audrey L. Wagers. He enlisted in...

Beulah J. Powers

Beulah J. Powers

May 30, 2015

Beulah J. Powers,81, of Liberty, died in Vevay, Indiana, on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Beulah was born in London, Kentucky, on June 16, 1933, to James Everett and Nellie Dees Hubbard. She married Bennie Thomas Powers who died August 5, 1987. Beulah was a homemaker and loved her family, cooking, bingo, and the casino. Beulah is survived by three sons:...

Denver Earl Wells

Denver Earl Wells

May 30, 2015

Denver Earl Wells, 85, of Connersville, died Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Lincoln Centers-East in Connersville where he had resided since December 2014. Denver was a native of Knox County, Kentucky, born January 22, 1930, to Dallas Clyde and Mary Leola Pope Wells. He was a 1950 graduate of Brookville High School and served in the U.S. Army while stationed...

Alma B. Beasley

Alma B. Beasley

May 28, 2015

Alma Blanche Beasley, 67, of College Corner, Ohio, went home to be with her King on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield, Ohio, after a brave struggle with kidney disease. Alma was born on September 4, 1947 in Colson, Kentucky, to Curtis and Gertrude (Everidge) Banks. Her family moved to Ohio when she was 12. She graduated...

Daisy I. Doerflein

Daisy I. Doerflein

May 26, 2015

Daisy I. Doerflein, 89, formerly of Liberty, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at Lincoln Centers-East in Connersville. Daisy was born February 28, 1926 in Manchester, Kentucky to John and Adeline Burch Clark and lived most of her adult life in the Liberty area. She was a very active member of the Liberty Pentecostal Church where she played guitar and sang....

Tom S. Bultman

Tom S. Bultman

May 20, 2015

Tom Stevens Bultman, formally from Liberty, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, May 20th following a short illness. Tom was born on February 14, 1942 to Charles L. and Maribelle W. Bultman. He was the drummer in a Dixie Land Band called the Four Sharps and a Flat that won a five state competition in 1960. He graduated from Short High...

Rex D. Clark

Rex D. Clark

May 20, 2015

Rex Dean Clark, 80, of West College Corner died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at McCullough Hyde Hospital in Oxford. Rex was born in West College Corner on December 27, 1934, to Albert and Martha Alice May Clark. He graduated in 1952 from College Corner High School and married Mary Lou Chalfant on July 3, 1954, at the Presbyterian Church...

William S. Dubois

William S. Dubois

May 16, 2015

William S. DuBois, 90 of Connersville passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday morning, May 16, 2015. A Fayette County native, William was born August 10, 1924 to Orville William and Helen Gladys Sherwood DuBois and attended Connersville High School. On December 16, 1942 he was married in Harrisburg, Indiana in Fayette County to the former Irene...

Bill G. Crute

Bill G. Crute

May 10, 2015

Fayette County native, Bill G. Crute, 86, of Connersville, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, in Indianapolis. Bill was born April 29, 1929 to George and Audrey Keal Crute and was a 1948 graduate of Connersville High School where he excelled as a member of the varsity basketball team. Bill served as a photographer with the U.S. Air Force veteran during...

Beulah Osborn

Beulah Osborn

May 6, 2015

Beulah Osborn, 75 of Palmetto, Florida and formerly of Connersville died Wednesday night, May 6, 2015 in Palmetto, Florida. A Connersville native, Beulah was born July 29, 1939 to Aaron and Addie Friend Moore and attended Connersville area schools. On November 23, 1970, she was married in Columbia City to Evan S. Osborn, Jr. who died December 7, 2007. Beulah...

Norman L. Brown

Norman L. Brown

May 6, 2015

Former Connersville firefighter, Norman L. Brown, 86, died Wednesday evening, May 6, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System. Norman was a Fayette County native, born September 6, 1928 to William Howard and Mary E. Herbert Brown and was a 1946 graduate of Harrisburg High School. In 1951, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a rifleman with the...

Judy L. Cole

Judy L. Cole

May 5, 2015

Judy L. Carmack Cole, 69, of Liberty, died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at Sycamore Springs Rehab Center in Liberty. Judy was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on December 19, 1945, to Abe and Etta Hurst Carmack and lived most of her life in Union County. In her primary school years she attended Billingsville School and then graduated from College Corner...

Rodger Abernathy

Rodger Abernathy

May 5, 2015

Rodger C. Abernathy, 71, formerly of Liberty, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home in Winter Springs, FL.. Rodger was born on September 1, 1943, to Robert and Ruth Steins Abernathy in Union County. He was raised in Union County and graduated from College Corner High School in 1961. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from...

Robert R. Evans

Robert R. Evans

Apr 23, 2015

Robert R. Evans, of Connersville, died at his home, Thursday, April 23, 2015, the day after his 78th birthday. Robert was born in Bicknell, to Floyd Henry and Alice Mae Vale Evans. He attended Glenwood Elementary School and Orange High School. He was a member of St. Gabriel Church. Robert had been employed in maintenance at J.C. Penney in Connersville...

Charleene "Chod" Neal

Charleene "Chod" Neal

Apr 22, 2015

Charleene “Chod” Neal, 94 of Connersville, died Wednesday evening, April 22, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System. Charleene was born August 20, 1920 in Fayette County to Charles Clifford and Rosella Martin Roberts. She graduated from Everton High School in 1938 where she was a basketball cheerleader and later attended beauty college. On April 11, 1948, Charleene was married in...

Arie W. Lackey

Arie W. Lackey

Apr 18, 2015

Arie W. Lackey, 24, of Connersville, died Saturday morning, April 18, 2015, from injuries sustained in a single car accident on North County Road 450E in Fayette County. The accident is being investigated by the Fayette County Coroner’s Office. Arie was born in Indianapolis, on May 27, 1990 to Earl Wayne and Teresa Louise Neukam Lackey. He attended school at...

Willie J. Wells

Willie J. Wells

Apr 17, 2015

Prominent local businessman, Willie J. Wells, 87, of Connersville, died Friday morning, April 17, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System. Willie was the son of Dallas Clyde “D.C.” and Mary Leola “Lola” Pope Wells, delivered by his grandmother at home in Knox County, Kentucky on February 27, 1928. He worked with his mother at an early age at her grocery...