Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Ella Rader Baker
Mar 20, 2015
Ella Rader Baker, 81, of Connersville, died at her home Friday evening, March 20, 2015. Ella was born in Foxtown, Kentucky, August 2, 1933 to Elisha P. and Betty Mae Rose Rader. She attended school in Kentucky and on June 5, 1948 she was married in Foxtown, Kentucky to Wilburn “Jackie” Baker, who died September 2, 2001. Ella was a...
Glenn Mccreary
Mar 19, 2015
Glenn McCreary, 59, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, March 19, 2015, at the home of her son in Connersville. A Connersville native, Glenn was born January 7, 1956, to Harold and Billie Rowe Stang. She attended Connersville High School and was a member of Western Avenue Baptist Church. Glenn was a former member of the Eagles Auxiliary and liked shopping,...
Martha Cornett
Mar 18, 2015
Martha “Estelle” Lawhorn Cornett, 92, formerly of Liberty, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Hallmark Healthcare Center in Summerville, South Carolina. Martha was one of thirteen children of her parents, William A. and Louisa Minton Carmon. She was born in Tazewell, Tennessee, on March 15, 1923. She worked as an inspector at Alcoa and retired in 1979. Estelle...
Sallie L. Wilson
Mar 18, 2015
Sallie L. Wilson, 88, of Connersville, passed away Tuesday 18, March 2015 at Fayette Regional Hospital. Sallie was born 4 April 1928 in Connersville to William Leroy and Lillian May Pearson Gibson and was a 1946 graduate of Connersville High School. On 5 September 1948, she was married at Fairview Christian Church to John Calvin Wilson who died in 1989....
Earl D. Rose
Mar 15, 2015
Earl Dean Rose, 50, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Earl was born in Connersville on December 7, 1964 to Earles and Marilyn Walling Rose. He graduated from Connersville High School in 1983 and was employed as a supervisor at Rolls Royce of North America in Indianapolis. On March 20, 1999, Earl married Kellie...
Irene E. Hudson
Mar 10, 2015
Irene E. Hudson, 74, of Connersville, died Monday morning, March 10, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health System . Irene was born in Laurel, November 25, 1940 to John C. and Thelma S. Johnson Gray. On November 16, 1963, she was married in Connersville to Herman G. Hudson. Irene had been employed at Visteon, as a cook at the Starlight Lounge...
Harley L Glidden
Mar 9, 2015
Harley L. Glidden, 73, of Liberty died Monday, March 9, 2015, at his Liberty residence. Harley was born in Dover, New Hampshire on February 18, 1942, to Norman H. and Maria Procia Glidden and graduated from high school in Dover, New Hampshire. He also attended two years of college. Harley married Shirley Kapustka on September 5, 2000. He was the...
Wilbur Curry
Mar 8, 2015
Wilbur Arthur Curry, 93, of West College Corner, died Sunday, March 8th at Sterling House in Richmond. Wilbur was born in Franklin County on September 23, 1921, to Arthur and Jennie “Lois” Watkins Curry. He graduated from Brookville High School in 1942 and furthered his education at a Colorado machine shop school. Wilbur’s employment included McQuay Norris Company in Connersville,...
Joanne Buch
Mar 6, 2015
Joanne Buch, 89, of Connersville, died Friday, March 6, 2015 at Lincoln Centers East, where she had been a resident for the past seven years. Joanne was born in Connersville February 8, 1926 to Rudolph V. and Laura Hamilton Konstanzer. After graduating from Connersville High School in 1944, she was employed at F.W. Woolworth Company. Married here August 7, 1955,...
Paul Kunkel
Mar 4, 2015
Paul Andrew Kunkel, 89, a long-time resident of Union County, died Wednesday, March 4th in the afternoon. Paul was a native of Franklin County and born in Bath, IN on Sept. 4, 1925 to William J and Rosa Meyer Kunkel. He attended Bath School and was a US Military Veteran serving in the Air Force during WWII. While in India,...
Shirley Ann Morris
Mar 2, 2015
Shirley Ann Morris, 79, of rural Fayette County, died Monday afternoon, March 2, 2015, at her residence. A Fayette County native, Shirley was born September 1, 1935 to Edward and Pearl Pollitt Welch and was a 1953 graduate of Harrisburg High School. On September 13, 1953, Shirley was married to Lloyd Morris at Central Christian Church. For twenty years, she...
Dana Lynn Sparks
Feb 26, 2015
Dana Lynn Sparks, 50, of Lebanon and formerly of Connersville, died Thursday afternoon, February 26, 2015, at St. Vincent Hospital and Health Center in Indianapolis. Dana was born July 23, 1964 at Reid Hospital, Richmond to Kyle E. and Patricia Reynolds Sparks. She was a 1982 graduate of Connersville High School and attended the former Marion College for three years...
Bobby Eugene Day
Feb 23, 2015
Bobby Eugene Day, 50, of Connersville, died Monday morning, February 23, 2015, at his residence. Bobby was born September 13, 1964 in Connersville to William Eugene and Virginia Reece Day and also attended Connersville area schools. He worked in construction and concrete and had been employed at Lake Innovative Group, Connersville Mirror Works, D & M Manufacturing and Absocold Manufacturing....
H. Keith Lucas
Feb 12, 2015
H. Keith Lucas, 69, of Doral, Florida and formerly of Connersville died Thursday, February 12, 2015, at Imperial Point Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Keith was born July 6, 1945 in Connersville to Howard Gordon and Joy Gulley Lucas. He was a 1963 graduate of Connersville High School and attended Indiana University Bloomington where he was president of Delta Tau...
John Rhonemus
Jan 31, 2015
John W. “Bill” Rhonemus, 89, of Liberty, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Golden Living Golden Rule Nursing Home in Richmond. John was born in Hartford City, Indiana, on September 14, 1925, to Dr. John C. and Enid Orr Rhonemus. John was a 1943 graduate of Short High School. A World War II Veteran, John enlisted in the U. S....
Elizabeth R. Hignite
Jan 26, 2015
Former Connersville resident, Elizabeth R. Hignite, 92, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Hancock Regional Inpatient Hospice Unit in Greenfield. Elizabeth was born in Fayette County to Herman and Ethel Boyd Adams on February 3, 1922 and lived in Fayette County for eighty years. She was a 1940 graduate of Connersville High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree...
Merlin C. Kluger
Jan 13, 2015
Merlin C. Kluger, 81, of Brookville, died on Tuesday, January 13, 2014, at Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services in Richmond. Merlin was born in Morristown, Saturday, September 9, 1933, to Carl and Myrtle Clegg Kluger. He graduated with the class of 1951 from Morristown High School and was a 1958 graduate of Butler University. On Friday, March 6, 1959, Merlin...
Lois Harrison
Jan 13, 2015
Connersville, IN Lois Harrison, 81, of Connersville, died Tuesday afternoon, January 13, 2015 at Fayette Regional Health System in Connersville. A native of Teges, Kentucky, Lois was born September 9, 1933 to Robert and Maude Combs Allen and attended school in Oneida, Clay County, Kentucky. She later served in The Women’s Air Corp, informally known as the Air WACs. For...
Chester "Chet" O'Neal Jr.
Jan 12, 2015
Chester O’Neal, Jr., 80, of Connersville, died Monday morning, January 12, 2015, at his residence. “Chet” was a native of Brookville, born April 19, 1934 to Chester, Sr. and Gayle Holland O’Neal. He attended Brookville High School for three years and graduated from Connersville High School in 1952. Chet was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the engineering...
William J. Townsend
Jan 8, 2015
William J. Townsend, 71, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2015, at Fayette Regional Health Systems where he had been admitted earlier in the day. “Bill” was a native of Richmond, born November 29, 1943 to William Joe and Grace Penland Townsend and was a 1962 graduate of Richmond High School. On June 15, 1967, he was married in...
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